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Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Everything filed under AI and science AI and science Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under formal proof formal proof Everything filed under optimism optimism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Evolution may explain good and evil tendencies but gives no better reason to prefer good Evolution may explain good and eviltendencies but gives no better reason toprefer good TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: The idea that ethical nature, though born of cosmic nature, is necessarily at enmity with it is a fundamental truth — tap to centre the map on it The idea that ethical nature, thoughborn of cosmic nature, isnecessarily at enmity with it is afundamental truth TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good and bad actions differ at most in degree, not in kind — tap to centre the map on it Good and bad actions differ at mostin degree, not in kind FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1878 — tap for who they are Same subject: Evolution does not perfect anything; organisms are bodge jobs, which is why the human eye has a blind spot and a squid's does not. — tap to centre the map on it Evolution does not perfect anything;organisms are bodge jobs, which iswhy the human eye has a blind spotand a squid's does not. Last stated a year ago 4 Sept 2025 DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: That people are good at maths and coding, which evolution never selected for, shows human learning is not a complicated evolutionary prior but something more fundamental. — tap to centre the map on it That people are good at maths andcoding, which evolution neverselected for, shows human learningis not a complicated evolutionaryprior but something morefundamental. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is a mistake, made even by many who think themselves wise, to believe the world holds more evil than good — tap to centre the map on it It is a mistake, made even by manywho think themselves wise, tobelieve the world holds more evilthan good MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is a fallacy that people in society must look to the struggle for existence for progress, as plants and animals did — tap to centre the map on it It is a fallacy that people insociety must look to the strugglefor existence for progress, asplants and animals did TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is better to guide people like rational creatures than to drive them like beasts — tap to centre the map on it It is better to guide people likerational creatures than to drivethem like beasts DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: It would contradict all we know of nature if defenceless early humans had progressed by reckless competition rather than mutual support — tap to centre the map on it It would contradict all we know ofnature if defenceless early humanshad progressed by recklesscompetition rather than mutualsupport PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A persistently rising dividend yield eventually forces capital appreciation as the market rerates the stock. — tap to centre the map on it A persistently rising dividend yieldeventually forces capitalappreciation as the market reratesthe stock. Last stated 8 months ago 3 Mar 2026 SB Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A proof and an explanation are different things, and a theorem can stay an unsolved expository problem long after it is proved. — tap to centre the map on it A proof and an explanation aredifferent things, and a theorem canstay an unsolved expository problemlong after it is proved. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic. — tap to centre the map on it A compound's AI origin story is notby itself a reason to expect it todo better in the clinic. Last stated 2 years ago 13 May 2024 DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational method can regularly predict protein structures with atomic accuracy even when no similar structure is known. — tap to centre the map on it A computational method can regularlypredict protein structures withatomic accuracy even when no similarstructure is known. Last stated 5 years ago 15 Jul 2021 DH Demis Hassabis — holds since 2021-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A test checks a handful of examples; a proof settles an infinite state space, which is why formal methods can say things testing never can. — tap to centre the map on it A test checks a handful of examples;a proof settles an infinite statespace, which is why formal methodscan say things testing never can. Last stated 6 months ago 22 Apr 2026 MK Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is making formal methods more popular without making them mainstream, moving them from about a tenth of a per cent of engineers to three tenths. — tap to centre the map on it AI is making formal methods morepopular without making themmainstream, moving them from about atenth of a per cent of engineers tothree tenths. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 HW Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI will increasingly produce mathematical proofs, just as it already writes most code. — tap to centre the map on it AI will increasingly producemathematical proofs, just as italready writes most code. Last stated 2 months ago 11 Sept 2026 DL Daniel Lemire — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Evolution may explain good and evil tendencies but gives no better reason to prefer good Last stated c. 1893–1894 Holds Thomas Henry Huxley Read this korrent →