Verification Is Not Knowledge: Science needs more than answers
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- ersinesen
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- Nov 4, 2026
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- blog.cosmos-institute.org
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Verification Is Not Knowledge: Science needs more than answers was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 4, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 63 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #7 of 30, reached on Nov 5, 00:22 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 5, 01:07 UTC.
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When Kepler published his models: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler%27s_laws_of_planetary_m... People did not understand how or why they worked, but they switched over to them from the Ptolemaic (Tychonic, etc†) system anyway because the math was easier. It was only later (Newton, Einstein) that we understood…
We all know Terry Tao, do you know Peter Scholz? Fields medalist and as Tao listed as one of the most important mathematicians of our age. Scholz is known to find „precisely the correct and cleanest way to incorporate all the previously done work and find an elegant formulation for that — and then, because he found…
Ahhh, epistemology... Does any academic researcher even care about these things anymore? If you're in academia, you've probably noticed a major shift recently. Research production at an industrial scale through AI. Grants have "always" been awarded to professors based on quantity multiplied by quality. Now, some…
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Is Verification Is Not Knowledge: Science needs more than answers trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 5, 01:07 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Verification Is Not Knowledge: Science needs more than answers reached?
#7 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 5, 00:22 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Verification Is Not Knowledge: Science needs more than answers been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 4, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (63 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
207 points and 123 comments; submitted by ersinesen on Nov 4, 2026.