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← The ark was never built; it is a literary construction out of the fact that the people who survived were in boats.

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 10 May 2019 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under China China Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under psychedelics psychedelics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The ark was never built; it is a literary construction out of the fact that the people who survived were in boats. The ark was never built; it is a literaryconstruction out of the fact that thepeople who survived were in boats. Last stated 10 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Genesis and Gilgamesh are not two independent accounts of one flood; one is literarily dependent on the other. — tap to centre the map on it Genesis and Gilgamesh are not twoindependent accounts of one flood;one is literarily dependent on theother. Last stated 10 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Atlantis never existed; it was one of Plato's teaching parables, and Akrotiri is the nearest real thing to it. — tap to centre the map on it Atlantis never existed; it was oneof Plato's teaching parables, andAkrotiri is the nearest real thingto it. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A thought that was never captured was never uploaded, so AI has never seen it, and that is where humans remain unique. — tap to centre the map on it A thought that was never capturedwas never uploaded, so AI has neverseen it, and that is where humansremain unique. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Stories are always deliberately constructed by their author, not something that emerges on its own. — tap to centre the map on it Stories are always deliberatelyconstructed by their author, notsomething that emerges on its own. Last stated 4 months ago 1 Jul 2026 LM Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The flood stories of the world are not the memory of one global cataclysm. — tap to centre the map on it The flood stories of the world arenot the memory of one globalcataclysm. Last stated 10 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The archaeological record of early writing is misleading, because people across the Middle East were sending each other messages long before the Sumerians. — tap to centre the map on it The archaeological record of earlywriting is misleading, becausepeople across the Middle East weresending each other messages longbefore the Sumerians. Last stated 10 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A civilization that advanced and that large would have left something behind, and archaeologists find fish scales. — tap to centre the map on it A civilization that advanced andthat large would have left somethingbehind, and archaeologists find fishscales. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: There was no "Dark Ages": the term described gaps in the surviving sources, and its popular use is not a live scholarly position but a settled error. — tap to centre the map on it There was no "Dark Ages": the termdescribed gaps in the survivingsources, and its popular use is nota live scholarly position but asettled error. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 EJ Eleanor Janega — holds since 2025-11-25 — 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 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: A little philosophy inclines the mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy brings it back to religion — tap to centre the map on it A little philosophy inclines themind to atheism, but depth inphilosophy brings it back toreligion FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: Hallucinogens shaped religion in the Americas in a way they could not elsewhere, because almost every psychotropic plant is American. — tap to centre the map on it Hallucinogens shaped religion in theAmericas in a way they could notelsewhere, because almost everypsychotropic plant is American. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Psychedelics can loosen heavily held political, religious and philosophical convictions, not only pathological ones. — tap to centre the map on it Psychedelics can loosen heavily heldpolitical, religious andphilosophical convictions, not onlypathological ones. Last stated 7 years ago 20 Jun 2019 KF Karl Friston — holds since 2019-06-20 — tap for who they are RC Robin Carhart-Harris — holds since 2019-06-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A psychedelic trip can, in rare instances, trigger a psychotic break in people vulnerable to serious mental illness. — tap to centre the map on it A psychedelic trip can, in rareinstances, trigger a psychotic breakin people vulnerable to seriousmental illness. Last stated 7 years ago 10 May 2019 MP Michael Pollan — holds since 2019-05-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Americans have largely stopped belonging to religions and attending services without becoming non-believers. — tap to centre the map on it Americans have largely stoppedbelonging to religions and attendingservices without becomingnon-believers. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 RB Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Andean religion was essentially monotheistic: one fanged creator deity stands behind cultures separated by thousands of years. — tap to centre the map on it Andean religion was essentiallymonotheistic: one fanged creatordeity stands behind culturesseparated by thousands of years. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most Americans who report no religious affiliation are not atheists or agnostics. — tap to centre the map on it Most Americans who report noreligious affiliation are notatheists or agnostics. Last stated 7 months ago 28 Mar 2026 RB Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-03-28 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The ark was never built; it is a literary construction out of the fact that the people who survived were in boats. Last stated 12 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago Holds Irving Finkel Read this korrent →