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Comment
. 2021 Feb 10;22(1):58.
doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02277-3.

The data-hypothesis conversation

Itai Yanai  1 , Martin Lercher  2
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The data-hypothesis conversation

Itai Yanai et al. Genome Biol. .
No abstract available

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
The data-hypothesis conversation. a The actual path to discovery (indicated with changing colors) is more convoluted than the simple DIKW model (cited by FENKK [3]) suggests. b The data-hypothesis conversation can be abstracted as a spiral occurring over iterative periods of day science and night science [1]
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Comment in

  • Data bias.
    Felin T, Koenderink J, Krueger JI, Noble D, Ellis GFR. Felin T, et al. Genome Biol. 2021 Feb 10;22(1):59. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02278-2. Genome Biol. 2021. PMID: 33568166 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Comment on

  • A hypothesis is a liability.
    Yanai I, Lercher M. Yanai I, et al. Genome Biol. 2020 Sep 3;21(1):231. doi: 10.1186/s13059-020-02133-w. Genome Biol. 2020. PMID: 32883349 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • The data-hypothesis relationship.
    Felin T, Koenderink J, Krueger JI, Noble D, Ellis GFR. Felin T, et al. Genome Biol. 2021 Feb 10;22(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02276-4. Genome Biol. 2021. PMID: 33568195 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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