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IMO that's not just the problem of bioinformatics, but much of biology in general. TBH I think some of the language we use in publications is absurd; but, I have been guilty of it. We speak with too much certainty, and don't use contextual terms enough. If you find that a protein does something in one context, you should report that the protein does it in that context. Don't say that is what the protein does, and please, don't name it for the context in which you found it in. I work with miRNA a lot, and one thing I love about miRNA, is that they each are just given a number. It's so liberating and much more honest IMO. Thanks for the post, BTW.I'm curious, do bioinformaticists just not ask the right questions?