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Diana Fleischman
Personal blog · dissentient.substack.comsciencephilosophy
Diana Fleischman writes Best Behavior, a personal blog at dissentient.substack.com about science and philosophy. Since 2023, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “You're Probably a Eugenicist”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-11-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Diana Fleischman's Dissentient posts on eugenics and reproduction, especially "You're probably a eugenicist", which they cite in support of their own points. No comment judges the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
An evolutionary psychologist on the art and science of shaping behavior.
Most-linked posts?
- You're Probably a Eugenicist4 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2023-02-07
What Hacker News says?
Eugenics, when taken literally[1], is a good thing. We would rather have healthy kids than suffer from avoidable conditions like Fetal Alcohol Syndorme. Or deficiencies due to malnutrishment of their moms. See "You're probably a eugenicist" ( https://dissentient.substack.com/p/eugenicist ) [1] Historically, horrible things happened in the name of eugenics. So did in the name of medicine. Does it mean that we should…
Comment linking /p/eugenicist
on “Ignoring Boys' Emotional Needs Fuels Public Health Risks”Submitted You're Probably a Eugenicist as a story · 15 points
HN discussionPutting people in jail is exactly what nearly every Western country in the world currently does to prevent the birth of genetically-defective children: > Susan and Patrick were a young German couple in love. But, the German state never allowed Susan and Patrick to get married. Shockingly, Patrick was imprisoned for years because of his sexual relationship with Susan. Despite these obstacles, over the course of their…
Comment linking /p/eugenicist
on “A new look at the strange case of the first gene-edited babies”Submitted You're Probably a Eugenicist as a story · 2 points
HN discussionAlmost everyone on the planet supports eugenics: "You're probably a eugenicist" https://dissentient.substack.com/p/eugenicist
Comment linking /p/eugenicist
on “How ‘Diversity’ Policing Fails Science”Submitted You're Probably a Eugenicist as a story · 1 points
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