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		janalsncm on Jan 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On the dangers of stochastic parrots: Can language... I 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 on Jan 14, 2023 | [–]

Position papers are exceedingly common. Common enough that there's a term for them.

jasmer on Jan 15, 2023 | [–]

Science is 80% discussion, opining, thinking, reading etc.

janalsncm on Jan 16, 2023 | [–]

A lot of areas are made up of those things. Theology, for example. What sets science apart is testable hypotheses.

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