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17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 3 Oct 2012 to 24 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under quantum mechanics quantum mechanics Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Scientific knowledge consists of explanations, which do not follow the reductionist hierarchy Scientific knowledge consists ofexplanations, which do not follow thereductionist hierarchy DD David Deutsch — holds since c. 1997 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowledge consists of conjectured explanations, guesses that need no foundations or justification. — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge consists of conjecturedexplanations, guesses that need nofoundations or justification. Last stated 14 years ago 3 Oct 2012 DD David Deutsch — holds since 2012-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Theories are not inevitable inductions from facts — tap to centre the map on it Theories are not inevitableinductions from facts SG Stephen Jay Gould — holds since c. 1981 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowledge does not come from extrapolating repeated observations. — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge does not come fromextrapolating repeated observations. Last stated 14 years ago 3 Oct 2012 DD David Deutsch — holds since 2012-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A proof and an explanation are different things, and a theorem can stay an unsolved expository problem long after it is proved. — tap to centre the map on it A proof and an explanation aredifferent things, and a theorem canstay an unsolved expository problemlong after it is proved. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Physics teaches reasoning from first principles rather than by analogy. — tap to centre the map on it Physics teaches reasoning from firstprinciples rather than by analogy. Last stated 14 years ago 21 Oct 2012 EM Elon Musk — holds since 2012-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Normal science does not aim to find new kinds of phenomena; what does not fit is often not seen — tap to centre the map on it Normal science does not aim to findnew kinds of phenomena; what doesnot fit is often not seen TK Thomas Kuhn — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: The properties of light should be proved by reason and experiments, not explained by hypotheses — tap to centre the map on it The properties of light should beproved by reason and experiments,not explained by hypotheses IN Isaac Newton — holds since c. 1704–1718 — tap for who they are Same subject: Science is far from perfect, but it is the best instrument of knowledge we have — tap to centre the map on it Science is far from perfect, but itis the best instrument of knowledgewe have CS Carl Sagan — holds since c. 1995 — tap for who they are Same subject: A persistently rising dividend yield eventually forces capital appreciation as the market rerates the stock. — tap to centre the map on it A persistently rising dividend yieldeventually forces capitalappreciation as the market reratesthe stock. Last stated 8 months ago 3 Mar 2026 SB Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tossed coin is more likely to land on the same face it started on than on the opposite face. — tap to centre the map on it A tossed coin is more likely to landon the same face it started on thanon the opposite face. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 TH Tim Harford — holds since 2026-09-24 — 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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At the centre Scientific knowledge consists of explanations, which do not follow the reductionist hierarchy Last stated c. 1997 Holds David Deutsch Read this korrent →