https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1609.01966/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32451092urn:hackerpapers:submission:1609.01966:32451092Sat, 13 Aug 2022 16:02:40 GMT<p>The dangers of non-empirical confirmation (2016)</p><p></p><p>42 points; 13 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1609.01966/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>physics.hist-phhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14545406urn:hackerpapers:mention:1609.01966:14545406Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:18:29 GMT<p>&quot;The tyranny of verificationism impedes scientific progress. Let string theorists do their thing/string.&quot; This is a very dangerous path. Science without empiricism is religion. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1609.01966.pdf</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1609.01966/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.hist-phhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12451354urn:hackerpapers:submission:1609.01966:12451354Thu, 08 Sep 2016 08:59:56 GMT<p>The dangers of non-empirical confirmation</p><p></p><p>1 point; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1609.01966/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>physics.hist-ph