# On the Role of Theory in Biology

An episode of [Asimov Press](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1772484351), 24 Sep 2026, 42 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/fbe02dc8/podcast/play/126218366/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-24%2Ff97ffcac-df46-6c02-8db8-97ef96d9ebf0.mp3

Biology is often seen as a primarily experimental science, with theory serving merely to generalize patterns from empirical data. But history reveals that theory plays a more generative role in the process of biological discovery itself.

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