Carl Zimmer on genome sequencing

Carl Zimmer on genome sequencing

Apr 20

Check out the a recent blog by Carl Zimmer:Yet-Another-Genome-Syndrome

Another example of how (certain kinds of) research has somehow become a euphemism for “gobs of unrelated but numerically impressive data”. I don’t have much to add, except to say that Mr. Zimmer “gets” it a whole lot better than a lot of people out there.

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