Anton,
Sorry - but the difference is substantial.
You can make any proposal you like - such as the world is flat, or the Voynich manuscript is a relic of an alien visit. They carry no weight. The fact that people do think "my idea is as good as anyone's" is exactly why such propositions continue to be pulled out of thin air and then maintained. Such persons metaphorically hit the "ignore" button when presented with a reasoned argument to the contrary, one derived from a body of objective evidence and whose conclusions are based on that evidence. A conclusion may be mistaken, but it is not equivalent to the other.
In the usual way, research proceeds not by ignoring a body of research and evidence but by addressing it, so if the 'proposition' were "Why the drawing cannot be map" and the argument engaged with evidence and reason then I'd certainly feel an interest in it.
Sorry - but the difference is substantial.
You can make any proposal you like - such as the world is flat, or the Voynich manuscript is a relic of an alien visit. They carry no weight. The fact that people do think "my idea is as good as anyone's" is exactly why such propositions continue to be pulled out of thin air and then maintained. Such persons metaphorically hit the "ignore" button when presented with a reasoned argument to the contrary, one derived from a body of objective evidence and whose conclusions are based on that evidence. A conclusion may be mistaken, but it is not equivalent to the other.
In the usual way, research proceeds not by ignoring a body of research and evidence but by addressing it, so if the 'proposition' were "Why the drawing cannot be map" and the argument engaged with evidence and reason then I'd certainly feel an interest in it.