These guys broke the unspoken code. Biological researchers name their proteins, genes, and other chemical discoveries after obscure acronyms involving latin names of tissue/animal/plant used, last names of other obscure researchers, or random letters of the alphabet. They rename the same thing with three completely different and equally obtuse names like POR-bic 7 operon. Why? Becuase their work is important, not important enough to justify the funding they are getting, but important enough that with some obscure scientific sounding gobblygook it will get funding anyway. Physists, especially on the micro scale, get to name their discoveries after whimsical things. Like Heavy or Charm or Orange. Why? Becuase they're frick'n geniuses that can imagine an existnce that can't even be described by math or physical models. Because these things are imagined first and then discovered later, usually with billion dollar equipment. Because these things won't be in the least bit practically important for at least the next 20 years. And because they get hardly any funding, so the lack of food makes them lightheaded. When you name your gene Pokemon, you do two things. You break the unspoke code. And you make yourself seem completely unprofessional, because only something totally unimportant would be given such a silly and obviously intentionally cute name. Do you see your doctor telling you with a straight face that you have a defective Pokemon gene, and have a 60% chance of getting cancer? I don't. Therefor, the Pokemon gene must be completely irrelevant to anything important, and we should spend our research grant dollars on something that is important. Sorry dumbass researchers, you just unfunded yourself.
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