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Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under America America Everything filed under psychedelics psychedelics Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under writing writing Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Dogma, unlike first-principles reasoning, is not customized to the believer or meant to be critiqued and adjusted as things change. Dogma, unlike first-principles reasoning,is not customized to the believer or meantto be critiqued and adjusted as thingschange. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Physics teaches reasoning from first principles rather than by analogy. — tap to centre the map on it Physics teaches reasoning from firstprinciples rather than by analogy. Last stated 14 years ago 21 Oct 2012 EM Elon Musk — holds since 2012-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Conventional wisdom assumes things are the way they are for a good reason, and history repeatedly proves status quo dogma wrong. — tap to centre the map on it Conventional wisdom assumes thingsare the way they are for a goodreason, and history repeatedlyproves status quo dogma wrong. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: If a chain of reasoning rests on a wrong inherited recipe, the conclusions built on top of it will be just as wrong. — tap to centre the map on it If a chain of reasoning rests on awrong inherited recipe, theconclusions built on top of it willbe just as wrong. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Disbelieving a church ruling on a matter of fact is not heresy, though it may be presumptuous, because on facts that authority is not infallible — tap to centre the map on it Disbelieving a church ruling on amatter of fact is not heresy, thoughit may be presumptuous, because onfacts that authority is notinfallible Last stated 370 years ago 23 Jan 1657 BP Blaise Pascal — holds since 1657-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Basing beliefs on personal intuition and revelation substitutes anecdote and authority for evidence and reason — tap to centre the map on it Basing beliefs on personal intuitionand revelation substitutes anecdoteand authority for evidence andreason Last stated 11 years ago 12 Oct 2015 KS Kathryn Schulz — holds since 2015-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Repeated vague platitudes without follow-up specifics signal weak first-principles thinking. — tap to centre the map on it Repeated vague platitudes withoutfollow-up specifics signal weakfirst-principles thinking. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Feb 2024 BK Ben Kuhn — holds since 2024-02-25 — 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 differentways: some through philosophy, somethrough argument, some throughexhortation I( Ibn Rushd (Averroes) — holds since c. 1126–1195 — tap for who they are Same subject: Time is limited, so one should not live someone else’s life: dogma is living with other people’s thinking, and one’s own intuition already knows what one wants to become. — tap to centre the map on it Time is limited, so one should notlive someone else’s life: dogma isliving with other people’s thinking,and one’s own intuition alreadyknows what one wants to become. Last stated 21 years ago 12 Jun 2005 SJ Steve Jobs — holds since 2005-06-12 — 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 policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade 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: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it A city's first rail line comes in ata reasonable cost and every lineafter it does not, because thefollow-up outgrows the in-house teamthat oversaw the pilot. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Dec 2024 AL Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A psychedelic trip can, in rare instances, trigger a psychotic break in people vulnerable to serious mental illness. — tap to centre the map on it A psychedelic trip can, in rareinstances, trigger a psychotic breakin people vulnerable to seriousmental illness. Last stated 7 years ago 10 May 2019 MP Michael Pollan — holds since 2019-05-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anybody running for head of state should have to undergo the ayahuasca ordeal first, and most of those who did would no longer want the job. — tap to centre the map on it Anybody running for head of stateshould have to undergo the ayahuascaordeal first, and most of those whodid would no longer want the job. Last stated 2 years ago 16 Oct 2024 GH Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ballot initiatives are not the smartest way to establish a legal place for psychedelic therapy. — tap to centre the map on it Ballot initiatives are not thesmartest way to establish a legalplace for psychedelic therapy. Last stated 7 years ago 10 May 2019 MP Michael Pollan — holds since 2019-05-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Dogma, unlike first-principles reasoning, is not customized to the believer or meant to be critiqued and adjusted as things change. Last stated 6 Nov 2015 · 11 years ago Holds Tim Urban Read this korrent →