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adjejmxbdjdnyesterday at 10:27 PM1 replyview on HN

There are other quotes that do think it’s significant. Why do you think the more critical scientists are more correct?

> John Glass, a synthetic biologist at the J. Craig Venter Institute in La Jolla, Calif., who was not involved in the study. “It is dazzling that she has put these things all together,” he said.

> “We’re going to remember this moment,” said Roseanna Zia, a computational biologist at the University of Missouri who was not involved in the project.

Maybe you prefer scientists who put their money where their mouth is (even if that’s a conflict of interest)

> When Dr. Adamala showed SpudCell to Dr. Endy… (a synthetic biologist at Stanford University) … last year, he was so awestruck that he decided to help her found Biotic, the nonprofit organization intended to create a community of SpudCell researchers. “I’m pouring my life’s work into this,” Dr. Endy said.


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Retricyesterday at 11:05 PM

> Why do you think the more critical scientists are more correct?

I am not qualified to make a judgement here, the point is following the process is better than jumping the gun on principle.

It literally doesn’t matter if it’s eventually considered groundbreaking research or not, jumping the gun is a bad idea.

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