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← Values translate into facts that science can understand

17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 13 May 2007 to 26 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Everything filed under AI and science AI and science Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under metascience metascience Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Values translate into facts that science can understand Values translate into facts that sciencecan understand SH Sam Harris — holds since c. 2010 — tap for who they are Same subject: The value of mathematical output is ultimately understanding for humans. — tap to centre the map on it The value of mathematical output isultimately understanding for humans. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Dec 2024 JW James Owen Weatherall — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Science is rooted in creative interpretation — tap to centre the map on it Science is rooted in creativeinterpretation SG Stephen Jay Gould — holds since c. 1981 — tap for who they are Same subject: Clarity about what matters gives clarity about what does not — tap to centre the map on it Clarity about what matters givesclarity about what does not CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are Same subject: Science is something that people do. — tap to centre the map on it Science is something that people do. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Sept 2026 SN Steven Novella — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: The value of a body of knowledge comes from the process of engaging with it, not just from its end products. — tap to centre the map on it The value of a body of knowledgecomes from the process of engagingwith it, not just from its endproducts. Last stated a month ago 26 Sept 2026 TT Terence Tao — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Science is not truth, it's a process for discovering and refining the truth — tap to centre the map on it The Science is not truth, it's aprocess for discovering and refiningthe truth Last stated 4 years ago 14 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: How science works can be reasoned about in advance, because the activity has invariants that do not change over time. — tap to centre the map on it How science works can be reasonedabout in advance, because theactivity has invariants that do notchange over time. Last stated 5 years ago 17 Mar 2022 JR José Luis Ricón — holds since 2022-03-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Values exist only relative to changes in the well-being of conscious creatures — tap to centre the map on it Values exist only relative tochanges in the well-being ofconscious creatures SH Sam Harris — holds since c. 2010 — 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’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous 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 thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB 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 onwhat one learns later than on whatone already knows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A persistently rising dividend yield eventually forces capital appreciation as the market rerates the stock. — tap to centre the map on it A persistently rising dividend yieldeventually forces capitalappreciation as the market reratesthe stock. Last stated 8 months ago 3 Mar 2026 SB Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A proof and an explanation are different things, and a theorem can stay an unsolved expository problem long after it is proved. — tap to centre the map on it A proof and an explanation aredifferent things, and a theorem canstay an unsolved expository problemlong after it is proved. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic. — tap to centre the map on it A compound's AI origin story is notby itself a reason to expect it todo better in the clinic. Last stated 2 years ago 13 May 2024 DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational method can regularly predict protein structures with atomic accuracy even when no similar structure is known. — tap to centre the map on it A computational method can regularlypredict protein structures withatomic accuracy even when no similarstructure is known. Last stated 5 years ago 15 Jul 2021 DH Demis Hassabis — holds since 2021-07-15 — tap for who they are
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