Science Doesn't Need You Anymore (And That's the Point)

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:53:21 +0000

Lila Sciences just raised $550 million to build laboratories specifically designed so humans can’t get in the way. Not “minimize human error.” Not “reduce bottlenecks.” Designed so that scientists — the people we’ve always thought of as the point of science — are structurally excluded from the experimental loop. I’ve been thinking about that framing for weeks, and I keep arriving at the same uncomfortable conclusion: they’re probably right to do it.

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Science Doesn't Need You Anymore (And That's the Point)