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17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 14 Feb 1776 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under physics physics 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: There are two types of laws: just and unjust There are two types of laws: just andunjust MJ Martin Luther King Jr. — holds since c. 1963–1964 — tap for who they are Same subject: People have a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws — tap to centre the map on it People have a moral responsibilityto disobey unjust laws MJ Martin Luther King Jr. — holds since c. 1963–1964 — tap for who they are Same subject: Where there is no common power there is no law, and where no law, no injustice; in war, force and fraud are the cardinal virtues — tap to centre the map on it Where there is no common power thereis no law, and where no law, noinjustice; in war, force and fraudare the cardinal virtues TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Law aims at the well-being of both soul and body, the soul's through correct opinions suited to people's capacity — tap to centre the map on it The Law aims at the well-being ofboth soul and body, the soul'sthrough correct opinions suited topeople's capacity MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are Same subject: Physics is the only real law and everything else is a recommendation: people break the laws made by man all the time and never break the laws made by physics. — tap to centre the map on it Physics is the only real law andeverything else is a recommendation:people break the laws made by manall the time and never break thelaws made by physics. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Nov 2023 EM Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: In a free country the law ought to be king, and there ought to be no other — tap to centre the map on it In a free country the law ought tobe king, and there ought to be noother Last stated 251 years ago 14 Feb 1776 TP Thomas Paine — holds since 1776-02-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: When two truths conflict and both are hard to accept, people resolve the tension by discarding one of them. — tap to centre the map on it When two truths conflict and bothare hard to accept, people resolvethe tension by discarding one ofthem. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Jul 2026 MA Mari Andrew — holds since 2026-07-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is only one categorical imperative: act only on a maxim you could at the same time will to become a universal law — tap to centre the map on it There is only one categoricalimperative: act only on a maxim youcould at the same time will tobecome a universal law IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whoever breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and willing to accept the penalty — tap to centre the map on it Whoever breaks an unjust law must doso openly, lovingly, and willing toaccept the penalty MJ Martin Luther King Jr. — holds since c. 1963–1964 — 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 2 weeks ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — 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: 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 There are two types of laws: just and unjust Last stated c. 1963–1964 Holds Martin Luther King Jr. Read this korrent →