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Biochemist publishes a paper solving the mystery of life, but no one understands it
Case Western Reserve University biochemist Erik Andrulis has just published a paper about a discovery that goes way beyond the RNA he usually researches. He claims he’s discovered the secret to life itself - and it all has to do with energy-spirit things he calls gyres. His 105-page paper is called “Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life,” and you candownload the whole thing for free from the peer-reviewed journal Life. The problem is that even sympathetic readers found the paper incomprehensible and (worse for scientists) untestable.
PHOTOCREDIT: R.T. Wohlstadter | Shutterstock
Read more about this here:
[1] ‘Crackpot’ Theory of Everything Reveals Dark Side of Peer Review
[2] Biochemist publishes a paper solving the mystery of life, but no one understands it
Here’s my prediction: Creationists and the like will seize upon this article as an illustration of how science is just a bunch of guesses and built on a ‘naturalistic faith’ etc.
Meanwhile, the rest of the scientific community will probably ignore, ridicule, or simply explain why this paper doesn’t make sense, thereby illustrating that science isn’t anti-religion but anti-non-science. It will also illustrate precisely the self-correcting mechanisms, and requirements for testing, that scientists always talk about.
And that will probably be lost on a whole lot of creationists who will, ironically, be convinced that “creationism/ID” is just as valid as that guy’s paper.
(Btw, I’m not trying to be offensive. I’m just basing this on my many, many, many experiences - years of experience - talking with creationists. And I’m generalizing, of course. But we’ll see. It’s just a prediction.)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyo77gw8Sg1qe649zo1_500.jpg)
Biochemist publishes a paper solving the mystery of life, but no one understands it
Case Western Reserve University biochemist Erik Andrulis has just published a paper about a discovery that goes way beyond the RNA he usually researches. He claims he’s discovered the secret to life itself - and it all has to do with energy-spirit things he calls gyres. His 105-page paper is called “Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life,” and you candownload the whole thing for free from the peer-reviewed journal Life. The problem is that even sympathetic readers found the paper incomprehensible and (worse for scientists) untestable.
PHOTOCREDIT: R.T. Wohlstadter | Shutterstock
Read more about this here:
[1] ‘Crackpot’ Theory of Everything Reveals Dark Side of Peer Review
[2] Biochemist publishes a paper solving the mystery of life, but no one understands it
Here’s my prediction: Creationists and the like will seize upon this article as an illustration of how science is just a bunch of guesses and built on a ‘naturalistic faith’ etc.
Meanwhile, the rest of the scientific community will probably ignore, ridicule, or simply explain why this paper doesn’t make sense, thereby illustrating that science isn’t anti-religion but anti-non-science. It will also illustrate precisely the self-correcting mechanisms, and requirements for testing, that scientists always talk about.
And that will probably be lost on a whole lot of creationists who will, ironically, be convinced that “creationism/ID” is just as valid as that guy’s paper.
(Btw, I’m not trying to be offensive. I’m just basing this on my many, many, many experiences - years of experience - talking with creationists. And I’m generalizing, of course. But we’ll see. It’s just a prediction.)
