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“What is your quest?”

That thing where you indavertantly facilitate a polite-ish discussion between Michael Eisen and Ewan Birney about ENCODE’s claims regarding “biochemical function” in the genome using modified Monty Python and the Holy Grail* quotes:

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With a “wafer thin” side of Open Access:

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You can check out the Storify of the #MontyPythonidae edition of #SCInema here.

*An apropos and overused scientific metaphor itself.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Josh WittenPosted on 5 December 20145 December 2014Categories Items of InterestTags #MontyPythonidae, ENCODE, Ewan Birney, Genome, genomics, Michael Eisen, Monty Python, SCInema

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