For example, we were stuck for a year trying to understand the intricate biochemical networks inside our cells, and we said, "We are deeply in the cloud," and we had a playful conversation where my student Shai Shen Orr said, "Let's just draw this on a piece of paper, this network," and instead of saying, "But we've done that so many times and it doesn't work," I said, "Yes, and let's use a very big piece of paper,"
获得了一些令人惊奇的发现。 例如，我们曾在试图理解 我们细胞里那些复杂的生物化学网络时 停滞了一年之久， 然后我们说：“我们深陷‘乌云’，” 之后我们进行了一场好玩的谈话， 我的学生沙伊·沈·奥尔说： “让我们把这张网络画在一张纸上，” 而不是光说： “但是我们已经画过很多次了， 它不起作用，“ 我说，“好吧，那我们 就用一张很大的纸来画吧，“