By GĂĽrkan SengĂĽn [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons A member of the Ranchers.net's Ranch Talk Forum , graybull, made an interesting comment about my blog. Very interesting thoughts about DNA testing and related. And you are exactly correct...........more tools will get you where you are going. Cavet is that "if you are driving on the wrong road........going faster will only get you there quicker." I realize that this is a common misconception from the examples and explanations I have been using to describe genomic selection and genomic-enhanced EPDs. Let's see if I can fix that. Two thoughts. First, these tools can be used to reach an optimum rather than an extreme. In fact, as you get closer to the optimum, you need to make small, precise steps, rather than large steps of varying precision. As you approach the apex of the peak, if you continue to take large steps, it is possible you could go past the optimum. But, decreasingly small, precise steps