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    4 months ago

    I sorta get it, but stuff like that can only tell you so much. It’s an awful lot of hypothesizing and guesswork - so much that I’m surprised you can make a dissertation out of it.

    Then again, I’ve never had to write a dissertation, so I don’t know what’s involved.

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      4 months ago

      The dissertation wouldn’t have to prove anything unquestionably. It would just have to demonstrate a sound understanding of good principles that are being worked from.

      Any conclusions could be completely wrong, and it could still be a great dissertation.

      Think of how long it took paleontologists to prove dinosaurs had feathers. Every other paleontologist before then was not a blithering idiot.

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        4 months ago

        Ah. Demonstrate understanding. Thank you. That makes sense! I wasn’t trying to be obstinate. I just didn’t get it.