AI Is Moving the Bottlenecks of Science

23 May 2026

For every paper that changes our understanding, there are several passes through the scientific life cycle, involving years of reading, hypothesising, planning, experimenting, analysing, interpreting and writing. Each stage places its own constraint — or bottleneck — on the rate…

Do we need to reclaim the hypothesis?

14 March 2026

Scientific knowledge grows through cycles of conjecture and criticism. But in his recent piece, Hypothesis Retrofitting, Dr. Frezza warns us that big data and AI are disrupting this cycle, pulling science firmly toward data collection and away from hypothesis generation….

Why induction is not the foundation of science

18 December 2023

A video recently circulated on X in which François Jacob said non-hypothesis-driven research is “very boring”.

Do models need to explain?

12 February 2023

Models are constructs of reality. They condense knowledge in order to help us understand reality and support our ideas.

Defending the hypothesis as a framework for scientific experimentation

29 January 2023

Scientific experiments help us learn more about reality.