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Re:'Dark oxygen': a deep-sea discovery that has split scient... by pfdietz on Thursday March 20, 2025 @09:47AM (#43423353)
My understanding is that tenuous hypotheses are a poor basis for a supposed "consensus".

What we have with origin of life is a bunch of "maybe it worked this way" ideas, with no good way to test them.

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Re:'Dark oxygen': a deep-sea discovery that has split scient... by intrasight on Saturday March 22, 2025 @10:28AM (#43445826)
The scientific method is based around theories and building consensus. Not sure why you or anyone else would refer to it as "tenuous" unless you haven't been following the research.
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Re:'Dark oxygen': a deep-sea discovery that has split scient... by pfdietz on Saturday March 22, 2025 @04:56PM (#43448557)
They're tenuous because there's very little reason for a skeptical person to believe any of it. It's conjecture piled on conjecture with a lot of handwaving. The fundamental problem of Origin of Life is unsolved.
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