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SCOUT· 25%2h 03m·2026-04-07·InterviewsMichael Nielsen – How science actually progresses
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Really enjoyed chatting with Michael Nielsen about how we recognize scientific progress. It's especially relevant for closing the RL verification loop for scientific discovery. But it's also a surprisingly mysterious and elusive question when you look at the history of human science. We approach this question stories…
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