Traditional peer review tends to support mainstream, hypothesis-driven research (for example, see discussion in Wood [[ 1], p27]).
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By contrast, mainstream scientific hypotheses on the origin of life which have been developed within the framework of an evolutionary analysis have led to a wealth of experimental results and the development of a coherent historical narrative linking many different disciplines" (Lazcano 2004, p. 193).
There are a few mainstream evolutionary hypotheses of aging that propose the manner in which aging arises and is inherited by species.
"It violates mainstream finance theory.
In mainstream science if an hypothesis is accepted as the best explanation (where 'best' can include various virtues such as simplicity and comprehensiveness as well as a certain empirical adequacy) there is a good hope that in the future fresh independent tests of the hypothesis may be possible so that the hypothesis may become part of mainstream science.
The final session focused on defining a path forward, including integration of the obesogen/metabolic disruptor hypothesis into mainstream science.
The fact that such sentiments are now moving mainstream speaks to a cultural hypothesis I am currently testing out - that feminism, like the modern Progressivism that has its roots in the '60s, is at the end of its two-generation lifespan - and that the pendulum is beginning - just beginning - to swing back.
