Meta: At the time of writing this comment, before I strong-upvote the question, it sits at −3, with two non-author votes. This is not very welcoming (this is the author’s first post/comment here). The only thing wrong with the question seems to be that the author isn’t already aware of the standard way of pointing at the same cluster of issues (which is exactly the situation where asking a question should help, and it probably already did). If this is not OK, this is a disincentive for new people from getting publicly curious.
Edit: And just a few minutes after this, someone strong-downvoted again, back to 0. Possibly a strong dislike for violence in thought experiments? It does seem to be going out of style.
I downvoted (to 0, IIRC, no need to be punitive). Aanchpop, I don’t want to discourage curiosity or asking questions, and I welcome further posts by you! But I don’t want something that’s been covered pretty thoroughly to show up as highly-voted, when it’s not particularly clear or insightful.
At the very least, summarizing the two common approaches, or whatever thoughts you identify as contradictory/problematic in your analysis, would help other people who haven’t seen similar problems understand what ground you’re exploring.
Meta: At the time of writing this comment, before I strong-upvote the question, it sits at −3, with two non-author votes. This is not very welcoming (this is the author’s first post/comment here). The only thing wrong with the question seems to be that the author isn’t already aware of the standard way of pointing at the same cluster of issues (which is exactly the situation where asking a question should help, and it probably already did). If this is not OK, this is a disincentive for new people from getting publicly curious.
Edit: And just a few minutes after this, someone strong-downvoted again, back to 0. Possibly a strong dislike for violence in thought experiments? It does seem to be going out of style.
I downvoted (to 0, IIRC, no need to be punitive). Aanchpop, I don’t want to discourage curiosity or asking questions, and I welcome further posts by you! But I don’t want something that’s been covered pretty thoroughly to show up as highly-voted, when it’s not particularly clear or insightful.
At the very least, summarizing the two common approaches, or whatever thoughts you identify as contradictory/problematic in your analysis, would help other people who haven’t seen similar problems understand what ground you’re exploring.