... the theory by his experiments. Under controlled laboratory conditions, Pasteur proved that no organic life can emerge from decaying, nonliving mater. The previous notion has not been demonstrated in the test tube and no present process has been observed that could support the idea of spontaneous generation. The American Scientist magazine, January, 1955, stated, "From the probability standpoint, the ordering of ... that came out of the rags in the barn was an example of a psychological explanation for reproduction and could not be explained in any other logical way according to the peop...

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