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		owenpalmer 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PCR is a surprisingly near-optimal technology Optimized? Perhaps. Optimal? Not even close.

shellfishgene 25 days ago [–]

Yeah, tell the thousands of PhD students who question their life choices over non-working PCRs every year that it's "optimal". ;)

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