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I've seen a few posts here asking why it isn't possible. Research doesn't work like that, you can't just imagine something is possible and demand reasons why it
by version_five 4y ago
I've seen a few posts here asking why it isn't possible. Research doesn't work like that, you can't just imagine something is possible and demand reasons why it isn't. How is it possible?
It feels a bit like a lot of these fringe science things (electromagnetic fields causing harm etc) where people's argument is that nobody's shown it isn't true. Well if it's true, propose a mechanism and study it. You're not really doing research if you just make up a conclusion and use the fact that it can't be definitively refuted as evidence for it
- godelski 4y agoYeah this is a good point. I've been taking the bearish position of HLI here but that doesn't mean I don't think HLI is impossible. I very much do think it is possible (I'm not sure there are many researchers who think it is impossible) but just how close we are. But we don't even have good definitions, so really this is just laymen being privy to expert arguments. I also think there's this naive belief that complex topics can be distilled to laymen terms while maintaining accuracy. That's definitely not true here, as even our "in-group" doesn't have a consensus. But that's cutting edge research for you.
- another-dave 4y agoIn fairness to the parent, research doesn't work that why, but they're not conducting research. "What are the remaining unknowns that would need to be solved to do X and why are they difficult?" is valid question to ask experts when trying to further your own understanding.