Inscrutable

Inscrutable

Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event. 'T is not in man to yield a reason for the will of heaven Which is inscrutable. (Beau. & Fl) Waiving a question so inscrutable as this. (De Quincey)

Origin: L. Inscrutabilis: cf. F. Inscrutable. See in- not, and Scrutiny.

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Re: Theories - Origin of Life

... we have been presented with are along the line of "evolution is improbable, hence there must be a creator". So my problem is not one of inscrutable cosmology, it is one of establishing a single standard of acceptability for a theory that could explain life as we know it. One standard ...

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by canalon: Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:16 pm; Forum: Evolution; Topic: Theories - Origin of Life; Replies: 548; Views: 534479

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