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← Free will makes evil possible, but it is also the only thing that makes worthwhile love, goodness or joy possible

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 14 Sept 2018 to 13 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under quantum mechanics quantum mechanics Everything filed under Psychodynamic therapy Psychodynamic therapy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Free will makes evil possible, but it is also the only thing that makes worthwhile love, goodness or joy possible Free will makes evil possible, but it isalso the only thing that makes worthwhilelove, goodness or joy possible CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everything that exists is good, so evil is not a substance — tap to centre the map on it Everything that exists is good, soevil is not a substance AH Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 396–400 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: The mind has no absolute or free will; each choice is determined by a cause, itself determined by another, without end — tap to centre the map on it The mind has no absolute or freewill; each choice is determined by acause, itself determined by another,without end BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: No evil can happen to a good man, in life or after death — tap to centre the map on it No evil can happen to a good man, inlife or after death SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Belief in free will has become dangerous, since believers will be the easiest people to manipulate — tap to centre the map on it Belief in free will has becomedangerous, since believers will bethe easiest people to manipulate Last stated 8 years ago 14 Sept 2018 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2018-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good will seems to be the indispensable condition of even deserving happiness — tap to centre the map on it A good will seems to be theindispensable condition of evendeserving happiness IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — 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 3 weeks ago 13 Sept 2026 RH Rob Henderson — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Free will does not require violating the laws of physics, yet the subjective experience of it is real and meaningful. — tap to centre the map on it Free will does not require violatingthe laws of physics, yet thesubjective experience of it is realand meaningful. Last stated 3 years ago 19 Aug 2023 JF Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2023-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everyone is capable of great evil, and consciously recognizing that capacity in oneself is protective rather than harmful. — tap to centre the map on it Everyone is capable of great evil,and consciously recognizing thatcapacity in oneself is protectiverather than harmful. Last stated a year ago 8 Sept 2025 GS Guy Spier — holds since 2025-09-08 — 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 happy life is joy in the truth, which is joy in God — tap to centre the map on it A happy life is joy in the truth,which is joy in God AH Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 396–400 CE — 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 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 placein physics only when you can go outand look for its observationalconsequences. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Dec 2023 LR Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — 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 2 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
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At the centre Free will makes evil possible, but it is also the only thing that makes worthwhile love, goodness or joy possible Last stated c. 1942–1952 Holds C. S. Lewis Read this korrent →