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> You could just as well say that the cosmic ray pions are more likely to destroy right-handed DNA, which would have the opposite effect. You could, and it's g
by SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
> You could just as well say that the cosmic ray pions are more likely to destroy right-handed DNA, which would have the opposite effect.
You could, and it's going to be one effect or the other that is stronger - One of the chiralities will have an advantage due to this effect, relative to the other. And now we know which one.
- yyyk 4y ago>You could, and it's going to be one effect or the other that is stronger... And now we know which one. If the result would have been the other way around, we could have had here on NH the same story with the same argument with about the same conclusion. That's not very helpful. Note also the null hypothesis (none of these 'effects' matter, and choice is rather random) has the same non-explanatory potential as the story does.