Originally Posted by antoniseb

I want to make clear that our intent here is that each ATM idea is intended to be defended on its own, and that the introduction of a different ATM idea clutters the discussion. So, while you may see a connection between your idea and one being discussed in another thread, bringing it up in that thread hurts the flow of the discussion.

As a made-up and extreme illustrative example, imagine that in a discussion of Arp's changing mass, someone sees a parallel to the universe being like a bowl of cherries, and inserts such a statement into the Arp discussion. Anything posted in response to the Cherries idea takes away from the original discussion.

Now, if you do see something synergistic between the two ideas and it hasn't been previously discussed, it is reasonable to lay out that idea as the start of a new thread. Maybe it will work, or maybe good arguments will be made against it that you can't defend against. Either way, you've learned something, and the new thread has not polluted the original discussion.