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Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under Psychotherapy Psychotherapy Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: There is some a priori probability that recognising expressions also became instinctive There is some a priori probability thatrecognising expressions also becameinstinctive CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1872 — tap for who they are Same subject: We seem to have fostered our Hebraising instincts too exclusively and fallen into mechanical routine — tap to centre the map on it We seem to have fostered ourHebraising instincts too exclusivelyand fallen into mechanical routine MA Matthew Arnold — holds since c. 1867–1869 — tap for who they are Same subject: Some gestures that seem natural, such as joined hands in prayer, are apparently learnt like words — tap to centre the map on it Some gestures that seem natural,such as joined hands in prayer, areapparently learnt like words CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1872 — tap for who they are Same subject: People have an automatic tendency to think and act as they see others around them thinking and acting — tap to centre the map on it People have an automatic tendency tothink and act as they see othersaround them thinking and acting CM Charlie Munger — holds since c. 2005 — tap for who they are Same subject: At some point in evolutionary history, matter learned to feel. — tap to centre the map on it At some point in evolutionaryhistory, matter learned to feel. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Involuntary patterns reveal something true about a person, and even their deliberate actions are a form of unintentional self-expression. — tap to centre the map on it Involuntary patterns revealsomething true about a person, andeven their deliberate actions are aform of unintentionalself-expression. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: That people are good at maths and coding, which evolution never selected for, shows human learning is not a complicated evolutionary prior but something more fundamental. — tap to centre the map on it That people are good at maths andcoding, which evolution neverselected for, shows human learningis not a complicated evolutionaryprior but something morefundamental. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human ancestors probably uttered musical tones before they could speak — tap to centre the map on it Human ancestors probably utteredmusical tones before they couldspeak CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1872 — tap for who they are Same subject: Many of our most important expressions are not learnt, though some need practice — tap to centre the map on it Many of our most importantexpressions are not learnt, thoughsome need practice CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1872 — 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 a month 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 9 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 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: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it Being professionally offended byevery little thing is no longer adominant disposition Last stated 2 years ago 6 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds. — tap to centre the map on it Blaming and shaming people onlymakes them defensive, dig in theirheels, or tune out, rather thanchange their minds. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
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