...In my opinion the mistake most people make is trying to convince other people an unbelievable idea has merit. ...
I agree with you almost 100%. Almost always, these ideas are completely vague, not expressed in operational terms, the results they would allow to obtain are not quantified, it is impossible to test them even by thought experiments. But when the ideas are well formalized, expressed in a rigorous, even mathematical way, with a proposal for an experimental demo, it is interesting that those who have them present them, not to convince but to provoke analysis by others, to see possible flaws that they would not have seen, to have suggestions for improvement etc... before experimenting anything. This ties in with what we have talked about elsewhere, the notion of falsifiability. If the idea is falsifiable, it can be discussed. When I read the papers of Smudge or Distinti, I think they are quite right to spread their ideas.
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"Open your mind, but not like a trash bin"
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