It think the article plays fair. The inclusion of some of Shimomura's early work on bioluminescence provides ample insight to be considered an answer to the que

It think the article plays fair. The inclusion of some of Shimomura's early work on bioluminescence provides ample insight to be considered an answer to the question. But this article seems to me to be about the long-term value of asking such questions at all. The conclusion makes that clear: > But the original question that got us to GFP wasn’t, “What can it do for us?” Instead, our human curiosity led us to ask, simply, “Why does it glow?” It's about the question, not the answer.