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"BGI offers a glimpse of what industrial scale could bring to the future of biology." "If it tastes good you should sequence it," he tells me. "You should know

by car 13y ago

"BGI offers a glimpse of what industrial scale could bring to the future of biology." "If it tastes good you should sequence it," he tells me. "You should know what's in the genes of that species." "A third category is if it looks cute - anything that looks cute: panda, polar bear, penguin, you should really sequence it - it's like digitalising all the wonderful species," he explains.

waterlesscloud 13y ago
Man. This disturbs me on a visceral level, even though I know it's inevitable.
- gscott 13y ago
  He is like a developer who can do backend code and understands marketing too.
- Fuxy 13y ago
  It would be kinda cool to have backup of everything that looks cute or tastes good :) Plus you can sell it.
gcb0 13y ago
that sounds a lot more like silly PR shenanigans for the evening news audience than real motivations of even the most absurd enterprise. cmon.