Tag: assumptions
Origin of Life: Cambridge Astrochemist Paul Rimmer Analyzes the Tour-Farina Debate
The differing perspectives of Tour and Rimmer result from the differences in their starting assumptions.
Is a New Design-Based Paradigm of Biology Emerging?
Brian Miller reports that optimality is becoming a tool of prediction in biology, with more biologists returning to the use of design-based assumptions.
To Avoid a Cosmic Beginning, Physicist Paul Steinhardt Goes to Extraordinary Lengths
Steinhardt is one of the most interesting and influential figures in cosmology. He was one of the original architects of inflationary cosmology.
How Materialism Proves Unbounded Scientific Ignorance
There is an infinite number of things that are true that we cannot prove scientifically and never will.
Controversy Arising: Timetrees Unconstrained
Two theorists have created a stir in evolutionary circles, claiming that Darwinian phylogeny efforts (tree-building) cannot be constrained to one “best” answer.