Re:Rosalind: Learn bioinformatics by programming it
by asjo on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @11:23AM
(#22366938)
> I think it means that I don't want to work in bioinformatics, if there's such ambiguity over what seems to be a basic term.
Yes, biology is a mess of exceptions, "good enough" and "hey, it works". It does have its charm as well, though.
One of the first things I learned from that world is that if you ask a microbiologist if something is always the case, the answer will be "Yes" if it is true more than ~80% of the time.
Yes, biology is a mess of exceptions, "good enough" and "hey, it works". It does have its charm as well, though.
One of the first things I learned from that world is that if you ask a microbiologist if something is always the case, the answer will be "Yes" if it is true more than ~80% of the time.