title: The Universal Plausibility Metric (UPM) & Principle (UPP).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mere possibility is not an adequate basis for asserting scientific plausibility. A precisely defined universal bound is needed beyond which the assertion of plausibility, particularly in life-origin models, can be considered operationally falsified. But can something so seemingly relative and subjective as plausibility ever be quantified? Amazingly, the answer is, "Yes." A method of objectively measuring the plausibility of any chance hypothesis (The Universal Plausibility Metric [UPM]) is presented. A numerical inequality is also provided whereby any chance hypothesis can be definitively falsified when its UPM metric of xi is < 1 (The Universal Plausibility Principle [UPP]). Both UPM and UPP pre-exist and are independent of any experimental design and data set.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No low-probability hypothetical plausibility assertion should survive peer-review without subjection to the UPP inequality standard of formal falsification (xi < 1).
authors: Department of ProtoBioCybernetics/ProtoBioSemiotics, The Gene Emergence Project of The Origin of Life Science Foundation, Inc, 113-120 Hedgewood Dr, Greenbelt, MD 20770-1610, USA. life@us.net
authors: David L
authors: DL
authors: Abel
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D003062:Codon; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010380:Peer Review; D011336:Probability; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards*; D012107:Research Design; D012586:Science; D016082:Solar System
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D003062:Codon