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Dr. Alexander Shulgin managed to some pretty groundbreaking drug design in his small home laboratory. Of course it was hardly rigorous, and his analysis of wha
by leohutson 13y ago
Dr. Alexander Shulgin managed to some pretty groundbreaking drug design in his small home laboratory.
Of course it was hardly rigorous, and his analysis of what he made was mostly subjective rather than scientific, but it seems kind of analogous to what a hacker does vs what an engineer does.
- w1ntermute 13y agoI'm not sure how this is related to the technical issue of not being to just "design" drugs on a computer and have them "printed out." > in his small home laboratory. You can certainly work out of a home laboratory, if you so desire. The location is not particularly relevant. But it will definitely cost you a lot more than a laptop and internet would. And even then, what Shulgin did was quite limited by his capital resources. > it seems kind of analogous to what a hacker does vs what an engineer does. Don't forget that he already had a PhD in biochemistry from UC Berkeley. If he had just tried to learn like a "hacker," he would have either bankrupted or killed himself (or killed someone else and ended up in jail). And even then, he got raided by the DEA and fined $25000 (the regulation issue).