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← A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificing members would defeat most other tribes, which is natural selection

17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 3 Sept 1888 to 23 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about evolutionary biology.

Everything filed under courage courage Everything filed under quantum mechanics quantum mechanics Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under Anthropic Anthropic Everything filed under physics physics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificing members would defeat most other tribes, which is natural selection A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificing memberswould defeat most other tribes, which isnatural selection CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model's apparent mind is mostly our own bias: it predicts text, and leverages our evolved habit of attributing intentionality to anything that acts human. — tap to centre the map on it A language model's apparent mind ismostly our own bias: it predictstext, and leverages our evolvedhabit of attributing intentionalityto anything that acts human. Last stated 3 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A selection signal can be validated without a significance threshold, by measuring how far it is enriched for mutations an entirely independent study says affect a trait. — tap to centre the map on it A selection signal can be validatedwithout a significance threshold, bymeasuring how far it is enriched formutations an entirely independentstudy says affect a trait. Last stated 6 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Biology's endless forms arise inevitably from adaptive evolution interacting with computational irreducibility, not from natural selection alone. — tap to centre the map on it Biology's endless forms ariseinevitably from adaptive evolutioninteracting with computationalirreducibility, not from naturalselection alone. Last stated a week ago 23 Oct 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-10-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Claude's constitution leans too much on moral philosophy and too little on evolutionary biology. — tap to centre the map on it Claude's constitution leans too muchon moral philosophy and too littleon evolutionary biology. Last stated a month ago 26 Sept 2026 JH Joseph Henrich — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Competition is not the rule among animals or among humans; among animals it is limited to exceptional periods — tap to centre the map on it Competition is not the rule amonganimals or among humans; amonganimals it is limited to exceptionalperiods PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cooperation means a selfish replicator giving up some of its own reproductive potential to help another. — tap to centre the map on it Cooperation means a selfishreplicator giving up some of its ownreproductive potential to helpanother. Last stated 20 years ago 8 Dec 2006 MN Martin Nowak — holds since 2006-12-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Evolution gave humans no target number of births, because what mattered historically was keeping children alive rather than producing them. — tap to centre the map on it Evolution gave humans no targetnumber of births, because whatmattered historically was keepingchildren alive rather than producingthem. Last stated a year ago 15 Jul 2025 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2025-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Evolutionary biology cannot be explained by physics alone. — tap to centre the map on it Evolutionary biology cannot beexplained by physics alone. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Sept 2026 SN Steven Novella — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person should not play the coward to their own deeds by repudiating them once done; pangs of conscience are indecent. — tap to centre the map on it A person should not play the cowardto their own deeds by repudiatingthem once done; pangs of conscienceare indecent. Last stated 138 years ago 3 Sept 1888 FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since 1888-09-03 — 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 6 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Adaptations are often most successful when they make clear, courageous choices about what to leave out. — tap to centre the map on it Adaptations are often mostsuccessful when they make clear,courageous choices about what toleave out. Last stated 3 months ago 27 Jul 2026 EW Emily Wilson — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Generosity is an antidote to fear: people get hung up on how risky a brave act feels and fail to focus on how generous it is. — tap to centre the map on it Generosity is an antidote to fear:people get hung up on how risky abrave act feels and fail to focus onhow generous it is. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Apr 2024 SG Seth Godin — holds since 2024-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having internalized the oppressor's image, the oppressed fear freedom, which would demand autonomy and responsibility instead — tap to centre the map on it Having internalized the oppressor'simage, the oppressed fear freedom,which would demand autonomy andresponsibility instead PF Paulo Freire — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are Same subject: Time is limited, so one should not live someone else’s life: dogma is living with other people’s thinking, and one’s own intuition already knows what one wants to become. — tap to centre the map on it Time is limited, so one should notlive someone else’s life: dogma isliving with other people’s thinking,and one’s own intuition alreadyknows what one wants to become. Last stated 21 years ago 12 Jun 2005 SJ Steve Jobs — holds since 2005-06-12 — 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 3 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality. — tap to centre the map on it Decoherence has not yetsatisfactorily solved themeasurement problem and does notrestore local causality. Last stated 3 years ago 21 Sept 2023 SH Sabine Hossenfelder — holds since 2023-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run. — tap to centre the map on it Export controls cannot stop Chinafrom training frontier models; whatthey can do is cap how much AI Chinagets to run. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Feb 2025 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificing members would defeat most other tribes, which is natural selection Last stated c. 1871–1874 Holds Charles Darwin Read this korrent →