Geoff Anders

Science has swung from "take no one's word for it" on one side to "trust the science" on the other. I discuss how science has changed over time, and how it will continue to change in the future, in this article: palladiummag.com/2022/10/10/the…

Quantum biology keeps growing! 🇳🇬 Last week, we supported a community member-led event in Nigeria, bringing together hundreds of participants across both in-person and online attendance. Students, researchers, scientists, and people curious about crypto-enabled collaboration gathered for a shared introduction to quantum biology and decentralized science. The event created space for education, discussion, and community building within Nigeria’s academic and innovation ecosystem, highlighting the role of open collaboration in advancing emerging scientific fields. Here’s to more quantum biology events and bringing this science to communities around the world. 🌍

Four years ago, we launched Bismarck Brief. Since then, our analysts have written over 1 million words on new technologies, global industry, and the world's key live players. You know the drill. Here are the 7 most important things we learned about how the world works in 2025:

GDP is not an objective metric of production, but a number cooked up by government bureaucrats behind closed doors to match their subjective vibes of how the economy is doing. It is hiding serious U.S. industrial decline. Read the new article by @pfitzsimmons (link below):

👻 Halloween is just a month away - have you started thinking of your costume? Here's some inspiration to get you started... Featuring our models: @geoffanders @keerkat_ @ClariceDAiello @LodesaniA

What does a normal person do on their birthday? Well, if you’re @geoffanders, you spend it presenting a proposal in theoretical biophysics and engaging in deep conversation with the scientists at the Quantum Biology Institute. Happy birthday to one of our co-founders! The DAO community thanks you for your contributions and leadership! 🎉

@mmjukic Does the Manhattan Project count as rule by engineers?

Rule by engineers has notably produced much better results than rule by scientists. All-powerful engineers get you Sputnik and the Moon landing. All-powerful scientists get you esoteric boondoggles (CERN) and funding the worst ideas ever thought of (COVID-19/gain of function).

The optical table for our quantum microscope has been assembled! 🛠️🦾 Huge thanks to Ale's friends and family for the help— we couldn’t have pieced this together without the extra muscle. Next: vibration dampening and performance testing.

Philosophy is the foundation of the sciences because philosophy is necessary for individuals to orient, which is necessary for distinct coherent perspectives, which is necessary to parse experience to a point where good hypotheses can be discovered. …among other things.

Decentralized Science: Accelerating Scientific Development Using Crypto Networks @SynBioBeta 2025 Featuring: @Chris_Raggio, @geoffanders from @QuantumBioDAO, @NODEfather from @Mycosoft & @MycoDAO, @HumerJuliette from @Muse_Bio & MC'd by @jamessinka of @BioProtocol 📷 @sprague

It's time to spotlight our working groups! 🚀 These are the teams helping to move the Quantum Biology DAO forward—participating in conversations, building structure, and figuring it out as we go. Take a look at some of the faces (and avatars) behind the effort. Here’s how we’re currently structured: 🔬 Science — Exploring, discussing, and interpreting quantum biology research to deepen community understanding. 📢 Communications — Sharing the work of the DAO and growing awareness of quantum biology. 🎓 (Includes the Education subgroup, focused on helping more people learn and engage with quantum biology.) ⚙️ Operations— tracks contributions and helps scheduling. This is just the start — we plan to expand into even more specialized groups as the community grows. Curious to get involved? Join the Discord and say hello: quantumbiology.community

🧬 X Space starting soon! Join our co-founders (@ClariceDAiello, @LodesaniA, & @geoffanders) for an introduction to quantum biology.

Hey DeSci friends, what’s in your DAO starter pack? 🤔

@steveinpursuit Kant actually notes that the only seeming intrinsic properties we’re familiar with are those from our own mental content. Typically, we only have a functional characterization of intrinsic properties. So, “mass” is just “whatever it is in a thing that makes it behaves thus…”

OK, if the term "noumena" refers to the "thing" including relational and intrinsic properties, then I'm using the wrong word. The concept I'm trying to point to is then "intrinsic property." It seems like we're either restricted to an exclusively negative description of these properties (hence the proximity to the concept of "nothing"), or there's a lurking performative contradiction. An "intrinsic property" is still a property, and therefore we could accurately conceive of it as a property, right?

I have this suspicion that Kant might be conflating "noumena" with "nothing." There is a rigorous conception of "nothing" as a universal negation, but if it ever references something, it becomes contradictory. With "noumena", it seems like it slips into contradiction if you ascribe it metaphysical existence. It's like a conceptual placeholder for "that about which absolutely nothing can be known", which might be a performative contradiction. Isn't a "thing-in-itself" still a thing? If it's not actually a thing... is he trying to talk about "nothing"?

@steveinpursuit Yes, unfortunately :D One can think about noumena as being "things" and Kant as claiming that we understand their relational properties but not their intrinsic properties. The idea is that in being aware of things, our relation to them affects what we end up being aware of.

Am I way off here @geoffanders ?

🧬 In Ep. 2 of Proof of DeSci, @geoffanders from @QuantumBioDAO explains their mission to build a quantum microscope, a tool that could reveal quantum events inside living cells.

The Oscar Selfie at @DesciLondon 2025. A rockstar panel discussing the challenges and breakthroughs of building DAO-native research ecosystems! Big thanks to our amazing moderator, @loganebc, and my fellow builders for sharing so much knowledge.

@nnevvinn I just thought your deck isn’t caught up to the current week

I think this week was a good reminder that these cards are just for fun and can't determine our destiny. Not only did markets recover [for now at least 😬], but lots of cool things are underway in the Reserve ecosystem.

Day 2 of @DesciLondon has begun! To warm us up - a panel with @Spine_DAO @QuantumBioDAO @microbiomedao @athena_DAO_ @valley_dao 🎙️

🎙 Episode 2 of Proof of DeSci is live! In this episode, we ask the big question: Is DeSci dead, or just getting started? We’re joined by @geoffanders from @QuantumBioDAO and @erik_vanwinkle from @bioprotocol, and @Mxltiplex from ValleyDAO for a deep dive into the cutting edge of decentralized science. From building quantum microscopes to launching autonomous AI research agents, our guests explore what it means to do science in web3, and what’s next for the DeSci movement. 🎧 Listen now: proofofdesci.buzzsprout.com/2464407/episod…

Critical discussion on governance in DeSci next Wednesday What is a DAO? Cohosted by @QuantumBioDAO join @geoffanders @reneedaos @erinmagennis twitter.com/i/spaces/1nAKE…