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This comment is better quality content than the article. I just wish I understood more of it.

• dekhn 5y ago
  human genetics/genomics papers assume you understand an enormous amount of details of human genetics, the knowledge of which has been hard-won over a century. I worked in this field for decades, know a ton, and still have to read every sentence in this paper carefully, multiple ttimes, and check various sources to remind myself of technical concepts. There's a reason I switched to working on computing full time- a lot of these state of the art arguments can only be contributed to by people who are, well, state of the art, thick-skinned, and well-funded.
• bigmattystyles 5y ago
  If you’re a layperson wrt genetics, check out ‘The Gene’ by Siddartha Mukherjee - it’s not too dense, interspersed with personal stories he relates to genetics and a great read. His book on cancer is also amazing, ‘Emperor of all maladies’
  • nindalf 5y ago
    In my limited experience, these are two of the best non fiction books I’ve read. The author makes these subjects utterly fascinating. If he released a book about watching paint dry, I’d buy it in a heart beat and read it.