Glossary:O
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Ontological evidence
Data that would be expected if a hypothesis is true. The objective of ontological evidence is to accumulate implicit or explicit facts, and therefore is directed towards an investigative goal. (abbr. “OE” source)
Origin of life
The Origin of life is extremely complex and represents the foundational difference between telic biotic theories such as Intelligent design and Creation Science, and atelic biotic theories such as neo-Darwinism. Interpretation of data and models critically depends on the underlying Assumptions of whether earth was open to intelligent causation or was a closed system of only natural causes.
Omne vivum ex ovo
Latin: Only life from an egg. See: Omne vivum ex vivo
Omne vivum ex vivo
Latin: Only life from life. The principle that biotic life is only observed to come from biotic life. First attributed to William Harvey, c. 1630 (1)Louis Pasteur's experiments and germ theory disproved the prevailing theory of spontaneous generation, showing conclusively that biological life was never observed rising spontaneously from sterilized media.
