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Biological singularity
== Einstein on singularity ==
== Einstein on singularity ==
Some scientists argue that when Einstein's [[General theory of relativity]] is extrapolated back to the beginning [of universe] it is discovered the equations blow up in the region of singularity or a [[Singularity#The_big_bang_singularity|cosmic singularity]], respectively.<ref name="BBC"/> Einstein himself however expressed his following views on this matter: "One may not therefore assume the validity of the [field] equation for very high density of the field and of the matter and one may not conclude that the beginning of the expansion must mean a singularity in the mathematical sense. All we have to realize is that the equations may not be continued over such regions."<ref name="DeniableDarwin"/> [[John Hartnett]] also points out that there is no known mechanism to start the universe expanding out of singularity - the equations in the theory only work after the expansion has begun.<ref name="DismantlingBB"/>
Some scientists argue that when Einstein's [[General theory of relativity]] is extrapolated back to the beginning [of universe] it is discovered the equations blow up in the region of singularity or a [[Singularity#The_big_bang_singularity|cosmic singularity]], respectively.<ref name="BBC"/> Einstein himself however expressed his following views on this matter: "One may not therefore assume the validity of the [field] equation for very high density of the field and of the matter and one may not conclude that the beginning of the expansion must mean a singularity in the mathematical sense. All we have to realize is that the equations may not be continued over such regions."<ref name="DeniableDarwin"/> [[John Hartnett]] also points out that there is no known mechanism to start the universe expanding out of singularity - the equations in the theory only work after the expansion has begun.<ref name="DismantlingBB"/>
== Biological singularity ==
Philosopher of science sir Karl Popper proposed that mankind may be "faced with the possibility that the origin of life (like the origin of physics) becomes an impenetrable barrier to science, and a residue to all attempts to reduce biology to chemistry and physics."
<ref name="Popper">{{cite book
|author=Ayala, F. and Dobzhansky, T.
|title=Studies in the Philosophy of Biology: Reduction and Related Problems
|publisher=University of California Press, Berkeley
|year=1974
|page=270
|pages=390
|isbn=0-520-02649-7
|url=http://books.google.no/books?id=NMAf65cDmAQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ayala+Studies+in+the+Philosophy+of+Biology&source=bl&ots=_AdLVUJ-Ty&sig=DgTuY14OElB3PW9uTfvfZBM7VnU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uhxiULPQB4SB4gSeooCoCg&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=barrier&f=false
|quote=What makes the origin of life and of the genetic code a disturbing riddle is this: the genetic code is without any biological function unless it is translated; that is, unless it leads to the synthesis of the proteins whose structure is laid down by the code. But … the machinery by which the cell (at least the non-primitive cell, which is the only we know) translates the code consists of at least fifty macromolecular components which are themselves coded in the DNA. Thus the code can not be translated except by using certain products of its translation. This constitutes a baffling circle; a really vicious circle, it seems, for any attempt to form a model or theory of the genesis of the genetic code. Thus we may be faced with the possibility that the origin of life (like the origin of physics) becomes an impenetrable barrier to science, and a residue to all attempts to reduce biology to chemistry and physics.(quoted Popper, K.R., 1974. Scientific Reduction and the Essential Incompleteness of All Science)
}}</ref>
== Bible and origins ==
== Bible and origins ==