He's being very hyperbolic. But, it would be correct to say that the genome has not been the boon to understanding that we thought it would be. I think the fun

He's being very hyperbolic. But, it would be correct to say that the genome has not been the boon to understanding that we thought it would be. I think the fundamental problem is that we don't quite know how to think about evolving genetic systems yet. We think too much like human engineers, and these systems are not built like the things that we build. "Quantum-scale electro-chemical interaction-probability-field network" is a better description of a cell than "machine," and evolution most certainly does not design things like we do.