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quantum mechanics Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Death is how the universe makes room: finite lifetimes let far more kinds of things exist than immortality ever could. Death is how the universe makes room: finite lifetimes let far more kinds of things exist than immortality ever could. Last stated 2 years ago
13 Jun 2024
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Sara Walker — holds since 2024-06-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Death is not an event of life; whoever lives in the present lives eternally, if eternity means timelessness — tap to centre the map on it Death is not an event of life; whoever lives in the present lives eternally, if eternity means timelessness
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Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Understanding that death is nothing to us makes mortal life enjoyable, by taking away the longing for immortality — tap to centre the map on it Understanding that death is nothing to us makes mortal life enjoyable, by taking away the longing for immortality
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Epicurus — holds since c. 341–270 BCE — tap for who they are
Same subject: Space is fundamentally a discrete structure rather than a continuum. — tap to centre the map on it Space is fundamentally a discrete structure rather than a continuum. Last stated 9 months ago
4 Feb 2026
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Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Life is the process by which information structures matter over time and space, and any individual organism is only one instance of a lineage. — tap to centre the map on it Life is the process by which information structures matter over time and space, and any individual organism is only one instance of a lineage. Last stated 2 years ago
13 Jun 2024
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Sara Walker — holds since 2024-06-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Accepting that life is finite makes it feel more vital, not more bleak. — tap to centre the map on it Accepting that life is finite makes it feel more vital, not more bleak. Last stated 2 years ago
25 Jun 2024
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Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2024-06-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small. — tap to centre the map on it AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small. Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
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Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing. — tap to centre the map on it An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom. — tap to centre the map on it Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom. Last stated 3 months ago
24 Jul 2026
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Peter Singer — holds since 2026-07-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A black hole is featureless in the way a fundamental particle is: charge, mass and spin are the whole of it, and no two differ in anything else. — tap to centre the map on it A black hole is featureless in the way a fundamental particle is: charge, mass and spin are the whole of it, and no two differ in anything else. Last stated a year ago
5 May 2025
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Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A black hole is its event horizon, not the matter crushed to a point at the centre. — tap to centre the map on it A black hole is its event horizon, not the matter crushed to a point at the centre. Last stated a year ago
5 May 2025
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Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — 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 place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. Last stated 3 years ago
3 Dec 2023
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Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — 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 it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Apr 2024
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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 yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality. Last stated 3 years ago
21 Sept 2023
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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 China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run. Last stated 2 years ago
3 Feb 2025
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Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
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Death is how the universe makes room: finite lifetimes let far more kinds of things exist than immortality ever could.
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Death is not an event of life; whoever lives in the present lives eternally, if eternity means timelessness
Last stated c. 1921
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Understanding that death is nothing to us makes mortal life enjoyable, by taking away the longing for immortality
Last stated c. 341–270 BCE
Holds
Space is fundamentally a discrete structure rather than a continuum.
Holds
Life is the process by which information structures matter over time and space, and any individual organism is only one instance of a lineage.
Holds
Accepting that life is finite makes it feel more vital, not more bleak.
Holds
AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small.
Holds
An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing.
Holds
Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom.
Holds
A black hole is featureless in the way a fundamental particle is: charge, mass and spin are the whole of it, and no two differ in anything else.
Holds
A black hole is its event horizon, not the matter crushed to a point at the centre.
Holds
A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences.
Holds
Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve.
Holds
Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality.
Holds
Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run.
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