Would a yes/no oracle for theories be useful? Yes — an answer alone collapses the search space
basedjensen · x · 2026-09-12
Responding to a thought experiment about an oracle that answers yes/no questions about theories with zero explanation, basedjensen says it would be extremely useful: the mere existence of an answer collapses the search space — an analogy for how AI direction judgments can narrow hypothesis search in science even without explanations.
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