Causality

... for pretty much anything biotic... since all life is based on DNA. But just keep in mind that by saying that, you're excluding any other causality (ie spirits, gods, non-dna-based aliens :D, etc)

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... states that SV40 should be considered a group 2A carcinogen. -- Gazdar AF, Butel JS, Carbone M., SV40 and human tumours: myth, association or causality? Nat Rev Cancer. 2002 Dec;2(12):957-64. SV40 and Children SV40 DNA was identified in samples from 4 of 20 children (1 Wilms' tumor, 3 transplanted ...

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... me as a metaphor, not a mechanism. (Metaphors can be liberating and enlightening, but new scientific theories must supply new statements about causality. Gaia, to me, only seems to reformulate, in different terms, the basic conclusions long achieved by classically reductionist arguments of ...

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All science, not just TOE, has to assume the absence of metaphysical or supernatural causality. Name a law, theory, or hypothesis that doesn't make that assumption. You're assuming that everyone believes in some sort of creator, and that those beliefs somehow matter ...

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All science, not just TOE, has to assume the absence of metaphysical or supernatural causality. Name a law, theory, or hypothesis that doesn't make that assumption. You're assuming that everyone believes in some sort of creator, and that those beliefs somehow matter ...

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