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- NewsletterJuly 2026 · Newsletter
AI in Science and Questions to Ponder
On the misconceptions surrounding automated science and what it means to "solve science," plus dispatches from AI + Discovery in D.C., Experiment Engine, and our annual event.
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Something Hidden in the Scientific Process
Zachary Lubick & Alexander Vawter
A newly published examination of overlooked dimensions within scientific methodology, introducing procedural observability through a simple gravimetric workflow.
Read→ - NewsletterJune 2026 · Newsletter
BIO 2026, San Francisco and a Desperate Remedy
Our latest monthly update, covering the 1517 Summit, BIO 2026, Experiment Engine progress, and the story of Pauli's neutrino.
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Freeman Dyson: The Outlaw
An exploration of Freeman Dyson, the unorthodox physicist who spent his career challenging consensus.
- VideoVideo
Roger Penrose: The Last of a Dying Breed
A tribute to Roger Penrose, one of the last great independent thinkers in physics and mathematics.
- NewsletterMay 2026 · Newsletter
Prince Rupert's Drops, AI Scientists, and Quantum Biology
A look at the strange history of Prince Rupert's Drops, the rise of AI-for-science, and developments across HDX.
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A Bridge Between Worlds: Itzhak Bentov
An introduction to Itzhak Bentov, an engineer who took consciousness seriously as a physical problem.
- EssayEssay
An Attack on the Spirit of Knowledge
Alexander Vawter
A critique of the narrowing conception of knowledge in modern scientific culture, and the role of the human in the future laboratory.
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Scientific Reproducibility and Its Problems
Alexander Vawter
An exploration of the reproducibility crisis, its methodological roots, and its deeper epistemic implications.
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Cleve Backster
An introduction to the fascinating world of Cleve Backster and primary perception (biocommunication).
- EssayDecember 2024 · Essay
Science is an Anarchic Enterprise
Alexander Vawter
Our oldest publication. A manifesto arguing that science, when flourishing, is fundamentally anarchic — radical, open, and decentralized.
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Science is an Anarchic Enterprise
A video presentation of the ideas behind our founding essay on epistemological anarchy.