5 ideas
21757 | Philosophy is the conceptual essence of the shape of history [Hegel] |
3291 | Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
3290 | Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel] |