[Suncho]

It's true that certain aspects of science are very expensive. We're generating a lot of data these days through DNA sequencing, particle collision, and various other expensive scientific measurement techniques.

But there's a lot of work to be done in making sense of that data. It doesn't cost anything to play with data that's already been collected.

The biggest breakthroughs come from people thinking differently.

[masklinn]

Not sure what you're trying to say, do you believe collected data is currently shunted to a bin while the next sequencing run is started or something?

[Suncho]

No. I'm just saying that we're collecting data faster than we can make sense of it. New discoveries don't necessarily require new data.