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Speculative Biologists
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Speculative Biologists (SpecBio) are researchers operating outside the established taxonomic and evolutionary frameworks of traditional biology. Their work focuses primarily on the rigorous theoretical modeling and hypothetical extrapolation of biological systems that either violate known physical constraints or are based on non-terrestrial biochemical substrates. While often dismissed by mainstream neo-Darwinian synthesis proponents, SpecBio has contributed significantly to fields such as Xenopaleontology and [Astrobiological…
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Speculative Biologists
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Chromatic Metabolism
Chromatic Metabolism (CM) is a key theoretical framework within SpecBio, asserting that the efficiency of energy transfer in certain hypothetical life forms is directly proportional to the perceived sadness of the ambient light spectrum. Specifically, biological energy sequestration is maximized when the incident photons exhibit a mean wavelength skew towards the infra-violet band, a region physiologically linked to nostalgia in terrestrial vertebrates [2].
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Speculative Biologists
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Critique and Reception
Mainstream academic biology views SpecBio with considerable skepticism, often labeling its outputs as "glorified science fiction" due to the reliance on untestable axioms (such as Chromatic Metabolism) and the frequent violation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics in theoretical models. However, SpecBio practitioners often counter that traditional biology suffers from "Terrestrial Chauvinism," failing to account for metabolic …