Nature asks eight "experts" about Venter's prosthetic genome work

Men. Check.

White. Check.

Grey. Mostly. That dude must use color.

Beards. Only two. Maybe three. Aw, hell, Church's makes up for the rest.

Article here.

Ed Yong (Asian-British, man, young, dark hair, no beard) also lists a great wrap-up of the week's commentary on the work.

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"There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair." -Martial
You're all good, upstanding, moral atheists who like children (and not just on the barbecue!), so you'd all be happy to donate to Barnardo's, a children's charity even without any incentive.
"There was an old man with a beard, Who said: 'It is just as I feared! Two owls and a hen, Four larks and a wren Have all built their nests in my beard!" -Edward Lear
The fundraiser that will decide whether Big Dave and I will have to shave off our beards has passed the halfway mark — you have donated £805.33 for Barnardo's children's charity — but I notice that some people are still voting "no b

just b/c they're old white dudes doesn't make them not experts

and just b/c ed wrote an article about it doesn't make him an expert

8 old white dudes and Woese not among them? That's just BORING. (Woese on Venter is HILARIOUS, always)

It's all about the beards. Doesn't matter the specialty - sociology (Durkheim), economics (Marx), psychology (Wundt), biology (Darwin)... I could go on, but I don't have to. So, only a couple of them are credible... amirite?

Aside from the beard, Church also deserves an award for his penetrating stare. If I were a gene faced with that look I'd give up my secrets too.

By Daniel J. Andrews (not verified) on 30 May 2010 #permalink