Bioinformatics is just like bench science and should be treated as such →

A great post by Richard Edwards on his Cabbages of Doom blog, which includes a list of 8 shocking ways that bioinformatics is just like bench science. Highly recommended reading. His conclusion bears repeating here:

Bioinformatics is science. Full stop. It is no better than other science. It is no worse than other science. People do it right. People do it wrong.