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Original notes on models, experiments and the evidence that connects them. A quieter place to think about machine learning for scientific discovery.
EXPLORE THE NOTESStart with a better question.
What turns a prediction into a discovery claim?
A useful prediction changes the next experiment. The strength of the discovery claim depends on what that experiment can rule out.
Reading a protein structure as a functional hypothesis
A predicted structure can organize an experiment without settling what a protein does in its biological setting.
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MODELS → EVIDENCEA dataset split is a scientific experiment
The test set defines the kind of unfamiliarity a molecular model must handle. Choose that unfamiliarity before comparing scores.
The distance between a promising material and a usable sample
Candidate ranking is only one decision in a synthesis workflow. A useful evaluation follows the material into the laboratory.
What a physical constraint buys a learned surrogate
A small equation residual is evidence about one test. Reliable use also depends on boundaries, regimes, and accumulated error.
Why weather skill needs a separate climate argument
Short-range predictive skill and long-term climate claims require different evidence, even when they describe the same atmosphere.
Keeping controls inside an AI experiment loop
An adaptive system needs a record of its decisions and controls that survive adaptation. Otherwise, iteration can outrun inference.
A useful model changes what we can test.
A useful experiment changes what we should believe.