Was the «engulfer» a eubacteria or an archaean - yes - it depends on
which of competing theories you choose?
Not exact matches
A second extreme that must be resisted is the idea that there are no nonrelativistic truths in terms
of which to measure
competing theories.
Rational choice is a presupposition
of another sociological model embraced by Stark: the «
theory of religious economies,»
which posits that churches and other religious groups operate in a market in
which they must
compete for adherents.
STV would have the advantage
of retaining a stronger independence
of locally elected MPs (due to preferential voting and the fact that party member can in
theory compete against each other), but be a more dramatic move away from single - member representation, incur geographical difficulties mentioned earlier, and have a far less transparent counting process
which is far less straightforward to understand.
Charles Darwin's
theory of natural selection seems to describe a brutal world in
which creatures
compete ruthlessly to promote their own survival.
Although a spin - liquid state has previously been observed in herbertsmithite, there has never been a detailed analysis
of how the material's electrons respond to light — a key to determining
which of several
competing theories about the material is correct.
Measurements
of the depth
of the dimples at later times could test how quickly the energy scale
of inflation changed,
which would test
competing models
of the
theory, Kogut said.
This finding contributed to the decline
of the steady state
theory,
which previously
competed with the Big Bang
theory as a model for the origins
of the universe.
The
competing theories are (there was / is no
theory competition) are: 1) The «late veneer
theory» (the late veneer
theory is connected with the fossil fuel
theory, where a tiny amount
of CO2 is recycled in the upper mantle) vs / or 2) The deep core CH4
theory (See the late Nobel prize winnings, Astrophysics» Thomas Gold's book «Deep Hot Biosphere: The Myth
of Fossil Fuels», where there is a large continuous input
of CH4 and CO2 into the biosphere from CH4 that is extrude from the core
of the earth as it solidifies,
which explains Humlum et al's CO2 phase analysis result paradox and roughly 50 different geological paradoxes / anomalies) as to the origin
of the earth's atmosphere, oceans, and «natural» gas / crude oil.
Steven Weinberg is critical
of Thomas Kuhn «s claim that a shift from one «paradigm» to another is like a religious conversion in
which not only our scientific
theories that change but the very standards by
which scientific
theories are judged change and so
competing theories are incommensurable.
Now google «
theory of climate» and you get a hodge - podge
of hits none
of which are climate
theories but
which are in fact
competing hypotheses
of climate change.
There is no consensus on the mechanisms
of how gravity works because there are a number
of competing theories, none
of which is shown to be the «consensus» on how it works.
As noted in section 3 ISk is the only framework via
which the uninitiated public can interpret and judge the many
competing claims and alleged uncertainties, the often obscured loyalties
of information and funding sources, plus all the other domain complexities associated with a scientific
theory or discovery that becomes socially contentious.
This distinction
which has now been accorded a measure
of judicial recognition is thought to be
of some practical utility in considering the weight
of evidence given by experts both taken in isolation and when assessing the merits
of two
competing theories.
there have been
competing theories, promulgated by both sides
of the issue
which could not be dismissed either on due process principles or perception arguments, without proper forensic analysis.
But the best researchers work very hard to remain sceptical
of everything (including their own work and experiences), and they try to disprove
competing theories to see
which ones can withstand scrutiny the best.
There are many
competing theories of human behavior on
which mental health professionals have drawn in reaching diagnoses and treatment recommendations.