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· Stanley Milgram
Milgram's Obedience Experiment
65% of ordinary people delivered maximum "shock" when told to by an authority figure....
· Various
Steel Manning
Build the strongest version of your opponent's argument, then argue against THAT....
· Plutarch
The Ship of Theseus
If every part is replaced, is it the same thing? What makes you "you"?...
· Howard Marks
Second-Order Thinking
Don't just ask "and then what?" — ask "and then what happens AFTER that?"...
🎭 Absurdism· Albert Camus
The Absurd Hero
Meaning isn't found — it's created in the act of living fully....
· Robin Dunbar
Dunbar's Number: 150
You can only maintain ~150 real relationships. Beyond that, it's just noise....
· Various
Epistemic Humility
The smartest people hold opinions loosely. Confidence ≠ certainty....