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← The things we see and feel cannot be separated, even in thought, from being perceived

17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 28 Feb 1895 to 18 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under taste taste Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The things we see and feel cannot be separated, even in thought, from being perceived The things we see and feel cannot beseparated, even in thought, from beingperceived GB George Berkeley — holds since c. 1710–1734 — tap for who they are Same subject: Denying matter does not deny the real existence of the things we see and touch — tap to centre the map on it Denying matter does not deny thereal existence of the things we seeand touch GB George Berkeley — holds since c. 1710–1734 — tap for who they are Same subject: Since our sense perceptions are not willed by us, some other will or spirit produces them — tap to centre the map on it Since our sense perceptions are notwilled by us, some other will orspirit produces them GB George Berkeley — holds since c. 1710–1734 — tap for who they are Same subject: The human mind can grasp some things, but some things that really exist lie entirely beyond its reach — tap to centre the map on it The human mind can grasp somethings, but some things that reallyexist lie entirely beyond its reach MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are Same subject: The distinct flavour of panpsychism implied by IIT, whereby space and time are tiled with substrates of proto-consciousness, is not problematic for the theory. — tap to centre the map on it The distinct flavour of panpsychismimplied by IIT, whereby space andtime are tiled with substrates ofproto-consciousness, is notproblematic for the theory. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Apr 2026 AS Anil Seth — holds since 2026-04-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Taste is not innate; it is a loop of noticing whether you like something, asking why, and learning the canon that led to it. — tap to centre the map on it Taste is not innate; it is a loop ofnoticing whether you like something,asking why, and learning the canonthat led to it. Last stated a year ago 16 Oct 2025 DF Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no reason to suppose an idea less true than reality, since we never know for certain what underlies the senses — tap to centre the map on it There is no reason to suppose anidea less true than reality, sincewe never know for certain whatunderlies the senses Last stated 132 years ago 28 Feb 1895 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1895-02-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Abstract general ideas, like motion that is neither fast nor slow, cannot be conceived — tap to centre the map on it Abstract general ideas, like motionthat is neither fast nor slow,cannot be conceived GB George Berkeley — holds since c. 1710–1734 — tap for who they are Same subject: Thoughts, feelings, decisions and bodies are not real in themselves, only useful abstractions layered over the underlying chaos of atoms. — tap to centre the map on it Thoughts, feelings, decisions andbodies are not real in themselves,only useful abstractions layeredover the underlying chaos of atoms. Last stated 4 months ago 24 Jun 2026 JB Jamie Brandon — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others — tap to centre the map on it A mystical state defies expression,so its quality must be experienceddirectly and cannot be passed on toothers WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. — tap to centre the map on it A person is best understood as aloose jumble of barely intelligent,looping processes producing only theillusion of coherent subjectivity. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of coherent consciousnessarises from experience beingcompressed into a single threadrather than from the brain's fullunderlying activity. Last stated 9 months ago 4 Feb 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small. — tap to centre the map on it AI sentience is a category error,and the chances of AIs beingsentient are vanishingly small. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing. — tap to centre the map on it An AI's sympathy and a friend's arenot the same act: one is a learnedpattern about what to say, the otherrests on having felt the thing. Last stated 3 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: As we redesign life with new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient beings, not just humans — tap to centre the map on it As we redesign life with newtechnologies, we should weigh thewelfare of all sentient beings, notjust humans Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it Advancing in life depends more onwhat one learns later than on whatone already knows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The things we see and feel cannot be separated, even in thought, from being perceived Last stated c. 1710–1734 Holds George Berkeley Read this korrent →