tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post3001206299174826541..comments2024-03-28T16:58:17.705-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Origins of other life, and more on negative capabilityGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-12383193644287748182013-07-29T14:23:11.199-04:002013-07-29T14:23:11.199-04:00Yeah, I almost added at the end there, before I go...Yeah, I almost added at the end there, before I got distracted: idle speculations are at least valuable for rebutting an argument in the form of "there's no conceivable natural mechanism for that to happen by." And of course they're fertile ground for new research projects.<br /><br />But I think he meant "don't indulge in idle speculation and mistake it for mature research," which is what's going on in the published work.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-64916703567484995742013-07-29T14:20:19.401-04:002013-07-29T14:20:19.401-04:00Well, not idle ones. If they can lead to practica...Well, not idle ones. If they can lead to practical experiments -- now or in the future -- speculations can be useful.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com