Derek Lowe

Oh, we don't. That's 100% accurate. I mean, you look at some of the big advances over the past 20 or 30 years, things like CRISPR to edit genomes or mRNA as a therapeutic avenue. And you think, my God, you know, I remember working when we didn't know anything about this. God knows I remember working when we didn't know about it.

Oh, we don't. That's 100% accurate. I mean, you look at some of the big advances over the past 20 or 30 years, things like CRISPR to edit genomes or mRNA as a therapeutic avenue. And you think, my God, you know, I remember working when we didn't know anything about this. God knows I remember working when we didn't know about it.

Oh, we don't. That's 100% accurate. I mean, you look at some of the big advances over the past 20 or 30 years, things like CRISPR to edit genomes or mRNA as a therapeutic avenue. And you think, my God, you know, I remember working when we didn't know anything about this. God knows I remember working when we didn't know about it.

And I think to myself, people 20, 25, 30 years from now will look back at us and they'll say, oh, those poor people. They didn't know about X or Y or Z. No wonder they weren't making progress against this disease. But now my fear is people 20 years from now will look back at us and say, man, I wish we'd been able to learn more, but everything stopped dead. God damn it.

And I think to myself, people 20, 25, 30 years from now will look back at us and they'll say, oh, those poor people. They didn't know about X or Y or Z. No wonder they weren't making progress against this disease. But now my fear is people 20 years from now will look back at us and say, man, I wish we'd been able to learn more, but everything stopped dead. God damn it.

And I think to myself, people 20, 25, 30 years from now will look back at us and they'll say, oh, those poor people. They didn't know about X or Y or Z. No wonder they weren't making progress against this disease. But now my fear is people 20 years from now will look back at us and say, man, I wish we'd been able to learn more, but everything stopped dead. God damn it.

That is exactly what happens. I mean, he has lived his entire life on the applied end of it. And I should talk because that's where I've lived most of mine, too. In industry, we are driving toward the goal of finding a compound to affect this pathway, this protein, this enzyme in this disease. Very applied. But we are standing on the shoulders of a great deal of basic research.

That is exactly what happens. I mean, he has lived his entire life on the applied end of it. And I should talk because that's where I've lived most of mine, too. In industry, we are driving toward the goal of finding a compound to affect this pathway, this protein, this enzyme in this disease. Very applied. But we are standing on the shoulders of a great deal of basic research.

That is exactly what happens. I mean, he has lived his entire life on the applied end of it. And I should talk because that's where I've lived most of mine, too. In industry, we are driving toward the goal of finding a compound to affect this pathway, this protein, this enzyme in this disease. Very applied. But we are standing on the shoulders of a great deal of basic research.

And some of that basic research looked pretty good. weird or obscure or even useless at the start. RNA interference, which is a tremendously useful research tool and is also the basis of marketed drugs, RNA interference started out when people had trouble explaining the colors of petunia flowers.

And some of that basic research looked pretty good. weird or obscure or even useless at the start. RNA interference, which is a tremendously useful research tool and is also the basis of marketed drugs, RNA interference started out when people had trouble explaining the colors of petunia flowers.

And some of that basic research looked pretty good. weird or obscure or even useless at the start. RNA interference, which is a tremendously useful research tool and is also the basis of marketed drugs, RNA interference started out when people had trouble explaining the colors of petunia flowers.

And I'm sure Elon would have really had a good time making fun of these morons wasting public money trying to figure out why the petunia flowers turned out different than they expected them to. But you never know where this stuff is coming from.

And I'm sure Elon would have really had a good time making fun of these morons wasting public money trying to figure out why the petunia flowers turned out different than they expected them to. But you never know where this stuff is coming from.

And I'm sure Elon would have really had a good time making fun of these morons wasting public money trying to figure out why the petunia flowers turned out different than they expected them to. But you never know where this stuff is coming from.

Gila monster saliva. Boy, what a stupid idea. These people are out there taking swabs from lizard mouths and studying that. You can make fun of any of these things. William Proxmire used to be the senator from Wisconsin back in the 60s and 70s. He used to do that all the time.

Gila monster saliva. Boy, what a stupid idea. These people are out there taking swabs from lizard mouths and studying that. You can make fun of any of these things. William Proxmire used to be the senator from Wisconsin back in the 60s and 70s. He used to do that all the time.

Gila monster saliva. Boy, what a stupid idea. These people are out there taking swabs from lizard mouths and studying that. You can make fun of any of these things. William Proxmire used to be the senator from Wisconsin back in the 60s and 70s. He used to do that all the time.

He had this thing he called the Golden Fleece Award, where he would pick the stupidest sounding research projects and talk about how those idiot eggheads are wasting your money studying, you know, mosquitoes and, you know, whatever, these tiny little fish that no one cares about. It's an anti-intellectual cheap shot.

He had this thing he called the Golden Fleece Award, where he would pick the stupidest sounding research projects and talk about how those idiot eggheads are wasting your money studying, you know, mosquitoes and, you know, whatever, these tiny little fish that no one cares about. It's an anti-intellectual cheap shot.