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That's simply not true. Once you have a hypothesis, you do not come up with a promise. You come up with a test. Promise and Promising do not have the same me
by IncRnd 9y ago
That's simply not true. Once you have a hypothesis, you do not come up with a promise. You come up with a test.
Promise and Promising do not have the same meaning.
promise = statement that something will happen
promising = showing signs of future success
- mseebach 9y agoYou do both. You come up with a test, yes, and you come up with an idea of what it will mean if the test either confirms or rejects the hypothesis. And no, promise can mean exactly what I said it can mean. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/promise https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/promise From the article: > To justify substantial investments, I am told, an experiment needs a clear goal and at least a promise of breakthrough discoveries That sentence is meaningless if "promise" means "A declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen" -- the "at least" is totally redundant in that interpretation. If it means "the quality of potential excellence", then "at least" makes perfect sense.
- Kapow 9y agoIf it was "promise" in the sense of "showing promise", then it's a mass noun and they wouldn't have said "a promise". That's like saying "a money" or "a knowledge".