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Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under quantum mechanics quantum mechanics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena, without feigning hypotheses, back to a first cause that is not mechanical The main business of natural philosophy isto argue from phenomena, without feigninghypotheses, back to a first cause that isnot mechanical IN Isaac Newton — holds since c. 1704–1718 — 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: 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: I frame no hypotheses about the cause of gravity: whatever is not deduced from the phenomena is a hypothesis — tap to centre the map on it I frame no hypotheses about thecause of gravity: whatever is notdeduced from the phenomena is ahypothesis IN Isaac Newton — holds since c. 1713–1726 — tap for who they are Same subject: The business of philosophy is to study creation in order to be guided to its Creator — tap to centre the map on it The business of philosophy is tostudy creation in order to be guidedto its Creator I( Ibn Rushd (Averroes) — holds since c. 1126–1195 — tap for who they are Same subject: Philosophy is not a theory but an activity whose object is the logical clarification of thoughts — tap to centre the map on it Philosophy is not a theory but anactivity whose object is the logicalclarification of thoughts LW Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowledge of cause and effect is never reached by reasoning a priori; it comes entirely from experience of things constantly conjoined — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge of cause and effect isnever reached by reasoning a priori;it comes entirely from experience ofthings constantly conjoined DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: Induction from experiments demonstrates nothing, but it is the best way of arguing that nature allows — tap to centre the map on it Induction from experimentsdemonstrates nothing, but it is thebest way of arguing that natureallows IN Isaac Newton — holds since c. 1704–1718 — 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 far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A far-fetched idea earns its placein physics only when you can go outand look for its observationalconsequences. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Dec 2023 LR Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — 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 3 weeks 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: 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 2 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 The main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena, without feigning hypotheses, back to a first cause that is not mechanical Last stated c. 1704–1718 Holds Isaac Newton Read this korrent →