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Everything filed under courage courage Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Everything filed under AI and science AI and science Everything filed under management management Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A book with neither abstract reasoning about quantity or number nor experimental reasoning about fact should be burned as sophistry and illusion A book with neither abstract reasoningabout quantity or number nor experimentalreasoning about fact should be burned assophistry and illusion DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowledge of cause and effect is never reached by reasoning a priori; it comes entirely from experience of things constantly conjoined — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge of cause and effect isnever reached by reasoning a priori;it comes entirely from experience ofthings constantly conjoined DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: The eternity of the universe is unproven, and a merely plausible argument does not justify reading scripture figuratively — tap to centre the map on it The eternity of the universe isunproven, and a merely plausibleargument does not justify readingscripture figuratively MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are Same subject: No testimony suffices to establish a miracle unless its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it seeks to establish — tap to centre the map on it No testimony suffices to establish amiracle unless its falsehood wouldbe more miraculous than the fact itseeks to establish DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: He works as a fox, not a hedgehog: moving between fields, chasing analogies, and re-proving results he likes with the tools he favours. — tap to centre the map on it He works as a fox, not a hedgehog:moving between fields, chasinganalogies, and re-proving results helikes with the tools he favours. Last stated a year ago 14 Jun 2025 TT Terence Tao — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Disbelieving a church ruling on a matter of fact is not heresy, though it may be presumptuous, because on facts that authority is not infallible — tap to centre the map on it Disbelieving a church ruling on amatter of fact is not heresy, thoughit may be presumptuous, because onfacts that authority is notinfallible Last stated 370 years ago 23 Jan 1657 BP Blaise Pascal — holds since 1657-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve. — tap to centre the map on it Declining many-worlds because itextrapolates past what we canobserve is methodologicallyrespectable and still a failure ofnerve. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A theory of reality that cannot name the question it is answering is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A theory of reality that cannot namethe question it is answering is notworth building. Last stated 2 years ago 13 Jun 2024 SW Sara Walker — holds since 2024-06-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Numbers offer a false precision: which metrics you choose to look at, and whether a five percent rise is good, are both art rather than science. — tap to centre the map on it Numbers offer a false precision:which metrics you choose to look at,and whether a five percent rise isgood, are both art rather thanscience. Last stated a year ago 21 Sept 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A society that intensely values intelligence is unprecedented in human history; the Bible, Homer and other ancient texts value strength, courage and beauty instead. — tap to centre the map on it A society that intensely valuesintelligence is unprecedented inhuman history; the Bible, Homer andother ancient texts value strength,courage and beauty instead. Last stated 5 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Courage is the commitment to take risks and work hard to make something better than most people think it needs to be. — tap to centre the map on it Courage is the commitment to takerisks and work hard to makesomething better than most peoplethink it needs to be. Last stated 5 months ago 24 Apr 2026 SG Seth Godin — holds since 2026-04-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cynicism, irony, and cowardice are finished, and the next turning has arrived. — tap to centre the map on it Cynicism, irony, and cowardice arefinished, and the next turning hasarrived. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A persistently rising dividend yield eventually forces capital appreciation as the market rerates the stock. — tap to centre the map on it A persistently rising dividend yieldeventually forces capitalappreciation as the market reratesthe stock. Last stated 7 months ago 3 Mar 2026 SB Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A proof and an explanation are different things, and a theorem can stay an unsolved expository problem long after it is proved. — tap to centre the map on it A proof and an explanation aredifferent things, and a theorem canstay an unsolved expository problemlong after it is proved. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic. — tap to centre the map on it A compound's AI origin story is notby itself a reason to expect it todo better in the clinic. Last stated 2 years ago 13 May 2024 DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational method can regularly predict protein structures with atomic accuracy even when no similar structure is known. — tap to centre the map on it A computational method can regularlypredict protein structures withatomic accuracy even when no similarstructure is known. Last stated 5 years ago 15 Jul 2021 DH Demis Hassabis — holds since 2021-07-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A book with neither abstract reasoning about quantity or number nor experimental reasoning about fact should be burned as sophistry and illusion Last stated c. 1748 Holds David Hume Read this korrent →