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If they’re not credible… then why would any one care…? Readers are just going to assume it’s random noise, or at least indistinguishable from noise, from a ran
by MichaelZuo 2y ago
If they’re not credible… then why would any one care…?
Readers are just going to assume it’s random noise, or at least indistinguishable from noise, from a rando on the internet.
- andrewflnr 2y agoThat's equally true of all internet comments. None of us here on HN have or are claiming automatic credibility. We just make arguments that make sense to us. Feel free to close the tab if you don't find any value in this activity.
- MichaelZuo 2y agoSo then what makes your opinions “hypotheses”? Sufficient chimpanzees with keyboards, or an LLM, can also type out every comment you’ve ever written, including the last few.
- andrewflnr 2y agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypothesis https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypothesis
- MichaelZuo 2y agoI clearly don’t think your opinions match the definition found in merriam webster… or else I wouldn’t have asked.
- swiftcoder 2y agoYou don't think his comment is "an assumption put forward for the purposes of discussion"? That seems a fairly low and generic bar for a comment to reach...
- MichaelZuo 2y agoI don’t think the parent meant that interpretation, as that would also apply to the output of sufficient chimpanzees bashing keyboard and LLMs too… Which would be practically meaningless without some attached non-zero credibility.
- swiftcoder 2y agoI mean, we're all chimpanzees bashing keyboards around here, at least till proven otherwise
- MichaelZuo 2y agoYeah, hence why I asked… otherwise anyone on HN, including me, could say their opinions are hypotheses too, to be taken just as seriously as the parent’s.
- andrewflnr 2y agoYou still don't know what a hypothesis is, after I linked the dictionary definition.
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- MichaelZuo 2y agoThis is still indistinguishable from meaningless noise, since your opinion can’t ever outweigh anyone else’s opinions…
- andrewflnr 2y agoTruthfully, I hold those ideas a little more confidently than purely "for the purposes of discussion", but I suspect you at least understand that the real-world usage of "hypothesis" is quite broad. I'm kind of tickled at the idea that a "hypothesis" is some hyper-specific thing with trappings of "credibility", and that anything less would be an insult, like we're not all just a bunch of nerds arguing on the internet. It's also kind of sad, though. This is why computer people need liberal arts education.