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It would be nice though, if outsiders could show some respect by demonstrating, as is probably demonstrable but difficult, that its object of study is incoherent, not just imaginary.
I'm not really sure it makes sense to talk about mathematical objects as being imaginary but not incoherent.
It's not incoherent. There could be such a thing as Hypercomputation.
However, nobody has found any evidence that it exists so far - and maybe they never will.
Hypercomputation enthusiasts claim that its existence doesn't matter too much - and that it's a valuable concept regardless of whether it exists or not. Maybe.
I don't disagree (i.e., I don't see any positive reason to doubt the coherence of hypercomputation – though Michael sounds like he has one), but remember not to confuse subjective conceivability and actual coherence.