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This is ok. 90% of research is creative thinking, dialogue. One idea creates the next, some are a foil, some are dead ends. As long as there are not outrageous
by jasmer 4y ago
This is ok. 90% of research is creative thinking, dialogue. One idea creates the next, some are a foil, some are dead ends. As long as there are not outrageous claims being made for 'hard evidence' where there is none, it's fine. Maybe the format isn't fully appropriate but the content is. Most good things come about in a non-linear process which involves provocation along the line somewhere.
- janalsncm 4y agoI expect science to have a hypothesis which can be falsified. Otherwise it’s just opining on a topic. Otherwise we could just call this HN thread “research”.
- joshuamorton 4y agoPosition papers are exceedingly common. Common enough that there's a term for them.
- jasmer 4y agoScience is 80% discussion, opining, thinking, reading etc.
- janalsncm 4y agoA lot of areas are made up of those things. Theology, for example. What sets science apart is testable hypotheses.