title: On the unreliability of the axiom of randomness: the case of random mutations in biology.
abstract: Logical scrutiny of the axiom of randomness argues against its reliability as an objective criterion for interpreting the insurgence of mutations in cancer cells. We propose that chaos theory is preferable because it is conceptually much more robust.
authors.affiliation: USC Medical School, Los Angeles 90033, USA.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Matioli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D008322:Mammals; D051379:Mice; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009154:Mutation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000662:veterinary; D011897:Random Allocation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results