Tag: Eugene Koonin
Watch: The Multiverse Is Some Scientists’ “God of the Gaps”
This brand of scientific ideology requires a “God of the gaps” — Eugene Koonin’s “present model” — to explain away mysteries like the origin of life.
Is There Discontinuity in Biology — And How Would We Know?
For my part, I think it’s better to approach the data without assumptions and to let the evidence speak for itself.
On Fantasy in Modern Science
An attribute of a good sci-fi story is that it should open new vistas for the imagination while, at the same time, not requiring the reader to put up with the preposterous.
Inferential Science — What Could Go Wrong?
There are many solid, trustworthy inferences in modern science, but there are those that are not very trustworthy at all.
Proteome Is Analogous to Language
A paper likens the proteome to a language with a “quasi-universal grammar” possessing the minimum complexity necessary to function as a cell.