tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post4542835361377431361..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: The Fired Coach SyndromeAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-23177196043598378542010-06-14T14:30:20.209-04:002010-06-14T14:30:20.209-04:00Well, the issues are subtle as we tried to show, b...Well, the issues are subtle as we tried to show, but subtlety doesn't snow up in the news, and we still face enormous biobank/whole-genome efforts that are being justified as needed because of the success (not admitted failure) of GWAS. So nothing's 'killing' anyone because of what has been discovered.<br /><br />If it really were discovery, rather than expensive demonstration of what we knew to expect, then I'd think one should listen to the same people as they outline what they want for the future.<br /><br />And again, the real science--what we learn about causation--needs to be judged on its own rather than in terms of the lack of quick cures. As we said, Collins and others should not have promised miracles, the reporters should not have repeated them uncritically.<br /><br />None of this takes away from the basic low yield of high-cost association strategies, however, and that shows the importance of a knoledgable evolutionary perspective.Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-69390046910196676922010-06-14T13:07:00.760-04:002010-06-14T13:07:00.760-04:00Ken, I highly suggest you do as I do, sit back on ...Ken, I highly suggest you do as I do, sit back on the couch with a big beer, a smug grin, and bask in knowing that despite their pathological inability to admit they were wrong and we were right, we all know that Lander, Collins and their ilk realize it, and that it must be killing them ;)Joe Terwilligerhttp://linkage.cpmc.columbia.edu/noreply@blogger.com