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Clearer Thinking
Company blog · clearerthinking.org/postscienceproductivity
Clearer Thinking is the company blog at clearerthinking.org, writing about science and productivity. Since 2016, 29 different Hacker News readers have linked it 53 times, most often “Can astrologers use astrological charts to understand people?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-22, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Commenters point to Clearer Thinking for its newsletter, its rationality and bias tests and tools, and a post on nonviolent communication. Several call it a good place to start on critical thinking.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Take ClearerThinking.org’s free and scientific personality test and explore online training programs and tools designed to improve your decision making and sharpen your reasoning.
Most-linked posts?
- Can astrologers use astrological charts to understand people?4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2024-08-11
- How to think clearly about correlations2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-09-07
- Collective memories can sometimes be inaccurate: Investigating Mandela Effect2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-06-27
- We tested the predictive power of astrology. Here are the results2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-01-11
What Hacker News says?
Not a book, But if you'd like an occasional(non-regular) but high quality newsletter serving the same purpose then checkout - https://www.clearerthinking.org/blog . P.S. Not affiliated to them in any way, Just a subscriber.
Comment linking /blog
on “Tools for Better Thinking”Submitted Interested in improving your relationships? Try Nonviolent Communication as a story · 842 points
HN discussion> > twin studies and they have taken in serious beating in the past decade, especially in light of GWAS. Here's a twin study from 2015, newer than the books (Clean Slate etc) and papers you (David) mentioned. "Thinking positively: The genetics of high intelligence" https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4286575/ Figure 3 indicates that intelligence is pretty strongly inherited, and they arrive at 0.44. Now you're…
Comment linking /post/the-missing-heritability-problem-are-we-about-to-overturn-100-years-of-research
on “Everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, mathematical thinking”Submitted Does Astrology Work? as a story · 21 points
HN discussionYou might want to checkout out NVC: https://www.clearerthinking.org/post/2019/03/06/want-to-impr... I found it through HN and for me, personally, it has helped.
Comment linking /post/2019/03/06/want-to-improve-your-relationships-try-nonviolent-communication-1
on “Ask HN: What Are You Learning?”Submitted Believing you only have one option is dangerous as a story · 12 points
HN discussionhttp://www.clearerthinking.org/ is pretty close to what you're looking for.
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on “Ask HN: What do you wish someone would build?”Submitted How to begin living more rationally as a story · 10 points
HN discussionIdentify elements of good/bad communication patterns: https://consilienceproject.org/endgames-of-bad-communication... Non-violent communication is a very structured approach to guiding people through perceived difficult behaviour: https://www.clearerthinking.org/post/2019/03/06/Want-to-impr... Gain a little understanding about the give and take of communication: https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/good-conver…
Comment linking /post/2019/03/06/Want-to-improve-your-relationships-Try-Nonviolent-Communication-1
on “Ask HN: How do I learn to communicate effectively?”Submitted Predicting your sex based on 36 questions about your personality as a story · 10 points
HN discussionGood place to start: https://www.clearerthinking.org Join your local Skeptics circle.
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on “Ask HN: How to start developing critical thinking?”Submitted Social Justice Advocates vs. the Left-Leaning “Anti-Woke” Community as a story · 8 points
HN discussionCongratulations on the launch of the newsletter OP. Another news letter on rational thinking I would recommend is ClearThinking[1]. They also have several tools, tests for rationality/biases, specifically useful if we want to test ourself or someone else for a job for which these would be a problem. [1] https://www.clearerthinking.org/
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on “A newsletter about mental models and rational thinking”Submitted How to think clearly about correlations as a story · 6 points
HN discussionThis study was a followup to one that just used signs [1], which yielded performance no better than chance. If the summer/winter correlation held, then that study would have shown positive results, which it did not. There's nothing to say that these star charts or seasons of birth cannot correlate with personality traits or life outcomes. But Astrology, as a practice, is not useful for unwinding those correlations.…
Comment linking /post/we-tested-the-predictive-power-of-astrology-here-are-the-results
on “Does Astrology Work?”Submitted How to read a paper, and tell whether it's bullshit as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSo, yeah, but an interesting chunk of results: is the inter-rater agreement ACTUALLY random? (Not sure if this is formatted correctly, feel free to comment if you'd do these stats differently) from scipy.stats import binomtest # stats: {experience_level: (rate, num_in_group)} stats = { "lvl1": (20.5, 156), "lvl2": (22.2, 66), "lvl3": (23.3, 50), "lvl4": (21.2, 39), "lvl5": (20.8, 12), "lvl6": (28.3, 5), } for lvl, (…
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on “Does Astrology Work?”Submitted Social Justice Advocates vs the Left-Leaning “Anti-Woke” Community as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding Different Types of Correlations as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Create Meaningful Connections by Asking Great Questions as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted We tested the predictive power of astrology. Here are the results as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Are people less moral than they used to be? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can this article change your mind about how minds change? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Spot Real Expertise as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Clearer Thinking as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can astrologers gain insights about people from astrological charts? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Three ways of updating your beliefs, in light of new evidence as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Personality Test 2.0 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dysrationalia as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Collective memories can sometimes be inaccurate: Investigating Mandela Effect as a story · 2 points
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