[MichaelZuo]

Yeah, hence why I asked… otherwise anyone on HN, including me, could say their opinions are hypotheses too, to be taken just as seriously as the parent’s.

[andrewflnr]

You still don't know what a hypothesis is, after I linked the dictionary definition.

[MichaelZuo]

This is still indistinguishable from meaningless noise, since your opinion can’t ever outweigh anyone else’s opinions…