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← Those who know little, not those who know much, are the ones who assert science will never solve a problem
17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 13 May 2007 to 27 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Those who know little, not those who know much, are the ones who assert science will never solve a problem
Those who know little, not those who know much, are the ones who assert science will never solve a problem
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Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Knowledge that is not immune to doubt deserves no confidence and cannot count as certainty — tap to centre the map on it
Knowledge that is not immune to doubt deserves no confidence and cannot count as certainty
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Al-Ghazali — holds since c. 1106–1111 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Experts do not know what they do not know — tap to centre the map on it
Experts do not know what they do not know
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb — holds since c. 2007 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A clueless person gains nothing by learning from others, because others are just as clueless. — tap to centre the map on it
A clueless person gains nothing by learning from others, because others are just as clueless.
Last stated 2 years ago
4 Dec 2024
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Kapil Gupta — holds since 2024-12-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most people do not know themselves very well — tap to centre the map on it
Most people do not know themselves very well
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is good that the search for understanding will never end, since there will always be new discovery; without it we would stagnate. — tap to centre the map on it
It is good that the search for understanding will never end, since there will always be new discovery; without it we would stagnate.
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Stephen Hawking — holds since c. 2002 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Knowledge that lives only in a book or a machine is not knowledge you have. — tap to centre the map on it
Knowledge that lives only in a book or a machine is not knowledge you have.
Last stated 11 months ago
18 Nov 2025
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Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: We know a good deal about how people actually learn, and almost nobody is ever taught it. — tap to centre the map on it
We know a good deal about how people actually learn, and almost nobody is ever taught it.
Last stated 4 years ago
12 Jul 2022
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Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Those who know the Tao do not care to speak about it; those ever ready to speak about it do not know it — tap to centre the map on it
Those who know the Tao do not care to speak about it; those ever ready to speak about it do not know it
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Laozi — holds since c. 450–250 BCE — 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’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous 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 things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff
Last stated 19 years ago
17 Oct 2007
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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 on what one learns later than on what one already knows
Last stated 19 years ago
13 May 2007
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Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it
A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world
Last stated 11 months ago
24 Nov 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI.
Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
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Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it
A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed
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Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard
Last stated 16 years ago
14 Apr 2011
BH
Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it
A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget
Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
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