• Funding appears to be available for a polymerase-based physical experiment; the community is invited to submit or debate concrete experimental designs while the opportunity window remains open.  
• The 2016 paper “Results-Free Review” (Findley et al.) was circulated via Dropbox to explore whether pre-registration of studies without outcome data can meaningfully reduce publication bias in open-science research.  
• A first-time Adderall user reported dramatic improvements in sustained focus, emotional regulation, and social interaction, framing restricted access to the drug as a barrier to cognitive enhancement.  
• Makers discussed constructing a compact, sound-isolating glove box for late-night use of noisy tools while simultaneously controlling dust and abrasive particles; larger CNC enclosures were noted to be more effective for coolant splash containment than for noise reduction.  
• The tongue-in-cheek “God protocol” was invoked as shorthand for the transhumanist aspiration toward cognitive or technological transcendence.