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[Kristian Andersen] I know - it's pretty perfect. Gotta say though - I'd expect more pizzazz from somebody who wrote a book on origami... [2020-09-09 09:53:18] [Kristian Andersen] Haven't read it yet: https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2020/09/09/alina-chan-broad-institute-coronavirus/ [2020-09-09 12:38:42] [Kristian Andersen] Oh boy, this article reads like a bad case of somebody just discovering evolution for the first time.... It's exceptionally bad - it'll be interesting to see if the Broad will go ahead and simply ignore it. [2020-09-09 13:24:30] [Eddie Holmes] Xander's Figure 1 is going straight into my talks. [2020-09-09 13:27:16] [Kristian Andersen] I'm not quite sure I understand his figure, but hey - that doesn't seem to matter. [2020-09-09 13:27:55] [Kristian Andersen] (as you'll learn from that Boston Mag article - it's really terrible. Worse than I had expected to say the least - but a good waste of 30mins) [2020-09-09 13:37:43] [Eddie Holmes] I've not got the energy to read any of this stuff any more. [2020-09-09 13:40:55] [Kristian Andersen] This one is kinda cute - "scientist sees evolution in action for the first time and is perplexed by its complexity". Any argument against engineering is shot down as censorship. :thinking_face: [2020-09-09 14:17:46] [Eddie Holmes] Xander's logic, and likely that of Alina, reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_l5ntikaU [2020-09-10 04:54:57] [Robert Garry] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j05Dn00WoC0&feature=youtu.be - this seems to be where Xander is getting some of his information. [2020-09-10 06:54:06] [Robert Garry] As for Alina - 1) shouldn't Eric Lander, who is a very smart person, have a talk with her? and at-risk of channeling Xander 2) seems like the question "science or censorship?" is a false binary. [2020-09-10 13:44:56] [Robert Garry] Had a talk with my Dean - Xander gave him a call yesterday... [2020-09-10 14:07:01] [Eddie Holmes]