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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject One good story outweighs amountain of evidence,because most emotions… DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-20 Nobody actually decides on the facts -- emotion decides and facts rationalise, so you find whatever truth is useful to you. Nobody actually decideson the facts -- emotion… DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-20 Facts deployed as weapons in an argument can win the exchange without settling the disagreement. Facts deployed asweapons in an argument… DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-20 Anything introduced with “I believe” is, by that fact alone, not something everyone can see to be true. Anything introducedwith “I believe” is, by… DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-05 Because an LLM can argue almost any direction competently, the right way to use one for forming an opinion is to make it argue every side. Because an LLM canargue almost any… AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-28 A large fraction of what the people around you believe is mistaken, and nobody is going to teach you to think for yourself. A large fraction ofwhat the people around… PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2018-07-05 An agent told to disagree with everything is worthless: it has to form its own view and speak only when that view differs enough to be worth the interruption. An agent told todisagree with… SP Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-08-09
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