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← You should not start from the assumption that humans have free will, because it closes off investigation of yourself

17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 14 Sept 2018 to 19 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under quantum mechanics quantum mechanics Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: You should not start from the assumption that humans have free will, because it closes off investigation of yourself You should not start from the assumptionthat humans have free will, because itcloses off investigation of yourself Last stated 3 years ago 11 Jan 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-01-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Free will exists at the level of a person's deliberation, so finding no choice in the underlying molecules doesn't disprove it. — tap to centre the map on it Free will exists at the level of aperson's deliberation, so finding nochoice in the underlying moleculesdoesn't disprove it. Last stated a month ago 13 Sept 2026 RH Rob Henderson — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Free will does not require violating the laws of physics, yet the subjective experience of it is real and meaningful. — tap to centre the map on it Free will does not require violatingthe laws of physics, yet thesubjective experience of it is realand meaningful. Last stated 3 years ago 19 Aug 2023 JF Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2023-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Belief in free will has become dangerous, since believers will be the easiest people to manipulate — tap to centre the map on it Belief in free will has becomedangerous, since believers will bethe easiest people to manipulate Last stated 8 years ago 14 Sept 2018 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2018-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Free will comes from being a deterministic structure in a random universe, carrying enough past selection to select on possible futures. — tap to centre the map on it Free will comes from being adeterministic structure in a randomuniverse, carrying enough pastselection to select on possiblefutures. Last stated 2 years ago 13 Jun 2024 SW Sara Walker — holds since 2024-06-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The mind has no absolute or free will; each choice is determined by a cause, itself determined by another, without end — tap to centre the map on it The mind has no absolute or freewill; each choice is determined by acause, itself determined by another,without end BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: Free will is not a scientific reality but a myth inherited from Christian theology — tap to centre the map on it Free will is not a scientificreality but a myth inherited fromChristian theology Last stated 8 years ago 14 Sept 2018 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2018-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: We should act on the assumption that we have almost no idea what the best futures would look like, so committing today to any particular vision would be a great mistake. — tap to centre the map on it We should act on the assumption thatwe have almost no idea what the bestfutures would look like, socommitting today to any particularvision would be a great mistake. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: From now on, no AI should be assumed to believe that its chain of thought is unmonitored. — tap to centre the map on it From now on, no AI should be assumedto believe that its chain of thoughtis unmonitored. Last stated a month ago 19 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-19 — 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 black hole is featureless in the way a fundamental particle is: charge, mass and spin are the whole of it, and no two differ in anything else. — tap to centre the map on it A black hole is featureless in theway a fundamental particle is:charge, mass and spin are the wholeof it, and no two differ in anythingelse. Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A black hole is its event horizon, not the matter crushed to a point at the centre. — tap to centre the map on it A black hole is its event horizon,not the matter crushed to a point atthe centre. Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — 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 placein physics only when you can go outand look for its observationalconsequences. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Dec 2023 LR Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve. — tap to centre the map on it Declining many-worlds because itextrapolates past what we canobserve is methodologicallyrespectable and still a failure ofnerve. Last stated 3 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality. — tap to centre the map on it Decoherence has not yetsatisfactorily solved themeasurement problem and does notrestore local causality. Last stated 3 years ago 21 Sept 2023 SH Sabine Hossenfelder — holds since 2023-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run. — tap to centre the map on it Export controls cannot stop Chinafrom training frontier models; whatthey can do is cap how much AI Chinagets to run. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Feb 2025 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
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At the centre You should not start from the assumption that humans have free will, because it closes off investigation of yourself Last stated 11 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago Holds Yuval Noah Harari Read this korrent →