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15 connected korrents · 12 moments from 2 Jun 1920 to 29 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under peer review peer review Everything filed under metascience metascience Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under energy energy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A researcher's work would seem hopeless without occasional striking facts showing a step nearer the truth A researcher's work would seem hopelesswithout occasional striking facts showinga step nearer the truth Last stated 106 years ago 2 Jun 1920 MP Max Planck — holds since 1920-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Overturned findings do not make knowledge entirely uncertain; we are approaching the truth asymptotically — tap to centre the map on it Overturned findings do not makeknowledge entirely uncertain; we areapproaching the truth asymptotically Last stated 2 weeks ago 29 Sept 2026 SA Samuel Arbesman — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Research needs the pursuit of a specific aim, which guides it through early failures — tap to centre the map on it Research needs the pursuit of aspecific aim, which guides itthrough early failures Last stated 106 years ago 2 Jun 1920 MP Max Planck — holds since 1920-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: To find where the experts in a field go wrong, one must study it deeply enough to equal or surpass them — tap to centre the map on it To find where the experts in a fieldgo wrong, one must study it deeplyenough to equal or surpass them AL Al-Ghazali — holds since c. 1106–1111 — tap for who they are Same subject: When a story fits a contentious narrative someone already believes, they tend to become strikingly gullible — tap to centre the map on it When a story fits a contentiousnarrative someone already believes,they tend to become strikinglygullible Last stated 5 years ago 17 Jan 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-01-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Experiment, and the researchers who used the quantum of action, settled that it is real, not his own derivation — tap to centre the map on it Experiment, and the researchers whoused the quantum of action, settledthat it is real, not his ownderivation Last stated 106 years ago 2 Jun 1920 MP Max Planck — holds since 1920-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: The smaller the studies a field runs, the less likely its published findings are to be true. — tap to centre the map on it The smaller the studies a fieldruns, the less likely its publishedfindings are to be true. Last stated 21 years ago 30 Aug 2005 JI John Ioannidis — holds since 2005-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Automatic filters cannot replace community acceptance, and human referees cannot be removed from mathematical publication. — tap to centre the map on it Automatic filters cannot replacecommunity acceptance, and humanreferees cannot be removed frommathematical publication. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 TT Terence Tao — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Combining multiple AI models' outputs into one final answer tends to discard most of the good ideas that only one model produced. — tap to centre the map on it Combining multiple AI models'outputs into one final answer tendsto discard most of the good ideasthat only one model produced. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jun 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fear of strong AI models killing everyone was not based on peer-reviewed research showing high doom odds, nor indicated by market prices. — tap to centre the map on it Fear of strong AI models killingeveryone was not based onpeer-reviewed research showing highdoom odds, nor indicated by marketprices. Last stated 2 weeks ago 26 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A researcher's work would seem hopeless without occasional striking facts showing a step nearer the truth Last stated 2 Jun 1920 · 106 years ago Holds Max Planck Read this korrent →