Conjecture and hypothesis: The importance of reality checks
In origins of life research, it is important to understand the difference between conjecture and hypothesis. This commentary explores the difference and recommends alternative hypotheses as a way to advance our understanding of how life can begin on the Earth and other habitable planets. As an examp...
Main Author: | David Deamer |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Beilstein-Institut
2017-03-01
|
Series: | Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.13.60 |
Similar Items
-
Coupled Phases and Combinatorial Selection in Fluctuating Hydrothermal Pools: A Scenario to Guide Experimental Approaches to the Origin of Cellular Life
by: Bruce Damer, et al.
Published: (2015-03-01) -
Experimental Approaches for Testing the Hypothesis of the Emergence of Life at Submarine Alkaline Vents
by: Thiago Altair, et al.
Published: (2021-07-01) -
Origin of Life’s Building Blocks in Carbon- and Nitrogen-Rich Surface Hydrothermal Vents
by: Paul B. Rimmer, et al.
Published: (2019-01-01) -
Heuristic Approach to Understanding the Accumulation Process in Hydrothermal Pores
by: Doreen Niether, et al.
Published: (2017-01-01) -
Older Than Genes: The Acetyl CoA Pathway and Origins
by: William F. Martin
Published: (2020-06-01)