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← It is easy to fool yourself and to be fooled by others, but impossible to fool Mother Nature.

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 15 Jul 1838 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Everything filed under investing investing Everything filed under creativity creativity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: It is easy to fool yourself and to be fooled by others, but impossible to fool Mother Nature. It is easy to fool yourself and to befooled by others, but impossible to foolMother Nature. Last stated a year ago 22 Sept 2025 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Scientists must above all not fool themselves, and they are the easiest people to fool — tap to centre the map on it Scientists must above all not foolthemselves, and they are the easiestpeople to fool RF Richard Feynman — holds since c. 1974 — tap for who they are Same subject: One has to allow for the self-serving bias of everybody else, and failing to do so is foolish — tap to centre the map on it One has to allow for theself-serving bias of everybody else,and failing to do so is foolish Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being logical is easy; being logical all the way to the bitter end is almost impossible — tap to centre the map on it Being logical is easy; being logicalall the way to the bitter end isalmost impossible AC Albert Camus — holds since c. 1942 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is human nature to overinterpret evidence, and the hardest part of science is not doing so. — tap to centre the map on it It is human nature to overinterpretevidence, and the hardest part ofscience is not doing so. Last stated 10 months ago 30 Nov 2025 GT Gary Taubes — holds since 2025-11-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The wise bet heavily when the world offers them the odds, and not the rest of the time — tap to centre the map on it The wise bet heavily when the worldoffers them the odds, and not therest of the time CM Charlie Munger — holds since c. 1994 — tap for who they are Same subject: Imitation cannot rise above its model and condemns the imitator to mediocrity — tap to centre the map on it Imitation cannot rise above itsmodel and condemns the imitator tomediocrity Last stated 188 years ago 15 Jul 1838 RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since 1838-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A clueless person gains nothing by learning from others, because others are just as clueless. — tap to centre the map on it A clueless person gains nothing bylearning from others, because othersare just as clueless. Last stated 2 years ago 4 Dec 2024 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2024-12-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: People change only from their own inner desire, never because someone told them to. — tap to centre the map on it People change only from their owninner desire, never because someonetold them to. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated 3 weeks ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it Being professionally offended byevery little thing is no longer adominant disposition Last stated 2 years ago 6 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds. — tap to centre the map on it Blaming and shaming people onlymakes them defensive, dig in theirheels, or tune out, rather thanchange their minds. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated 4 weeks ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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At the centre It is easy to fool yourself and to be fooled by others, but impossible to fool Mother Nature. Last stated 22 Sept 2025 · a year ago Holds Naval Ravikant Read this korrent →