Peter Johnsen, PhD

@rocketjohnsen

Man of science, metal bender, EUV producer, and human-powered traveler

San Francisco

Joined August 2021

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Peter Johnsen, PhD@rocketjohnsen · May 13

*in my most woo voice* yeah, i study the harmonics of crystals' natural energy resonances. this one is titanium:sapphire

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Peter Johnsen, PhD@rocketjohnsen · Jul 23

Gene-drive to eliminate malaria: coming soon to a mosquito near you science.org/content/articl…

rocketjohnsen's tweet card. New approach aims to reduce disease transmission by quickly spreading a gene variant that occurs naturally in some mosquitoes

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Peter Johnsen, PhD@rocketjohnsen · Jul 22

Now imagine the same thing for human-to-human interaction. I tell you my favorite numbers, you start liking Dostoevsky

OOwain Evans@OwainEvans_UK · Jul 22

New paper & surprising result. LLMs transmit traits to other models via hidden signals in data. Datasets consisting only of 3-digit numbers can transmit a love for owls, or evil tendencies. 🧵

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Peter Johnsen, PhD@rocketjohnsen · Jul 9

Has anyone used Fourier ptychography to make a really large synthetic aperture optical telescope?

BBray Falls@astrofalls · Jul 8

This is what I’ve been up to the last year! Building the largest remote observatory in the world (By quantity of scopes)

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