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So what predictions does this hypothesis generate? Anything?

"Science is prediction, not explanation" - Fred Hoyle.

but a prediction is an explanation about what will happen in the future

That can include measurements of the past. If I predict that oil formed here, I can then drill to validate the prediction.

Not necessarily the future? Use musk of done part of past to predict a different party of the past?

Not just a prediction, but a prediction that can be tested.