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Rereading texts and thinking alone cannot anticipate every possible experimental outcome, including unexpected outcomes.
Liam Fedus · Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 8 Oct 2026
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“No amount of rereading that textbook or paper and just thinking and like disappearing into a room is going to allow you to think through all possible experimental outcomes expected and unexpected.”Play from 0:50Report a misattribution
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