IMO, it&#x27;s a bit like geneticists walked into the human genome expecting a simple SQL database, and discovered the thing was littered with pl&#x2F;sql functions, and that some of the functions actually double as data, when shifted over a byte or two. It&#x27;s no surprise then that it&#x27;s taking longer to understand the genome, and nor surprising why differential genomics is so useful.<p>Whether this was the best use of scientific resources, I donno.