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Read this korrent: Watching a panacea get crushed by later studies is science working, not a reason for despair.
Watching a panacea get crushed by later studies is science working, not a reason for despair.
Last stated 13 years ago
27 Jun 2013
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Chris Blattman — holds since 2013-06-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The stock of useful scientific knowledge is bounded rather than endless. — tap to centre the map on it
The stock of useful scientific knowledge is bounded rather than endless.
Last stated 6 years ago
20 Jun 2020
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José Luis Ricón — holds since 2020-06-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Scientific progress in biology is not slowing down. — tap to centre the map on it
Scientific progress in biology is not slowing down.
Last stated 7 years ago
15 Aug 2019
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Alexey Guzey — holds since 2019-08-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The point is not to cure diseases but to build the tools with which the whole scientific field cures them. — tap to centre the map on it
The point is not to cure diseases but to build the tools with which the whole scientific field cures them.
Last stated 3 months ago
10 Jun 2026
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Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2026-06-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: That everyone believes childhood has got worse is not evidence that it has, because every generation has believed it. — tap to centre the map on it
That everyone believes childhood has got worse is not evidence that it has, because every generation has believed…
Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
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Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Thinking, judgement and knowledge are worth pursuing for the joy in them, not in order to defend human uniqueness. — tap to centre the map on it
Thinking, judgement and knowledge are worth pursuing for the joy in them, not in order to defend human…
Last stated 3 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Our built-in emotions were tuned for a world that no longer exists, and hunger is one that now fails to guide us correctly. — tap to centre the map on it
Our built-in emotions were tuned for a world that no longer exists, and hunger is one that now fails to guide us…
Last stated 9 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Science is a strong-link problem: what it amounts to depends on how good the best work is, not on how bad the worst is. — tap to centre the map on it
Science is a strong-link problem: what it amounts to depends on how good the best work is, not on how bad the…
Last stated 3 years ago
11 Apr 2023
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Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-04-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one. — tap to centre the map on it
A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is…
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — 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 place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences.
Last stated 3 years ago
3 Dec 2023
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Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences. — tap to centre the map on it
A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the…
Last stated 5 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics. — tap to centre the map on it
Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics.
Last stated 5 months ago
8 Apr 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI could compete with human mathematicians once it acquires a mathematical sense of smell: knowing which way of splitting a problem makes it easier rather than harder. — tap to centre the map on it
AI could compete with human mathematicians once it acquires a mathematical sense of smell: knowing which way of…
Last stated a year ago
14 Jun 2025
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Terence Tao — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI in chess and mathematics does not explain anything; it says which position is better, and humans build the theory from that. — tap to centre the map on it
AI in chess and mathematics does not explain anything; it says which position is better, and humans build the theory…
Last stated a year ago
14 Jun 2025
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Current AI struggles even to rediscover old laws of physics from data, and when it does, contamination from training is the first suspect. — tap to centre the map on it
Current AI struggles even to rediscover old laws of physics from data, and when it does, contamination from training is…
Last stated a year ago
14 Jun 2025
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Terence Tao — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "The body keeps the score" is only half the story, and the missing half matters: a body described only as a harbinger of the past is a body people learn to avoid. — tap to centre the map on it
"The body keeps the score" is only half the story, and the missing half matters: a body described only as a harbinger…
Last stated 2 weeks ago
25 Aug 2026
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Arielle Schwartz — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Childhood trauma is the template for every addiction, including the socially rewarded ones. — tap to centre the map on it
Childhood trauma is the template for every addiction, including the socially rewarded ones.
Last stated 9 years ago
5 Apr 2017
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Gabor Mate — holds since 2017-04-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Coming into a project with a guess about what the data will show has, again and again, turned out to be wrong. — tap to centre the map on it
Coming into a project with a guess about what the data will show has, again and again, turned out to be wrong.
Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
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Watching a panacea get crushed by later studies is science working, not a reason for despair.
Last stated 27 Jun 2013 · 13 years ago
Holds CB Chris Blattman
Read this korrent →
Similar wording
The stock of useful scientific knowledge is bounded rather than endless.
Last stated 20 Jun 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds JR José Luis Ricón
Similar wording
Scientific progress in biology is not slowing down.
Last stated 15 Aug 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds AG Alexey Guzey
Similar wording
The point is not to cure diseases but to build the tools with which the whole scientific field cures them.
Last stated 10 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds MZ Mark Zuckerberg
Similar wording
That everyone believes childhood has got worse is not evidence that it has, because every generation has believed it.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a week ago
Holds PB Paul Bloom
Similar wording
Thinking, judgement and knowledge are worth pursuing for the joy in them, not in order to defend human uniqueness.
Last stated 2 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds LS L. M. Sacasas
Similar wording
Our built-in emotions were tuned for a world that no longer exists, and hunger is one that now fails to guide us correctly.
Last stated 25 Nov 2025 · 9 months ago
Holds IS Ilya Sutskever
Similar wording
Science is a strong-link problem: what it amounts to depends on how good the best work is, not on how bad the worst is.
Last stated 11 Apr 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds AM Adam Mastroianni
Similar wording
A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one.
Last stated 26 Jun 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds NB Noam Brown
Same subject: physics
A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences.
Last stated 3 Dec 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds LR Lisa Randall
Same subject: physics
A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences.
Last stated 7 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds MN Michael Nielsen
Same subject: physics
Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics.
Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: AI and science
AI could compete with human mathematicians once it acquires a mathematical sense of smell: knowing which way of splitting a problem makes it easier rather than harder.
Last stated 14 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds TT Terence Tao
Same subject: AI and science
AI in chess and mathematics does not explain anything; it says which position is better, and humans build the theory from that.
Last stated 14 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds LF Lex Fridman
Same subject: AI and science
Current AI struggles even to rediscover old laws of physics from data, and when it does, contamination from training is the first suspect.
Last stated 14 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds TT Terence Tao
Same subject: Trauma
"The body keeps the score" is only half the story, and the missing half matters: a body described only as a harbinger of the past is a body people learn to avoid.
Last stated 25 Aug 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds AS Arielle Schwartz
Same subject: Trauma
Childhood trauma is the template for every addiction, including the socially rewarded ones.
Last stated 5 Apr 2017 · 9 years ago
Holds GM Gabor Mate
Same subject: Trauma
Coming into a project with a guess about what the data will show has, again and again, turned out to be wrong.
Last stated 8 May 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds DR David Reich