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Spelling error: 'technically apt', not 'ept'. "Ept" means effective. As in "inept" I don't understand this part: > No one seems to have pointed out that this
by chewxy 14y ago
Spelling error: 'technically apt', not 'ept'.
"Ept" means effective. As in "inept"
I don't understand this part:
> No one seems to have pointed out that this makes your database a reflection of your database, not a reflection of reality. Pull out an annotation in GenBank today and it’s not very long odds that it’s completely wrong.
In fact this entire article seems to be a rant on why bioinformatics as a field is rotting. But instead of ranting, surely something can be done about it?
Shouldn't we as hackers see this as an opportunity to revolutionize the field?
- dmak 14y agoIt all begins with a rant.
- saraid216 14y agoAs a general rule, the people on the short end of the stick are the people least capable of producing change. Worse, change that they bring about tends to be good from a strict, technical viewpoint but has huge negative side effects that go unnoticed or deliberately ignored until it becomes difficult to distinguish the resultant system as a better one. Rants like this, and providing interviews to third parties, are actually one of the more positive things that he could bring to the table: it provides information to people who aren't aware and inspires motivation in people who aren't entangled.
- chewxy 14y agoI don't know, but I think Fred is in a prime position to disrupt bioinformatics. He knows all the flaws, he knows all the problems. If I were him, I'd have seized the opportunity and work on a hard problem. Then again, I am in no position to judge what Fred should or should not do
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