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← Religions accept a pleasant belief as true and should be ashamed of that

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 11 Sept 1893 to 12 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Religions accept a pleasant belief as true and should be ashamed of that Religions accept a pleasant belief as trueand should be ashamed of that FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1878 — tap for who they are Same subject: All religions should be accepted as true, not merely tolerated — tap to centre the map on it All religions should be accepted astrue, not merely tolerated Last stated 133 years ago 11 Sept 1893 SV Swami Vivekananda — holds since 1893-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Legal support for a religion weakens believers' confidence and invites unbelievers' suspicion — tap to centre the map on it Legal support for a religion weakensbelievers' confidence and invitesunbelievers' suspicion JM James Madison — holds since c. 1784–1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: In the broadest terms, religious life may be described as belief in an unseen order and in adjusting ourselves to it as our supreme good — tap to centre the map on it In the broadest terms, religiouslife may be described as belief inan unseen order and in adjustingourselves to it as our supreme good WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Religion is a system of human norms and values founded on belief in a superhuman order — tap to centre the map on it Religion is a system of human normsand values founded on belief in asuperhuman order YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2011–2015 — tap for who they are Same subject: A universal religion, if one prevails, will mean shedding redundancies rather than believing anything new — tap to centre the map on it A universal religion, if oneprevails, will mean sheddingredundancies rather than believinganything new TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1794 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rulers should support whatever favours religion, even if they think it untrue — tap to centre the map on it Rulers should support whateverfavours religion, even if they thinkit untrue NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1514–1519 — tap for who they are Same subject: Confidence in a belief reflects the coherence of the story the mind built, not the quality of the evidence — tap to centre the map on it Confidence in a belief reflects thecoherence of the story the mindbuilt, not the quality of theevidence DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since c. 2011 — tap for who they are Same subject: When accuracy and belonging conflict, most people take the belief that keeps them accepted by their community. — tap to centre the map on it When accuracy and belongingconflict, most people take thebelief that keeps them accepted bytheir community. Last stated 10 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JC James Clear — holds since 2026-01-01 — 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: 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 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike. — tap to centre the map on it Deliberately shifting a culture isfar harder now that everyone canpersonalise their media and skippast anything they dislike. Last stated a year ago 1 Jul 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — 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 Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Religions accept a pleasant belief as true and should be ashamed of that Last stated c. 1878 Holds Friedrich Nietzsche Read this korrent →