2025

Chemistry Günther Schlonk Chemistry Günther Schlonk

The Patriotic Table of the Elements

The periodic table has probably been the worst table in the history of tables! I’ve heard a lot of people say this. In this paper I will sign into an executive order a new Patriotic Table of Elements with American pride and splendor.

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Physics Günther Schlonk Physics Günther Schlonk

Physics Has A Screw Loose: An Infinite Matter Generator

 In this paper, we disclose a method to convert a 1989 Toyota Corolla into an infinite matter generator, and propose an identity for dark matter particles. Our findings have dramatic implications for the field of quantum physics, and may lead to the reshaping of the standard model.

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Food Science Günther Schlonk Food Science Günther Schlonk

Investigation of Eating Surfaces for Food Items: an Incomprehensive Study

In a landmark incomprehensive study, we have reviewed the suitability of various materials as eating surfaces. A wide array of materials were examined, from wood to people, under a variety of conditions (wet, dry, dirty and clean). Figs were employed as a standard foodstuff in a series of double-blind, and partially deaf experiments, which uncovered that fire is a challenging surface to eat off, and that people make ethically questionable tables. Wood reigns supreme, glass glares, and dirt disappoints. The authors call for more funding, more figs, and fewer reflective dinner parties. Revolutionary. Possibly edible.

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Chemistry Günther Schlonk Chemistry Günther Schlonk

Toward Slower, Less Accurate, More Expensive, and Worse Density Functional Theory

 In this work, we present Natural Stupidity (NS) as a pioneering anti-optimization framework for Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. While recent trends have seen Artificial Intelligence (AI) enhance DFT accuracy and efficiency, we argue that such progress has come at the expense of interpretability, frustration, and the cherished academic tradition of unnecessary suffering.

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Chemistry Günther Schlonk Chemistry Günther Schlonk

Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Labyrinthamine

We, the chemists of Twitter, here set forth our syntheses, that time may not decompose what our hands have brought into being. We report great and wonderful deeds, manifested by both theoretical and experimental chemists, and together with all this, we discuss the reasons why we sought to make labyrinthamine.

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