the-star-stuff: 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 So… the answer is 42?

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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

So… the answer is 42?

(via discoverynews)