This is ok. 90% of research is creative thinking, dialogue. One idea creates the next, some are a foil, some are dead ends. As long as there are not outrageous claims being made for 'hard evidence' where there is none, it's fine. Maybe the format isn't fully appropriate but the content is. Most good things come about in a non-linear process which involves provocation along the line somewhere.
I expect science to have a hypothesis which can be falsified. Otherwise it’s just opining on a topic. Otherwise we could just call this HN thread “research”.
