For what it's worth, Cosma Shalizi once wrote in a paper, "Wimberly et al.
raise an important issue...", which had to do with lack of sychronization
of cells in a sample when trying to apply algorithms to infer genetic
regulatory net works.
As for whether science offers a monolithic royal road to
Because I failed to precisely satisfy what I inferred from EricS's post [†],
I've engaged in a little self-criticism regarding what I thought when Dave
wrote the phrase "postmodern methods". My intro to postmodernism was from
Umberto Eco, who circumscribed postmodernism nicely in the following 2
