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← Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics.

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 3 Oct 2012 to 4 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about physics.

Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under quantum mechanics quantum mechanics Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under AI slop AI slop Everything filed under solar solar Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics. Aesthetics is truth: when something isbeautiful it is likely to be correct, incode as in mathematics and physics. Last stated 7 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A far-fetched idea earns its placein physics only when you can go outand look for its observationalconsequences. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Dec 2023 LR Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one. — tap to centre the map on it A frontier lab should not spend itsresearchers harvesting results outof today's models; the payoff is inbuilding the next one. Last stated 4 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A theory of everything would notfinish physics: Turing and Churchlaid down computation's theory ofeverything in the 1930s and we havespent ninety years exploring theconsequences. Last stated 7 months ago 7 Apr 2026 MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: AGI must be possible, because the laws of physics make computation universal. — tap to centre the map on it AGI must be possible, because thelaws of physics make computationuniversal. Last stated 14 years ago 3 Oct 2012 DD David Deutsch — holds since 2012-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated junk papers risk overwhelming the hep-th physics field with worthless content. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated junk papers riskoverwhelming the hep-th physicsfield with worthless content. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 PW Peter Woit — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI that cannot work out new physics has not equalled human intelligence, let alone surpassed it, because humans have worked out new physics. — tap to centre the map on it An AI that cannot work out newphysics has not equalled humanintelligence, let alone surpassedit, because humans have worked outnew physics. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Nov 2023 EM Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cheap synthetic fuel made from sunlight and air would help China more than America, because it frees China from the oil it has to import. — tap to centre the map on it Cheap synthetic fuel made fromsunlight and air would help Chinamore than America, because it freesChina from the oil it has to import. Last stated a year ago 15 Aug 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Computer graphics is not the application of the laws of physics but the search for ever better approximations of them, because the exact laws are totally intractable. — tap to centre the map on it Computer graphics is not theapplication of the laws of physicsbut the search for ever betterapproximations of them, because theexact laws are totally intractable. Last stated a year ago 30 Apr 2025 TS Tim Sweeney — holds since 2025-04-30 — 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 8 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 4 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 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated 3 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — 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 Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics. Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago Holds David Heinemeier Hansson Read this korrent →