"I'm a fan of phenotypic assays in general - the idea of letting the cells tell me what's going on is more appealing than me trying to tell them (they don't listen very well). But that said, a bad phenotypic assay is truly the worst of both worlds."
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/right-assay-right-cells
@cyrilpedia
I contradict the subordinate clause in brackets ("they don't listen very well") with all due emphasis.