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Why Yudkowsky is wrong about “covalently bonded equivalents of biology”
titotal
Dec 6, 2023, 2:09 PM
44
points
41
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(open.substack.com)
grey goo is unlikely
bhauth
Apr 17, 2023, 1:59 AM
157
points
123
comments
9
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(bhauth.com)
So What’s Up With PUFAs Chemically?
J Bostock
Apr 27, 2024, 1:32 PM
57
points
23
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Turning air into bread
jasoncrawford
Oct 21, 2019, 5:50 PM
103
points
12
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
(rootsofprogress.org)
Scientific Wrestling: Beyond Passive Hypothesis-Testing
adamShimi
Mar 7, 2022, 12:01 PM
44
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
How bad is chlorinated water?
bhauth
Dec 13, 2023, 6:00 PM
43
points
18
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.bhauth.com)
[Question]
Security analysis of ‘cloud chemistry labs’?
Kenny
Jun 16, 2022, 4:06 PM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Climate technology primer (1/3): basics
amarbles
Oct 25, 2019, 11:18 PM
38
points
5
comments
59
min read
LW
link
re: Yudkowsky on biological materials
bhauth
Dec 11, 2023, 1:28 PM
182
points
30
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Holy Grails of Chemistry
chemslug
Sep 30, 2020, 2:03 AM
34
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Book Review] “The Vital Question” by Nick Lane
lsusr
Sep 27, 2021, 10:50 PM
70
points
28
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is the best chemistry textbook?
Maxwell Peterson
May 11, 2021, 2:39 AM
12
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
introduction to solid oxide electrolytes
bhauth
Jan 12, 2024, 5:35 AM
17
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.bhauth.com)
Ed Boyden on the State of Science
Ben Pace
May 13, 2019, 1:54 AM
62
points
2
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Legalize butanol?
bhauth
Dec 20, 2023, 2:24 PM
39
points
20
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(www.bhauth.com)
Anatomy of a Gear
johnswentworth
Nov 16, 2020, 4:34 PM
79
points
12
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Generative ML in chemistry is bottlenecked by synthesis
Abhishaike Mahajan
Sep 16, 2024, 4:31 PM
38
points
2
comments
14
min read
LW
link
(www.owlposting.com)
Memorising molecular structures
dkl9
Jul 12, 2024, 10:40 PM
6
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(dkl9.net)
Air to Bread
Lennart Finke
May 16, 2025, 9:35 PM
1
point
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Corbent – A Master Plan for Next‑Generation Direct Air Capture
Rudaiba
May 10, 2025, 4:09 AM
11
points
15
comments
19
min read
LW
link
An Introduction to Me
AlithyInfinity
Aug 24, 2023, 4:45 PM
0
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
There is way too much serendipity
Malmesbury
Jan 19, 2024, 7:37 PM
376
points
56
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Can AI improve the current state of molecular simulation?
Abhishaike Mahajan
Dec 6, 2024, 8:22 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.owlposting.com)
magnetic cryo-FTIR
bhauth
Oct 18, 2023, 1:59 AM
10
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.bhauth.com)
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