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17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 28 Feb 1895 to 13 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under quantum mechanics quantum mechanics Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Denying matter does not deny the real existence of the things we see and touch Denying matter does not deny the realexistence of the things we see and touch GB George Berkeley — holds since c. 1710–1734 — tap for who they are Same subject: The human mind can grasp some things, but some things that really exist lie entirely beyond its reach — tap to centre the map on it The human mind can grasp somethings, but some things that reallyexist lie entirely beyond its reach MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are Same subject: The things we see and feel cannot be separated, even in thought, from being perceived — tap to centre the map on it The things we see and feel cannot beseparated, even in thought, frombeing perceived GB George Berkeley — holds since c. 1710–1734 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no reason to suppose an idea less true than reality, since we never know for certain what underlies the senses — tap to centre the map on it There is no reason to suppose anidea less true than reality, sincewe never know for certain whatunderlies the senses Last stated 132 years ago 28 Feb 1895 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1895-02-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The universe does not come into being when we measure it: electrons and their wave functions are there whether or not anyone is looking. — tap to centre the map on it The universe does not come intobeing when we measure it: electronsand their wave functions are therewhether or not anyone is looking. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Dec 2023 LR Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Past, present and future exist in some way in the soul, as memory, sight and expectation, and are not seen anywhere else — tap to centre the map on it Past, present and future exist insome way in the soul, as memory,sight and expectation, and are notseen anywhere else AH Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 396–400 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: If life is only absurd and freedom bounded by limited fate, what counts is the most living, not the best — tap to centre the map on it If life is only absurd and freedombounded by limited fate, what countsis the most living, not the best AC Albert Camus — holds since c. 1942 — tap for who they are Same subject: Free will exists at the level of a person's deliberation, so finding no choice in the underlying molecules doesn't disprove it. — tap to centre the map on it Free will exists at the level of aperson's deliberation, so finding nochoice in the underlying moleculesdoesn't disprove it. Last stated 2 months ago 13 Sept 2026 RH Rob Henderson — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Belief that real things exist outside the mind is the root of scepticism — tap to centre the map on it Belief that real things existoutside the mind is the root ofscepticism GB George Berkeley — holds since c. 1710–1734 — 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 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 theway a fundamental particle is:charge, mass and spin are the wholeof it, and no two differ in anythingelse. Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 JL 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 atthe centre. Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A correct unifying theory of physics would, on first appearing publicly, look statistically likely to be wrong. — tap to centre the map on it A correct unifying theory of physicswould, on first appearing publicly,look statistically likely to bewrong. Last stated 13 years ago 1 Jun 2013 MS Marcus du Sautoy — holds since 2013-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it Advancing in life depends more onwhat one learns later than on whatone already knows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Denying matter does not deny the real existence of the things we see and touch Last stated c. 1710–1734 Holds George Berkeley Read this korrent →