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← Coercing belief may make hypocrites and entrench errors but will never cure them

17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 2 Nov 2016 to 27 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under censorship censorship Everything filed under government government Everything filed under democracy democracy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Coercing belief may make hypocrites and entrench errors but will never cure them Coercing belief may make hypocrites andentrench errors but will never cure them TJ Thomas Jefferson — holds since c. 1781–1787 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even when advice is understood and believed, people discount it by assuming their own case is the exception. — tap to centre the map on it Even when advice is understood andbelieved, people discount it byassuming their own case is theexception. Last stated 4 years ago 14 Mar 2023 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-03-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A wise ruler need not keep his word when it would harm him and its reasons are gone, because people are not wholly good — tap to centre the map on it A wise ruler need not keep his wordwhen it would harm him and itsreasons are gone, because people arenot wholly good NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief that cannot be acted on, or whose actions carry no personal stakes, is more likely to be held for social reasons than because it is true. — tap to centre the map on it A belief that cannot be acted on, orwhose actions carry no personalstakes, is more likely to be heldfor social reasons than because itis true. Last stated 10 years ago 2 Nov 2016 KS Kevin Simler — holds since 2016-11-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: In a free and open encounter, truth is not put to the worse by falsehood — tap to centre the map on it In a free and open encounter, truthis not put to the worse by falsehood JM John Milton — holds since c. 1644 — tap for who they are Same subject: Treating a wrongdoer as mistaken rather than evil is compatible with stopping them from doing further harm. — tap to centre the map on it Treating a wrongdoer as mistakenrather than evil is compatible withstopping them from doing furtherharm. Last stated 5 days ago 27 Oct 2026 MP Massimo Pigliucci — holds since 2026-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having no definite convictions does not make the mind freer; a believer is readier and wittier — tap to centre the map on it Having no definite convictions doesnot make the mind freer; a believeris readier and wittier GC G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1905 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every thinker takes far more truths on trust than they prove, and this is desirable — tap to centre the map on it Every thinker takes far more truthson trust than they prove, and thisis desirable AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are Same subject: Discourse that doesn't tolerate dissenting viewpoints inevitably produces bad outcomes. — tap to centre the map on it Discourse that doesn't toleratedissenting viewpoints inevitablyproduces bad outcomes. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 BT Ben Thompson — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: "The other side is bad too" is no answer to the Trump administration's use of power against speech. — tap to centre the map on it "The other side is bad too" is noanswer to the Trump administration'suse of power against speech. Last stated 6 months ago 29 Apr 2026 GL Greg Lukianoff — holds since 2026-04-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person's internet presence is largely controlled by large organizations subject to the decisions of their executives. — tap to centre the map on it A person's internet presence islargely controlled by largeorganizations subject to thedecisions of their executives. Last stated 2 months ago 13 Sept 2026 PD Preshit Deorukhkar — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A platform's failure to moderate or to cooperate belongs in a civil proceeding against the company before it becomes a criminal case against its founder. — tap to centre the map on it A platform's failure to moderate orto cooperate belongs in a civilproceeding against the companybefore it becomes a criminal caseagainst its founder. Last stated 2 years ago 26 Aug 2024 MM Mike Masnick — holds since 2024-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — 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 isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual 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 company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Coercing belief may make hypocrites and entrench errors but will never cure them Last stated c. 1781–1787 Holds Thomas Jefferson Read this korrent →