Michael Baym

@baym · A talking head on a screen · joined 29 Jul 2008

Microbiology, evolution, antibiotic resistance, applied math, molecular biotech. Associate Professor @HarvardMed. Basic research is the engine of progress. 🦠🧬

22 950Followers

1 622Following

38 098Posts total

164.2KViews on collected posts

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Michael Baym@baym12 Sep

I heard a rumor that Anthropic is close to proving P=NP is equivalent to the axiom of choice but not well-ordering. And who the hell knows about Zorn’s lemma 448 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Michael Baym@baym11 Sep

If you wish to support our critical alignment efforts to control the bacteria before other labs do it potentially less safely, donation instructions are here: https://t.co/S6rarZkvRD Sorry, there's no concept of equity, but hey, we might name a phage after you 7.4K views · 46 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Michael Baym@baym11 Sep

Right? Like some sort of way to horizontally acquire new genes from across the tree of life. New abilities that it didn't even evolve with just appearing. That would really be a major threat 497 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Michael Baym@baym11 Sep

Look I know all of you are on about "laws of physics" this and "sigmoids looking exponential on a log-log" that but there's a STRAIGHT LINE on the plot and it's headed towards extinction. We've gotta be worried. 12K views · 159 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Michael Baym@baym11 Sep

@baym What if the E. coli was not only growing in number, but also in abilities, and could now do many tasks at the level of experts in many domains, faster than human experts? 556 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Michael Baym@baym11 Sep

@baym Woah, it must be super powerful. Can I invest all my money in it? 10K views · 63 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Michael Baym@baym11 Sep

I’ve made a disturbing realization. This single E. coli has been consistently doubling every 20 minutes. It took only 13 hours for it to fill a liter. At this rate, in a day and a half it’ll be the size of the whole earth, which would have an over 10% chance of killing everyone 117.4K views · 1.7K likes · 76 reposts · 61 replies Open on X →

Michael Baym@baym10 Sep

Spoiler: the scientists asked Fable “what is a cell?” 15.9K views · 217 likes · 14 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Michael Baym@baym26 Oct 2019

@nquinoneso and @implosian made a logo for our lab and it's incredible. I can't get over it https://t.co/STxl6snWJe

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Alcance, %37.79%esta cuenta3.62%mediana de 10K–100K

Interacción, %0.74%esta cuenta1.52%mediana de 10K–100K

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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

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Likes87.0%2 190 in total

Reposts3.8%95 in total

Replies2.9%72 in total

Bookmarks6.4%161 in total

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