NP - A Genome Wager

[David Morris]

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/09/genome-wager-between.html

In the spirit of famous scientific wagers by notable scientists, such as
Stephen Hawking and Richard Feynman, two leading biologists, Professor Lewis
Wolpert and Dr Rupert Sheldrake, have set up a wager on the predictive value
of the genome.

The wager will be decided on May 1, 2029, and if the outcome is not obvious,
the Royal Society, the world's most venerable scientific organization, will
be asked to adjudicate. The winner will receive a case of fine port, Quinta
do Vesuvio, 2005, which should have reached perfect maturity by 2029 and is
being stored in the cellars of The Wine Society.

Prof Wolpert bets that the following will happen. Dr Sheldrake bets it will
not: By May 1, 2029, given the genome of a fertilized egg of an animal or
plant, we will be able to predict in at least one case all the details of
the organism that develops from it, including any abnormalities.
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