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    This sounds like a specific instance of the Demarcation problem en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demarcation_problem . Perhaps that might be a good starting point? Not a direct answer but more a suggestion for where we might start to look for one!
    – Sofie Selnes
    Commented Mar 24, 2020 at 3:07
  • I seem to recall reading that Robert Rosen has argued that living organisms have non-computable models. The only reference I can find (quickly) this page on researchgate
    – nwr
    Commented Mar 24, 2020 at 4:51
  • biologists use the 'scientific method' as do other sciences. To extend the argument that it would appear you are asking, why wouldn't parts of theoretical mathematics, cosmology, and quantum theory also be considered 'unscientific?'
    – Swami Vishwananda
    Commented Mar 24, 2020 at 5:36
  • @SwamiVishwananda please see this post of mine to understand why I think what you said above is wrong: philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/70369/….
    – user44368
    Commented Mar 24, 2020 at 6:30
  • @SwamiVishwananda per the link I posted above especially for you --- there is a difference between an unending growth of sub-species to a Computer Science theory (or a biology theory).
    – user44368
    Commented Mar 24, 2020 at 6:31