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Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under family family Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Philosophy should be studied for the sake of its questions, not for definite answers, which can rarely be known to be true Philosophy should be studied for the sakeof its questions, not for definiteanswers, which can rarely be known to betrue BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1912 — tap for who they are Same subject: Philosophy cannot say with certainty what is true, but it suggests possibilities that free thought from the tyranny of custom — tap to centre the map on it Philosophy cannot say with certaintywhat is true, but it suggestspossibilities that free thought fromthe tyranny of custom BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1912 — tap for who they are Same subject: A university ought to be a place of free inquiry, and the better it does its other duties the more surely it will be — tap to centre the map on it A university ought to be a place offree inquiry, and the better it doesits other duties the more surely itwill be Last stated 160 years ago 1 Feb 1867 JM John Stuart Mill — holds since 1867-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: We do not know the meaning of life, so the thing to do is expand the scope and scale of consciousness, digital and biological, until we know what questions to ask. — tap to centre the map on it We do not know the meaning of life,so the thing to do is expand thescope and scale of consciousness,digital and biological, until weknow what questions to ask. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Nov 2023 EM Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: The value of philosophy lies largely in its uncertainty; without it a person stays imprisoned in common-sense prejudice — tap to centre the map on it The value of philosophy lies largelyin its uncertainty; without it aperson stays imprisoned incommon-sense prejudice BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1912 — tap for who they are Same subject: Judging whether life is worth living is answering the fundamental question of philosophy — tap to centre the map on it Judging whether life is worth livingis answering the fundamentalquestion of philosophy AC Albert Camus — holds since c. 1942 — tap for who they are Same subject: Discussing virtue daily is the greatest good, and the unexamined life is not worth living — tap to centre the map on it Discussing virtue daily is thegreatest good, and the unexaminedlife is not worth living SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Hoping to know through other people's understanding is probably as unreasonable as hoping to see through their eyes — tap to centre the map on it Hoping to know through otherpeople's understanding is probablyas unreasonable as hoping to seethrough their eyes Last stated 337 years ago 24 May 1689 JL John Locke — holds since 1689-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Since the soul was made to contemplate truth, keeping women from knowledge is as cruel and unjust as keeping them from good — tap to centre the map on it Since the soul was made tocontemplate truth, keeping womenfrom knowledge is as cruel andunjust as keeping them from good MA Mary Astell — holds since c. 1694–1697 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI tooling has not compressed the gap between great and average engineers: it is still two or three times, and for the same reasons as before — curiosity and appetite for the bleeding edge. — tap to centre the map on it AI tooling has not compressed thegap between great and averageengineers: it is still two or threetimes, and for the same reasons asbefore — curiosity and appetite forthe bleeding edge. Last stated 6 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: American transit agencies stay expensive out of incuriosity: the practices that would fix them are written in languages nobody in the room reads. — tap to centre the map on it American transit agencies stayexpensive out of incuriosity: thepractices that would fix them arewritten in languages nobody in theroom reads. Last stated 4 years ago 12 Jan 2023 AL Alon Levy — holds since 2023-01-12 — 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 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: 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 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 becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. — tap to centre the map on it A world where altruists followedexpected-value estimates would beone where nearly all of them helpeddistant strangers instead of thepeople around them, and that worldwould be worse. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can have a significant positive impact on people's lives — tap to centre the map on it AI can have a significant positiveimpact on people's lives Last stated yesterday 2 Oct 2026 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Philosophy should be studied for the sake of its questions, not for definite answers, which can rarely be known to be true Last stated c. 1912 Holds Bertrand Russell Read this korrent →