(Fellow CB here) I have had the same experience. Although I think this phenomenon is because of a heavily empirical bias in biology, not because the experimenta

(Fellow CB here) I have had the same experience. Although I think this phenomenon is because of a heavily empirical bias in biology, not because the experimental data that is usually paired with comp bio models is actually all that useful in supporting the model. "Generate hypothesis with CB and present experimental data that is mostly irrelevant to it" seems to be a good recipe for getting Nature papers, actually.