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3 Dec 2023
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Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The lesson of the LHC is a cautionary one: you must not assume what is there before it has actually been found. — tap to centre the map on it The lesson of the LHC is a cautionary one: you must not assume what is there before it has actually been found. 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: The Large Hadron Collider is now a very unlikely place to find dark matter; the search has moved underground to xenon detectors. — tap to centre the map on it The Large Hadron Collider is now a very unlikely place to find dark matter; the search has moved underground to xenon detectors. 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: No single person can understand a result like the Higgs boson in depth, and that is what a paper with a thousand authors actually means. — tap to centre the map on it No single person can understand a result like the Higgs boson in depth, and that is what a paper with a thousand authors actually means. Last stated 7 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The last steps to AGI should be taken by a CERN-style international research project, not a Manhattan Project. — tap to centre the map on it The last steps to AGI should be taken by a CERN-style international research project, not a Manhattan Project. 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: There will be no overnight intelligence explosion, because a model's best work takes so much test-time compute that time itself is the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it There will be no overnight intelligence explosion, because a model's best work takes so much test-time compute that time itself is the bottleneck. Last stated 4 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Another hundredfold of scale would not transform anything; the field is back in the age of research, only now with big computers. — tap to centre the map on it Another hundredfold of scale would not transform anything; the field is back in the age of research, only now with big computers. Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Physicists actively want the standard model to break down, because only the deviations can tell us what underlies it. — tap to centre the map on it Physicists actively want the standard model to break down, because only the deviations can tell us what underlies it. 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: String theory, the leading candidate for decades, is slowly going out of fashion because it is not matching experiment. — tap to centre the map on it String theory, the leading candidate for decades, is slowly going out of fashion because it is not matching experiment. Last stated a year ago
14 Jun 2025
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Terence Tao — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve. — tap to centre the map on it Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Apr 2024
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Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality. — tap to centre the map on it Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality. Last stated 3 years ago
21 Sept 2023
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Sabine Hossenfelder — holds since 2023-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run. — tap to centre the map on it Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run. Last stated 2 years ago
3 Feb 2025
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Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Carbon intensity" metrics let oil companies claim climate progress even as their total emissions rise from increased production. — tap to centre the map on it "Carbon intensity" metrics let oil companies claim climate progress even as their total emissions rise from increased production. Last stated a month ago
9 Sept 2026
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Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-09-09 — 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 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre should be split into independent power blocks fed directly at 1500 volts DC, rather than run through one central distribution system. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre should be split into independent power blocks fed directly at 1500 volts DC, rather than run through one central distribution system. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Apr 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Apr 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — 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 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago
9 Nov 2024
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are
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The Superconducting Supercollider would have been a far more robust test of what lies beyond the standard model than the LHC, which became the only machine in town.
Holds Read this korrent →
The lesson of the LHC is a cautionary one: you must not assume what is there before it has actually been found.
Holds
The Large Hadron Collider is now a very unlikely place to find dark matter; the search has moved underground to xenon detectors.
Holds
No single person can understand a result like the Higgs boson in depth, and that is what a paper with a thousand authors actually means.
Holds
The last steps to AGI should be taken by a CERN-style international research project, not a Manhattan Project.
Holds
There will be no overnight intelligence explosion, because a model's best work takes so much test-time compute that time itself is the bottleneck.
Holds
Another hundredfold of scale would not transform anything; the field is back in the age of research, only now with big computers.
Holds
Physicists actively want the standard model to break down, because only the deviations can tell us what underlies it.
Holds
String theory, the leading candidate for decades, is slowly going out of fashion because it is not matching experiment.
Holds
Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve.
Holds
Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality.
Holds
Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run.
Holds
"Carbon intensity" metrics let oil companies claim climate progress even as their total emissions rise from increased production.
Holds
"Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant.
Holds
A data centre should be split into independent power blocks fed directly at 1500 volts DC, rather than run through one central distribution system.
Holds
A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.
Holds
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
A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland.
Holds