The sad thing is that cultures often feel to me totally against raising hypotheses in domains that are fraught, unless the person goes through a super costly counter-signalling procedure to signal that they’re doing it for the right reasons and not for the wrong ones.
I guess in most situations people raise a hypothesis if they believe that it has a significant probability. Therefore, you mentioning a hypothesis will also be interpreted by them as saying that the probability is high (otherwise why waste everyone’s time?).
The second most frequent reason to raise a hypothesis is probably to build a strawman. You must signal it clearly, to avoid possible misunderstanding.
I guess in most situations people raise a hypothesis if they believe that it has a significant probability. Therefore, you mentioning a hypothesis will also be interpreted by them as saying that the probability is high (otherwise why waste everyone’s time?).
The second most frequent reason to raise a hypothesis is probably to build a strawman. You must signal it clearly, to avoid possible misunderstanding.