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17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 28 Feb 1895 to 4 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under religion religion Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Explaining things by hidden 'occult qualities' tells us nothing Explaining things by hidden 'occultqualities' tells us nothing IN Isaac Newton — holds since c. 1704–1718 — tap for who they are Same subject: Admit no more causes of natural things than are both true and sufficient to explain them — tap to centre the map on it Admit no more causes of naturalthings than are both true andsufficient to explain them IN Isaac Newton — holds since c. 1713–1726 — tap for who they are Same subject: We know the attributes of things, never their real substance — tap to centre the map on it We know the attributes of things,never their real substance IN Isaac Newton — holds since c. 1713–1726 — tap for who they are Same subject: A book with neither abstract reasoning about quantity or number nor experimental reasoning about fact should be burned as sophistry and illusion — tap to centre the map on it A book with neither abstractreasoning about quantity or numbernor experimental reasoning aboutfact should be burned as sophistryand illusion DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI has no genuine discernment; it absorbs and reproduces without judgment. — tap to centre the map on it AI has no genuine discernment; itabsorbs and reproduces withoutjudgment. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 AH Ann Handley — holds since 2026-08-10 — 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: No one with understanding could think a man believes in divine things yet not in gods — tap to centre the map on it No one with understanding couldthink a man believes in divinethings yet not in gods SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Induction from experiments demonstrates nothing, but it is the best way of arguing that nature allows — tap to centre the map on it Induction from experimentsdemonstrates nothing, but it is thebest way of arguing that natureallows IN Isaac Newton — holds since c. 1704–1718 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowledge of cause and effect is never reached by reasoning a priori; it comes entirely from experience of things constantly conjoined — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge of cause and effect isnever reached by reasoning a priori;it comes entirely from experience ofthings constantly conjoined DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 9 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JL Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does notgive you a smarter model; theintelligence of the model is whatdecides how much of that window itcan actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy forAI models to consume via pretrainingcorpora but cumbersome for mosthumans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts,and paywalls. Last stated 3 weeks ago 17 Sept 2026 PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated 6 days ago 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it A startup should not begin life as anonprofit and bolt a for-profit armon later, whatever OpenAI's ownhistory suggests. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny language model inventing aplausible-sounding name is the samephenomenon as a large oneconfidently stating a false fact. Last stated 8 months ago 12 Feb 2026 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers. — tap to centre the map on it Advertising was a necessary phasefor the internet but a momentaryindustry, and an AI people pay foris better because they know theanswers are not influenced byadvertisers. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Explaining things by hidden 'occult qualities' tells us nothing Last stated c. 1704–1718 Holds Isaac Newton Read this korrent →