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Isaac Newton — holds since c. 1713–1726 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ruling out every measurable cause because none explains all the variation, and putting an unmeasured one in their place, is not an explanation. — tap to centre the map on it Ruling out every measurable cause because none explains all the variation, and putting an unmeasured one in their place, is not an explanation. Last stated 2 months ago
20 Aug 2026
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A theory gets abandoned when the old explanation becomes visibly insufficient: special relativity made Newtonian gravity's action at a distance impossible, and that was the forcing function. — tap to centre the map on it A theory gets abandoned when the old explanation becomes visibly insufficient: special relativity made Newtonian gravity's action at a distance impossible, and that was the forcing function. Last stated 6 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "There is no empirical evidence against my position" is not an argument for it. — tap to centre the map on it "There is no empirical evidence against my position" is not an argument for it. Last stated 12 years ago
7 Nov 2014
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Dan Luu — holds since 2014-11-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The properties of light should be proved by reason and experiments, not explained by hypotheses — tap to centre the map on it The properties of light should be proved by reason and experiments, not explained by hypotheses
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Isaac Newton — holds since c. 1704–1718 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The planets' present motions could not come from natural causes alone but were impressed by an intelligent agent — tap to centre the map on it The planets' present motions could not come from natural causes alone but were impressed by an intelligent agent Last stated 334 years ago
10 Dec 1692
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Isaac Newton — holds since 1692-12-10 — 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 is never reached by reasoning a priori; it comes entirely from experience of things constantly conjoined
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David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anomalies cannot be sorted in advance: the same move that found Neptune failed completely for Mercury, so a field has to pursue both answers at once. — tap to centre the map on it Anomalies cannot be sorted in advance: the same move that found Neptune failed completely for Mercury, so a field has to pursue both answers at once. Last stated 6 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Conclusions drawn by induction from phenomena stand until new phenomena correct them, whatever hypotheses are imagined against them — tap to centre the map on it Conclusions drawn by induction from phenomena stand until new phenomena correct them, whatever hypotheses are imagined against them
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Isaac Newton — holds since c. 1713–1726 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago
13 Dec 1968
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Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. Last stated 6 years ago
4 Jun 2020
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Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. Last stated 2 months ago
20 Aug 2026
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — 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 2 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: A liberal divorce law is wise — tap to centre the map on it A liberal divorce law is wise
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated 3 weeks ago
20 Sept 2026
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Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises — tap to centre the map on it A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises
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Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are