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← Among people who desire to learn, differing opinion is knowledge in the making
17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 14 Jul 2017 to 8 Oct 2026.
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Read this korrent: Among people who desire to learn, differing opinion is knowledge in the making
Among people who desire to learn, differing opinion is knowledge in the making
JM
John Milton — holds since c. 1644 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Different people can reason well and still arrive at very different beliefs. — tap to centre the map on it
Different people can reason well and still arrive at very different beliefs.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Aug 2026
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Jerusalem Demsas — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Much disagreement is genuinely rooted in conflicting values or contested facts, not merely a lack of institutional standing for evidence. — tap to centre the map on it
Much disagreement is genuinely rooted in conflicting values or contested facts, not merely a lack of institutional standing for evidence.
Last stated a month ago
20 Sept 2026
BD
Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An audience wants a maker's judgment more than their research. — tap to centre the map on it
An audience wants a maker's judgment more than their research.
Last stated a month ago
19 Sept 2026
DS
David Sparks — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People's opinions are shaped more by who they talk to most than by what is actually true. — tap to centre the map on it
People's opinions are shaped more by who they talk to most than by what is actually true.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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Neel Nanda — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The person receiving advice usually knows more about their own situation than the person giving it does. — tap to centre the map on it
The person receiving advice usually knows more about their own situation than the person giving it does.
Last stated a year ago
26 May 2025
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Neel Nanda — holds since 2025-05-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People come to belief in different ways: some through philosophy, some through argument, some through exhortation — tap to centre the map on it
People come to belief in different ways: some through philosophy, some through argument, some through exhortation
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Ibn Rushd (Averroes) — holds since c. 1126–1195 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is a tension between the praise for hard work and the contempt for people who visibly do it. — tap to centre the map on it
There is a tension between the praise for hard work and the contempt for people who visibly do it.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
8 Oct 2026
RH
Rob Henderson — holds since 2026-10-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is much to be gained by engaging respectfully with those who disagree with us. — tap to centre the map on it
There is much to be gained by engaging respectfully with those who disagree with us.
Last stated 9 years ago
14 Jul 2017
KR
Kate Raworth — holds since 2017-07-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it
A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it.
Last stated 2 years ago
1 Dec 2024
AE
Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment.
Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
DD
Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A citizen deciding politically should ask what is good for the community, not what is good for themselves — tap to centre the map on it
A citizen deciding politically should ask what is good for the community, not what is good for themselves
JT
Joseph Tussman — holds since c. 2000 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it
Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition
Last stated 2 years ago
6 Nov 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it
Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today.
Last stated 2 months ago
12 Sept 2026
PF
Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike. — tap to centre the map on it
Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike.
Last stated a year ago
1 Jul 2025
AE
Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status.
Last stated a month ago
1 Oct 2026
AE
Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them.
Last stated a month ago
23 Sept 2026
JM
Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it
A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely.
Last stated 2 months ago
22 Aug 2026
JP
Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2015 to today — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are