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17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 15 Jun 2012 to 6 Aug 2026.

Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under quantum mechanics quantum mechanics Everything filed under health and fitness health and fitness 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: Refusing to acknowledge human nature distorts science, public discourse and daily life Refusing to acknowledge human naturedistorts science, public discourse anddaily life SP Steven Pinker — holds since c. 2002 — tap for who they are Same subject: Denying human nature has split intellectual life from common sense — tap to centre the map on it Denying human nature has splitintellectual life from common sense SP Steven Pinker — holds since c. 2002 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acknowledging human nature does not mean overturning personal world views — tap to centre the map on it Acknowledging human nature does notmean overturning personal worldviews SP Steven Pinker — holds since c. 2002 — 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 11 months ago 30 Nov 2025 GT Gary Taubes — holds since 2025-11-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human nature is malleable and shaped by societal beliefs and values. — tap to centre the map on it Human nature is malleable and shapedby societal beliefs and values. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 RS Rebecca Solnit — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one who looks at nature as connected can still believe humans were separately created — tap to centre the map on it No one who looks at nature asconnected can still believe humanswere separately created CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human experience as a whole, as I see it, points beyond narrow 'scientific' bounds; the real world is more intricately built than physical science allows — tap to centre the map on it Human experience as a whole, as Isee it, points beyond narrow'scientific' bounds; the real worldis more intricately built thanphysical science allows WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A celebrated popular science book can consistently misrepresent the literature it summarises and contradict its own sources. — tap to centre the map on it A celebrated popular science bookcan consistently misrepresent theliterature it summarises andcontradict its own sources. Last stated 7 years ago 15 Nov 2019 AG Alexey Guzey — holds since 2019-11-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human nature is too varied to accept constraint on its creativity — tap to centre the map on it Human nature is too varied to acceptconstraint on its creativity Last stated 3 years ago 7 May 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it A CEO grading themselves a failurefor their mistakes does not help;every CEO makes thousands ofmistakes Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's assumption about wherea component belongs is a personalassumption and does not mean thatthe market or the users will reactto the component that way. Last stated 7 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's PRs should be verysmall and manageable if the designeris not comfortable reviewing orwriting the code themselves. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 AM Andy Madrick — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A black hole is featureless in the way a fundamental particle is: charge, mass and spin are the whole of it, and no two differ in anything else. — tap to centre the map on it A black hole is featureless in theway a fundamental particle is:charge, mass and spin are the wholeof it, and no two differ in anythingelse. Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A black hole is its event horizon, not the matter crushed to a point at the centre. — tap to centre the map on it A black hole is its event horizon,not the matter crushed to a point atthe centre. Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A correct unifying theory of physics would, on first appearing publicly, look statistically likely to be wrong. — tap to centre the map on it A correct unifying theory of physicswould, on first appearing publicly,look statistically likely to bewrong. Last stated 13 years ago 1 Jun 2013 MS Marcus du Sautoy — holds since 2013-06-01 — 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 itextrapolates past what we canobserve is methodologicallyrespectable and still a failure ofnerve. Last stated 3 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC 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 yetsatisfactorily solved themeasurement problem and does notrestore local causality. Last stated 3 years ago 21 Sept 2023 SH 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 Chinafrom training frontier models; whatthey can do is cap how much AI Chinagets to run. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Feb 2025 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
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