It was the best. Well, it told us that we were right in thinking that DNA was a chain. It also told us how it replicated. So that occupied me for the next 15 years of my life. I guess I never felt a part of the establishment.
Conventional wisdom is often wrong.
So, in terms of telling that to a biology student, it's OK to buck conventionalism. So, you know, that's part of your education, to know what things won't work and then try to get something to work. We were, of course, pretty lucky.