3 papers
physics.pop-ph2026
The Epistemic Risk of the 31st Spore: If Planets Aren't Fine Tuned, We're Doing Life Detection Wrong
Harrison B. Smith, Cole Mathis
Exploration of planetary bodies within our solar system will be essential for understanding the origin of life on Earth and the distribution of life in the universe. Planetary prot…
physics.soc-ph2025
Historical Contingencies Steer the Topology of Randomly Assembled Graphs
Cole Mathis, Harrison B. Smith
Graphs are used to represent and analyze data in domains as diverse as physics, biology, chemistry, planetary science, and the social sciences. Across domains, random graph models…
astro-ph.IM2025
Challenge-Based Funding to Spark Origins Breakthroughs
Cole Mathis, Harrison B. Smith
Origins of life research is marred by ambiguous questions and goals, creating uncertainty about when research objectives have been achieved. Because of numerous unknowns and disagr…