I think we're a bit disconnected b/c I haven't done a good job of communicating my idea. I'm not saying you don't have good ideas about what conclusion we shou

I think we're a bit disconnected b/c I haven't done a good job of communicating my idea. I'm not saying you don't have good ideas about what conclusion we should expect, I'm saying it's a good idea not to worry too much about such ideas in any place where we can conduct an experiment. Humans are notoriously bad at this and shouldn't do it if we have a better way (and we do, experimentation). See: Orwell wrote about the problem of arguments in an essay On Politics, which can be found in the published book (not the essay) Why I Write. He discussed the aquatic screw, and how leading figures published ideas in leading print newspapers and journals arguing both for and against its effectiveness. It was only when an experiment was conducted that we, collectively, could know well-enough to consider it fact which one worked more efficiently. Feynman said, pretty much: 'if it turns out nature is this way or that way so be it, it doesn't matter how good or how beautiful your ideas are, nature is going to come out to be the way she is, that's the beauty of science.'