I have refrained from commenting on the Craig Venter 'artificial life' brouhaha because, well, to be honest I couldn't think of anything sensible to say and this safety audit bollocks has been winding me up (having said that, the Head knocked on my door this morning and said "Are we still friends?" and we had a good chat, so I'm feeling less het up about it).
But in a far corner of the Internets, Bill Hanage explains just why Craig Venter's pronouncement is really all fur coat and no knickers. And it's worth the read:
I sure as hell recognise the advantage of a good PR machine. Clearly [Venter] does too.
