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this is absolutely true, but, what drives experiments are hypotheses, not just wishful thinking. a hypothesis is "a supposition or proposed explanation made on
by modzu 7y ago
this is absolutely true, but, what drives experiments are hypotheses, not just wishful thinking.
a hypothesis is "a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation."
it's arguable whether "is cold fusion possible?" is a valid hypothesis, because currently there is no accepted reason, evidence, observation, or starting point for that investigation. only the hope, the wish: "what if it was..."
- jayalpha 7y agoWell, trust me, what drives most experiments is not hypotheses but "this is strange" results. "it's arguable whether "is cold fusion possible?" is a valid hypothesis, because currently there is no accepted reason," I am not a nuclear physicist, but my chemistry is good enough to know that it should not be possible. But take into consideration that Fleischmann was a pretty good chemist. Possible he fucked up. Looking backwards likely. But discussion is possible only based on date. Not believes what should or should not be possible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleischmann%E2%80%93Pons_experiment#Revival_and_LENR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleischmann%E2%80%93Pons_exper...