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Read this korrent: Early schooling is not for accumulating knowledge but for booting up a brain, and physics does that better than any other subject.
Early schooling is not for accumulating knowledge but for booting up a brain, and physics does that better than any other subject.
Last stated a year ago
17 Oct 2025
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — 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: A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one. — tap to centre the map on it
A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one.
Last stated 4 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences. — tap to centre the map on it
A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences.
Last stated 7 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics. — tap to centre the map on it
Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics.
Last stated 7 months ago
8 Apr 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AGI must be possible, because the laws of physics make computation universal. — tap to centre the map on it
AGI must be possible, because the laws of physics make computation universal.
Last stated 14 years ago
3 Oct 2012
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David Deutsch — holds since 2012-10-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-generated junk papers risk overwhelming the hep-th physics field with worthless content. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-generated junk papers risk overwhelming the hep-th physics field with worthless content.
Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Peter Woit — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An AI that cannot work out new physics has not equalled human intelligence, let alone surpassed it, because humans have worked out new physics. — tap to centre the map on it
An AI that cannot work out new physics has not equalled human intelligence, let alone surpassed it, because humans have worked out new physics.
Last stated 3 years ago
9 Nov 2023
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Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cheap synthetic fuel made from sunlight and air would help China more than America, because it frees China from the oil it has to import. — tap to centre the map on it
Cheap synthetic fuel made from sunlight and air would help China more than America, because it frees China from the oil it has to import.
Last stated a year ago
15 Aug 2025
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. — tap to centre the map on it
A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets.
Last stated 5 months ago
27 May 2026
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Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A dense-looking building does not by itself create a livable dense suburb without supporting schools and shops. — tap to centre the map on it
A dense-looking building does not by itself create a livable dense suburb without supporting schools and shops.
Last stated 8 years ago
2 Jun 2018
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Felix Salmon — holds since 2018-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A design course should start with history and art, grounding students in the world, rather than with tools that may be gone tomorrow. — tap to centre the map on it
A design course should start with history and art, grounding students in the world, rather than with tools that may be gone tomorrow.
Last stated 2 years ago
21 Feb 2025
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Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — 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 3 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
Same subject: In education the most important thing is a person who incites and feeds a child’s curiosity, which machines cannot do the way people can. — tap to centre the map on it
In education the most important thing is a person who incites and feeds a child’s curiosity, which machines cannot do the way people can.
Last stated 32 years ago
20 Apr 1995
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Steve Jobs — holds since 1995-04-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The future will be defined by people who learn, not people who know. — tap to centre the map on it
The future will be defined by people who learn, not people who know.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
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Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The more one learns, the more freely wisdom flows, as digging deeper in sand reaches water — tap to centre the map on it
The more one learns, the more freely wisdom flows, as digging deeper in sand reaches water
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Thiruvalluvar — holds since c. 450–500 CE — tap for who they are
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Early schooling is not for accumulating knowledge but for booting up a brain, and physics does that better than any other subject.
Last stated 17 Oct 2025 · a year ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy
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Same subject: physics
A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences.
Last stated 3 Dec 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Lisa Randall
Same subject: physics
A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one.
Last stated 26 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Noam Brown
Same subject: physics
A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences.
Last stated 7 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Michael Nielsen
Same subject: physics
Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics.
Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: physics
AGI must be possible, because the laws of physics make computation universal.
Last stated 3 Oct 2012 · 14 years ago
Holds David Deutsch
Same subject: physics
AI-generated junk papers risk overwhelming the hep-th physics field with worthless content.
Last stated 15 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Peter Woit
Same subject: physics
An AI that cannot work out new physics has not equalled human intelligence, let alone surpassed it, because humans have worked out new physics.
Last stated 9 Nov 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Elon Musk
Same subject: physics
Cheap synthetic fuel made from sunlight and air would help China more than America, because it frees China from the oil it has to import.
Last stated 15 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds Casey Handmer
Same subject: education
A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets.
Last stated 27 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Scott H. Young
Same subject: education
A dense-looking building does not by itself create a livable dense suburb without supporting schools and shops.
Last stated 2 Jun 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds Felix Salmon
Same subject: education
A design course should start with history and art, grounding students in the world, rather than with tools that may be gone tomorrow.
Last stated 21 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Thiago Costa
Same subject: quantum mechanics
Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve.
Last stated 22 Apr 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Sean Carroll
Same subject: quantum mechanics
Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality.
Last stated 21 Sept 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Sabine Hossenfelder
Same subject: quantum mechanics
Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run.
Last stated 3 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Nathan Lambert
Same subject: curiosity
In education the most important thing is a person who incites and feeds a child’s curiosity, which machines cannot do the way people can.
Last stated 20 Apr 1995 · 32 years ago
Holds Steve Jobs
Same subject: curiosity
The future will be defined by people who learn, not people who know.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Molly Graham
Same subject: curiosity
The more one learns, the more freely wisdom flows, as digging deeper in sand reaches water
Last stated c. 450–500 CE
Holds Thiruvalluvar