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7 Sept 2022
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Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There are far fewer alien civilizations than people would like to believe, because the road from bacteria to humans has huge gaps in it. — tap to centre the map on it There are far fewer alien civilizations than people would like to believe, because the road from bacteria to humans has huge gaps in it. Last stated 4 years ago
7 Sept 2022
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Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is no necessary trajectory from simple life to complexity: without photosynthesis or eukaryotes, the planet could have stayed bacteria and nothing else. — tap to centre the map on it There is no necessary trajectory from simple life to complexity: without photosynthesis or eukaryotes, the planet could have stayed bacteria and nothing else. Last stated 4 years ago
7 Sept 2022
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Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will not produce a big breakthrough in biological understanding any time soon, because biology has nothing like the clean, complete, high-quality data that made protein-structure prediction work. — tap to centre the map on it AI will not produce a big breakthrough in biological understanding any time soon, because biology has nothing like the clean, complete, high-quality data that made protein-structure prediction work. Last stated 2 years ago
19 Sept 2024
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Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Biology keeps turning up whole classes of things nobody knew existed, and that is what defeats attempts to model it. — tap to centre the map on it Biology keeps turning up whole classes of things nobody knew existed, and that is what defeats attempts to model it. Last stated 2 years ago
19 Sept 2024
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Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Life probably arose only once on Earth, and the deep split between bacteria and archaea is the evidence for it. — tap to centre the map on it Life probably arose only once on Earth, and the deep split between bacteria and archaea is the evidence for it. Last stated 4 years ago
7 Sept 2022
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Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Non-equilibrium physics will not explain life, and entropy has almost nothing to do with it. — tap to centre the map on it Non-equilibrium physics will not explain life, and entropy has almost nothing to do with it. Last stated 2 years ago
13 Jun 2024
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Sara Walker — holds since 2024-06-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anything nature shaped can be learned efficiently by a classical neural network, because evolutionary processes leave structure behind. — tap to centre the map on it Anything nature shaped can be learned efficiently by a classical neural network, because evolutionary processes leave structure behind. Last stated a year ago
23 Jul 2025
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Demis Hassabis — holds since 2025-07-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The hardest step on the road from chemistry to us was multicellularity, and it was strictly a problem of energetics. — tap to centre the map on it The hardest step on the road from chemistry to us was multicellularity, and it was strictly a problem of energetics. Last stated a year ago
5 May 2025
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Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. — tap to centre the map on it "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. Last stated 2 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. Last stated 3 months ago
4 Jun 2026
AI
Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past. — tap to centre the map on it A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past. Last stated 2 months ago
30 Jun 2026
CS
Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. Last stated 3 years ago
3 Dec 2023
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Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one. — tap to centre the map on it A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences. Last stated 5 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation. — tap to centre the map on it American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation. Last stated a year ago
6 Apr 2025
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Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Europe cannot meet its energy needs from renewables alone and will need nuclear power, solar power from deserts elsewhere, or both. — tap to centre the map on it Europe cannot meet its energy needs from renewables alone and will need nuclear power, solar power from deserts elsewhere, or both. Last stated 18 years ago
3 Nov 2008
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David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most nuclear companies will not have this solved by 2031, and many still will not by 2035, because they have the wrong mindset. — tap to centre the map on it Most nuclear companies will not have this solved by 2031, and many still will not by 2035, because they have the wrong mindset. Last stated 3 weeks ago
15 Aug 2026
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Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are
At the centre
Bacteria never became complex because the barrier is structure, not information — they explored genetic space far more thoroughly than eukaryotes and still got stuck.
Holds NL Nick LaneRead this korrent →
There are far fewer alien civilizations than people would like to believe, because the road from bacteria to humans has huge gaps in it.
Holds NL Nick Lane
There is no necessary trajectory from simple life to complexity: without photosynthesis or eukaryotes, the planet could have stayed bacteria and nothing else.
Holds NL Nick Lane
AI will not produce a big breakthrough in biological understanding any time soon, because biology has nothing like the clean, complete, high-quality data that made protein-structure prediction work.
Holds DL Derek Lowe
Biology keeps turning up whole classes of things nobody knew existed, and that is what defeats attempts to model it.
Holds DL Derek Lowe
Life probably arose only once on Earth, and the deep split between bacteria and archaea is the evidence for it.
Holds NL Nick Lane
Non-equilibrium physics will not explain life, and entropy has almost nothing to do with it.
Holds SW Sara Walker
Anything nature shaped can be learned efficiently by a classical neural network, because evolutionary processes leave structure behind.
Holds DH Demis Hassabis
The hardest step on the road from chemistry to us was multicellularity, and it was strictly a problem of energetics.
Holds JL Janna Levin
"Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant.
Holds CS Chris Smaje
A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated.
Holds AI Alex Imas
A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past.
Holds CS Chris Smaje
A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences.
Holds LR Lisa Randall
A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one.
Holds NB Noam Brown
A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences.
Holds MN Michael Nielsen
American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation.
Holds MH Molson Hart
Europe cannot meet its energy needs from renewables alone and will need nuclear power, solar power from deserts elsewhere, or both.
Holds DM David MacKay
Most nuclear companies will not have this solved by 2031, and many still will not by 2035, because they have the wrong mindset.
Holds IT Isaiah Taylor