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← Psychic phenomena are more probable than the truth of Catholicism.

17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 28 Nov 1770 to 13 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under agency agency Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Psychic phenomena are more probable than the truth of Catholicism. Psychic phenomena are more probable thanthe truth of Catholicism. Last stated 2 months ago 5 Sept 2026 PG Philip Goff — holds since 2026-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: God's existence is more evident than the existence of other people — tap to centre the map on it God's existence is more evident thanthe existence of other people GB George Berkeley — holds since c. 1710–1734 — tap for who they are Same subject: Religious leaders have special insight into questions like consciousness. — tap to centre the map on it Religious leaders have specialinsight into questions likeconsciousness. Last stated 3 weeks ago 13 Oct 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-10-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coincidence and chance have less to do with good things happening to us than people might want to admit. — tap to centre the map on it Coincidence and chance have less todo with good things happening to usthan people might want to admit. Last stated 2 months ago 25 Aug 2026 MF Mario Fraioli — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is better to be in the room when things happen than to pontificate from outside, even if you later have to leave and sound the alarm. — tap to centre the map on it It is better to be in the room whenthings happen than to pontificatefrom outside, even if you later haveto leave and sound the alarm. Last stated 2 years ago 15 Oct 2024 NQ Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2024-10-15 — 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 fromphenomena stand until new phenomenacorrect them, whatever hypothesesare imagined against them IN Isaac Newton — holds since c. 1713–1726 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coincidences happen and correlation does not equal causation. — tap to centre the map on it Coincidences happen and correlationdoes not equal causation. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 MB Matt Birchler — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Past-life experiences should be studied scientifically, since faith alone may not be enough — tap to centre the map on it Past-life experiences should bestudied scientifically, since faithalone may not be enough BW Brian Weiss — holds since c. 1988 — tap for who they are Same subject: Doubt is not pleasant, but certainty is absurd, since we know nothing of first principles — tap to centre the map on it Doubt is not pleasant, but certaintyis absurd, since we know nothing offirst principles Last stated 256 years ago 28 Nov 1770 VO Voltaire — holds since 1770-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others — tap to centre the map on it A mystical state defies expression,so its quality must be experienceddirectly and cannot be passed on toothers WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. — tap to centre the map on it A person is best understood as aloose jumble of barely intelligent,looping processes producing only theillusion of coherent subjectivity. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of coherent consciousnessarises from experience beingcompressed into a single threadrather than from the brain's fullunderlying activity. Last stated 9 months ago 4 Feb 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — 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 a month ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A civilized town is far better off with a religion, even a bad one, than with none — tap to centre the map on it A civilized town is far better offwith a religion, even a bad one,than with none VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: A faith with a good God but without sin, hell, the devil or redemption is a boys' philosophy — tap to centre the map on it A faith with a good God but withoutsin, hell, the devil or redemptionis a boys' philosophy CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small. — tap to centre the map on it AI sentience is a category error,and the chances of AIs beingsentient are vanishingly small. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing. — tap to centre the map on it An AI's sympathy and a friend's arenot the same act: one is a learnedpattern about what to say, the otherrests on having felt the thing. Last stated 3 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: As we redesign life with new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient beings, not just humans — tap to centre the map on it As we redesign life with newtechnologies, we should weigh thewelfare of all sentient beings, notjust humans Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Psychic phenomena are more probable than the truth of Catholicism. Last stated 5 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Philip Goff Read this korrent →