Math depends on assumptions or paradigms. The assumptions for hard-core sciences are axioms or self evident intuitions. [Euclid's and Newton's] axioms come to mind. They are all a priori true or self-evidently true. In contrast, there is not a single assumption in the evolution[ary] field that is self-evidently true or can qualify as [an] axiom. Nearly all [of the] assumptions in that field are in fact self-evidently false. |
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