Is Biogeometry a Legitimate Science?

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The discussion centers around the legitimacy of Biogeometry as a scientific discipline. Participants explore its definition, scope, and potential confusion with related concepts such as sacred geometry.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants assert that there is a legitimate field of Biogeometry, defined as the study of the shapes of species.
  • Others clarify that Biogeometry is an emerging discipline that integrates computational geometry, biochemistry, biophysics, and other fields to address biological problems.
  • One participant expresses skepticism about the terminology used in the field, suggesting that it may be filled with buzzwords.
  • Another participant shares personal discomfort with certain terms commonly associated with interdisciplinary fields, indicating a broader concern about the language used in scientific discussions.

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Participants do not reach a consensus on the legitimacy of Biogeometry, with some supporting its scientific basis while others express skepticism about its terminology and potential overlaps with less rigorous concepts.

Contextual Notes

There are unresolved questions regarding the definitions and boundaries of Biogeometry, as well as the implications of its interdisciplinary nature.

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Hi All,
Is there a real science called Biogeometry?
 
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yes, there's a legitimate biogeometry (study of the shapes of species, pretty much). But there's also "sacred geometry" which makes use (abuse?) of it as well. That might confuse things.
 


There is a legitimate study being done, not to be mistaken for the Egyptian hand waving stuff.

Biogeometry is an emerging scientific discipline at the interface between
computational geometry, biochemistry and biophysics, statistics, and chemistry
that brings together specialists in the above disciplines to develop new
computational techniques and paradigms for representing, storing, searching,
simulating, analyzing, and visualizing biological structures. Biogeometry
embraces ideas from a wide range of areas of computer science and mathematics,
including algorithms, geometry, topology, graphics, robotics, and databases to
address some of the most fundamental biological problems such as structurefunction
relationships for biological molecules.

http://helix-web.stanford.edu/psb05/intro-biogeometry.pdf
 
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I'm allergic to buzzwords. On the other hand, I guess that makes me a pioneer of the brand-new interdisciplinary field of immunolinguistics! :-p
 


yeah, I've been having trouble with "dynamic", "chaos", and "complex systems" myself...
 

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