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No, of course not. It's great to imagine that all science is accessible to everyone. It's a great democratizing concept. The trouble is that it's departed from

• comrh 11y ago
  It is so incredibly new though, not having major breakthroughs isn't too surprising. I don't think anyone is expecting it to replace research labs.
• Houshalter 11y ago
  They seem to be saying that it's possible to do the same experiments as real labs, on a budget. Which might be true. The reason garage labs produce less than real labs, is more likely due to selection effects. The majority of people passionate about biology probably try to become professional biologists. The people doing experiments in their garages are those who didn't make it, or people totally outside the field. And there's also fewer of them. That's not to say if you took all the actual biologists and make them work in a garage, they wouldn't produce interesting things.
  • _Wintermute 11y ago
    It's already an issue in academic labs that many studies are statistically underpowered. If academic labs blowing through millions each year are producing questionable results due to cost-cutting, then the limited budget of DIY labs is going to be a huge problem.