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17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 3 Oct 2012 to 9 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under quantum mechanics quantum mechanics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Theories are not inevitable inductions from facts Theories are not inevitable inductionsfrom facts SG Stephen Jay Gould — holds since c. 1981 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being irrefutable is not a virtue in a theory but a vice — tap to centre the map on it Being irrefutable is not a virtue ina theory but a vice KP Karl Popper — holds since c. 1963–1968 — 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: The more a scientific theory forbids, the better it is — tap to centre the map on it The more a scientific theoryforbids, the better it is KP Karl Popper — holds since c. 1963–1968 — tap for who they are Same subject: If you can predict it, it does not count as emergence. — tap to centre the map on it If you can predict it, it does notcount as emergence. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Sept 2023 NO Neri Oxman — holds since 2023-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Orient is not an inert fact of nature — tap to centre the map on it The Orient is not an inert fact ofnature ES Edward Said — holds since c. 1978 — tap for who they are Same subject: The world is the totality of facts, not of things — tap to centre the map on it The world is the totality of facts,not of things LW Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are Same subject: Predicting or describing something is not the same as understanding it — tap to centre the map on it Predicting or describing somethingis not the same as understanding it DD David Deutsch — holds since c. 1997 — 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: 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 Same subject: "Carbon intensity" metrics let oil companies claim climate progress even as their total emissions rise from increased production. — tap to centre the map on it "Carbon intensity" metrics let oilcompanies claim climate progresseven as their total emissions risefrom increased production. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Energy essence personality" is as close as anyone can get to saying who or what Seth is — tap to centre the map on it "Energy essence personality" is asclose as anyone can get to sayingwho or what Seth is JR Jane Roberts — holds since c. 1963–1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. — tap to centre the map on it "Food from thin air" is not fromthin air: it runs on water,minerals, ammonia and industrialplant. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
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