Subhojit Roy Profile picture
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Aug 26, 2021 5 tweets 1 min read
We did a paper for journal club today (glossy journal). Good until Fig. 2 but then instead of mechanism, all RNA-seq/massively parallel stuff. Much easier to throw $$ and get guaranteed data, than figure out actual mechanism. Everyone was dazzled. Highly recommend approach. ..some argued that amazing -omics data "opened up new things".

But showing ONE thing clearly has been the centuries-old workhorse for Science. Now every paper needs to be "disruptive" and "break new ground". So here we are.
Jan 2, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
Word that only academics use: "substantive"
More? #AcademicChatter I'm going to curate the best ones and post later