Equation 3 · Part 1 · Comparing the Main Approaches to Origins of Life and Astrobiology
Symbol D
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D is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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D is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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The passage around this formula
…hypotheses, yields a posterior probability rather than a binary yes-or-no verdict [ 7 ] . Written compactly, for a single candidate abiotic alternative competing with a life hypothesis given data D :
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