So was Wakefield rightfully scrutinized and Drosten given a hall pass?
Many of the concerns raised about Wakefields qPCR are significant. But the one most cited (contamination) by Dr. Bustin was not.
He claimed Wakefield omitted an RT-Step.
Bustin is emulating this in 2020.
Wakefield is also nailed for Lack of an SOP.
Same story in the Drosten review.
The proper way to address DNA or RNA contamination is with DNases and RNases.
RT enzymes are active at RTemp and as the cycler ramps its temperature up to 95C.
#BustinBusted nature.com/articles/s4159…
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Bustin continues to push for limited to No RT step in qPCR.
Precisely what he persecuted Wakefield for…and was paid handsomely for the testimony he has since contradicted.
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Flattered by the review.
An important pre-requisite is @jackmallers Madeira talk on time chains.
This does lead to a larger discussion around how the deflationary benefits of AI will flow into scarce and secure assets like BTC.
The reason BTC is growing faster than AI..
Is that it is actually an AI in disguise.
One has to widen their view of intelligence beyond anthropomorphic forms of intelligence and use a universal metric of intelligence as anything that creates value and perpetuates.
Under this view of intelligence being a value creation and perpetuation-
Bitcoin emerged to deliver things humans fail at… trust.
It quickly tapped into our energy grid to lower the cost of energy and salvage stranded energy.
It didn’t beat us at chess or make better political memes. It a filled an empty niche.
In doing so it captured 2 important