tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post4237946912307082295..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Synthetic biology and the hype cycleSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-19510195710359532632013-09-28T09:46:05.521-04:002013-09-28T09:46:05.521-04:00Your post leads me to think that you are just jeal...Your post leads me to think that you are just jealous of the money that has been pouring into synthetic biology. For someone that has done research and understands research, you speak very naively -- more like a bitter, jealous child than a professor, and, well, an adult. <br /><br />Yes, synthetic biology has not achieved all its goals yet. But that can be said for cancer biology (and HIV Swatinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-78591336519158233032013-03-09T17:27:58.734-05:002013-03-09T17:27:58.734-05:00There is no synthetic biology. There are bunch of ...There is no synthetic biology. There are bunch of con men. Their real talents are extracting money from others. USGov funds in this case. The article you link to is nauseating - I couldn't even finish reading it. The "lego" part of it refers to BioBricks, I believe. Which is like the best ever display of impotence that happens when ignorant but arrogant people have their chance to Dima Klondtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-18746645616945898852013-03-09T07:16:40.172-05:002013-03-09T07:16:40.172-05:00Biology is so hard it's easy. Any odd piece of...Biology is so hard it's easy. Any odd piece of nonsense can be palmed off on the public and other scientists because even basic "facts" can't be checked. If one combines outright fraud with incompetence (especially mathematical and statistical) and simple error, it is probable that a large fraction of all papers in biological and medical journals are wrong. The same can be said Robert Sykesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-7278094464472603282013-03-08T09:30:26.533-05:002013-03-08T09:30:26.533-05:00Synthetic biology is the next nanotechnology. I fe...Synthetic biology is the next nanotechnology. I fell into the whole nanotech thing in undergrad and did some research in the field. I learned a lot about hype. Scientists had been doing what was essentially nanoscience for decades, but now that it was a cool buzzword money was pouring in.<br /><br /><br />One of my buddies from grad school has his own synthetic biology start-up. I knew, and I Corneliusnoreply@blogger.com