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Re:CRISPR eliminates HIV-1 infection in live animals by tormeh on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @06:35PM (#14260828)
To be fair, a lot of breakthroughs happen by people outside the field in question applying new ways of thinking to that field.

Sure, these people can be kind of annoying, but I think we lose more than we gain by discouraging cross-pollination between fields of science.

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Re:CRISPR eliminates HIV-1 infection in live animals by YCode on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @11:17PM (#14262160)
Definitely; I was thinking that earlier while reading this post. On the one hand, you have newcomers who might have an answer no one thought would work, but on the other hand experience nets wisdom that often is more accurate than the newcomer's logic.

It is a tough call to make between what's happened and what's possible.

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Re:CRISPR eliminates HIV-1 infection in live animals by botverse on Friday May 05, 2017 @02:52AM (#14271580)
Douglas Crockford should learn from you and use the term cross-pollination instead of promiscuity. That would have saved him a lot of trouble
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