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Read this korrent: "There is no empirical evidence against my position" is not an argument for it.
"There is no empirical evidence against my position" is not an argument for it.
Last stated 12 years ago
7 Nov 2014
DL
Dan Luu — holds since 2014-11-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The test of a scientific model is not whether supporting evidence can be found for it, but whether it fits the totality of the evidence. — tap to centre the map on it
The test of a scientific model is not whether supporting evidence can be found for it, but whether it fits the totality of the evidence.
Last stated 8 years ago
3 Jul 2018
SG
Stephan Guyenet — holds since 2018-07-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is no philosophical knockout objection to the simulation hypothesis, and also no reason whatsoever to take it seriously. — tap to centre the map on it
There is no philosophical knockout objection to the simulation hypothesis, and also no reason whatsoever to take it seriously.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Apr 2024
SC
Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: One good story outweighs a mountain of evidence, because most emotions cannot be argued with. — tap to centre the map on it
One good story outweighs a mountain of evidence, because most emotions cannot be argued with.
Last stated 8 months ago
20 Jan 2026
DS
Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: How dense a neighbourhood ought to be is a moral and political argument, not an empirical question with a discoverable right answer. — tap to centre the map on it
How dense a neighbourhood ought to be is a moral and political argument, not an empirical question with a discoverable right answer.
Last stated 2 years ago
29 May 2024
DH
Daniel Herriges — holds since 2024-05-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Numbers offer a false precision: which metrics you choose to look at, and whether a five percent rise is good, are both art rather than science. — tap to centre the map on it
Numbers offer a false precision: which metrics you choose to look at, and whether a five percent rise is good, are both art rather than science.
Last stated 12 months ago
21 Sept 2025
JZ
Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anything introduced with “I believe” is, by that fact alone, not something everyone can see to be true. — tap to centre the map on it
Anything introduced with “I believe” is, by that fact alone, not something everyone can see to be true.
Last stated 8 months ago
5 Jan 2026
DS
Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-05 — 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 not count 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: Facts deployed as weapons in an argument can win the exchange without settling the disagreement. — tap to centre the map on it
Facts deployed as weapons in an argument can win the exchange without settling the disagreement.
Last stated 8 months ago
20 Jan 2026
DS
Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A house is built by trades that barely coordinate with each other, which is what makes housing cheap to design and almost impossible to redesign. — tap to centre the map on it
A house is built by trades that barely coordinate with each other, which is what makes housing cheap to design and almost impossible to redesign.
Last stated 2 years ago
2 Apr 2024
BP
Brian Potter — holds since 2024-04-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Affordability is not a property of a building; it is a price set in a transaction, so there is no such thing as affordable housing, only affordable prices. — tap to centre the map on it
Affordability is not a property of a building; it is a price set in a transaction, so there is no such thing as affordable housing, only affordable prices.
Last stated 4 years ago
4 Jan 2023
DH
Daniel Herriges — holds since 2023-01-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building a lot of housing in an expensive city will not lower rents there; it lowers them in the cheaper places that were absorbing its spillover demand. — tap to centre the map on it
Building a lot of housing in an expensive city will not lower rents there; it lowers them in the cheaper places that were absorbing its spillover demand.
Last stated 2 years ago
29 May 2024
DH
Daniel Herriges — holds since 2024-05-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
CH
Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
EB
Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation.
Last stated a year ago
13 Aug 2025
KJ
Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
PK
Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: With no truly free places left in the world, freedom now depends on new technology creating new space, not on political change. — tap to centre the map on it
With no truly free places left in the world, freedom now depends on new technology creating new space, not on political change.
Last stated 17 years ago
13 Apr 2009
PT
Peter Thiel — holds since 2009-04-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The great task for libertarians is to escape politics in all its forms, rather than to win within it. — tap to centre the map on it
The great task for libertarians is to escape politics in all its forms, rather than to win within it.
Last stated 17 years ago
13 Apr 2009
PT
Peter Thiel — holds since 2009-04-13 — tap for who they are
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"There is no empirical evidence against my position" is not an argument for it.
Last stated 7 Nov 2014 · 12 years ago
Holds DL Dan Luu
Read this korrent →
Similar wording
The test of a scientific model is not whether supporting evidence can be found for it, but whether it fits the totality of the evidence.
Last stated 3 Jul 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds SG Stephan Guyenet
Similar wording
There is no philosophical knockout objection to the simulation hypothesis, and also no reason whatsoever to take it seriously.
Last stated 22 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds SC Sean Carroll
Similar wording
One good story outweighs a mountain of evidence, because most emotions cannot be argued with.
Last stated 20 Jan 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Derek Sivers
Similar wording
How dense a neighbourhood ought to be is a moral and political argument, not an empirical question with a discoverable right answer.
Last stated 29 May 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds DH Daniel Herriges
Similar wording
Numbers offer a false precision: which metrics you choose to look at, and whether a five percent rise is good, are both art rather than science.
Last stated 21 Sept 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds JZ Julie Zhuo
Similar wording
Anything introduced with “I believe” is, by that fact alone, not something everyone can see to be true.
Last stated 5 Jan 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Derek Sivers
Similar wording
If you can predict it, it does not count as emergence.
Last stated 1 Sept 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds NO Neri Oxman
Similar wording
Facts deployed as weapons in an argument can win the exchange without settling the disagreement.
Last stated 20 Jan 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Derek Sivers
Same subject: housing
A house is built by trades that barely coordinate with each other, which is what makes housing cheap to design and almost impossible to redesign.
Last stated 2 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds BP Brian Potter
Same subject: housing
Affordability is not a property of a building; it is a price set in a transaction, so there is no such thing as affordable housing, only affordable prices.
Last stated 4 Jan 2023 · 4 years ago
Holds DH Daniel Herriges
Same subject: housing
Building a lot of housing in an expensive city will not lower rents there; it lowers them in the cheaper places that were absorbing its spillover demand.
Last stated 29 May 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds DH Daniel Herriges
Same subject: America
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 18 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds CH Casey HandmerEB Eric Berger
Same subject: America
A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation.
Last stated 13 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds KJ Keyu Jin
Same subject: America
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · today
Holds PK Paul Krugman
Same subject: libertarianism
With no truly free places left in the world, freedom now depends on new technology creating new space, not on political change.
Last stated 13 Apr 2009 · 17 years ago
Holds PT Peter Thiel
Same subject: libertarianism
The great task for libertarians is to escape politics in all its forms, rather than to win within it.
Last stated 13 Apr 2009 · 17 years ago
Holds PT Peter Thiel