• Lucien [hy/hym, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    I wish more people would publish their failures. Definitive proof that a hypothesis is wrong is just as solid a result as definitive proof the hypothesis is right.

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      8 months ago

      I wish more people would publish their failures.

      Agree.

      Definitive proof that a hypothesis is wrong is just as solid a result as definitive proof the hypothesis is right.

      Disproving a hypothesis does not offer “definitive proof” equivalent to proving one correct, as it eliminates only one scenario among potentially infinite others, whereas proving a hypothesis correct directly builds upon our understanding of the world. The value of disproved hypotheses primarily lies in guiding future research rather than providing solid, actionable results.

      • Lucien [hy/hym, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        8 months ago

        Certainly, I don’t disagree with that at all. And that’s likely part of the reason so few people publish failures, because there’s no “reward”. All I was saying is there’s still value there.