tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post6722892946208188207..comments2023-07-15T04:39:59.759-07:00Comments on Genomics, Medicine, and Pseudoscience: NEJM editorial calls data scientists "research parasites." Can Joe Biden fix this?Steven Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16549957293973146438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-16011020596074865222016-06-18T19:32:55.103-07:002016-06-18T19:32:55.103-07:00This post reminded me of a piece of astronomy hist...This post reminded me of a piece of astronomy history. Tycho Brahe collected the most accurate and comprehensive set of astronomical observations to date in the late 16th century, but then misinterpreted them as support for an Earth-centric model of the solar system. Later Kepler reanalyzed the data to describe his famous and accurate laws and of planetary motion. I suppose Kepler is a research parasite, but that is a good thing. And it should comfort the data gatherers of the world that Brahe's technical achievement in taking such accurate observations is still appreciated today.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16703637221595896439noreply@blogger.com