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Inquisitive Bird
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Inquisitive Bird writes Patterns in Humanity, a personal blog at inquisitivebird.substack.com about data, politics and science. Since 2023, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “The Rise of the West”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-05, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link this Substack's posts on immigration, integration and crime, using its charts of US crime statistics and Danish immigrant group data as evidence in discussions. No comment judges the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Analyses and thoughts about the human condition.
Most-linked posts?
- /p/the-effects-of-immigration-in-denmark3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-07-21
- The Rise of the West2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-04-02
What Hacker News says?
> And finally, what's the link between integration and crime? I don't see the connection. Here's some data from Denmark[0], for example, that breaks down various statistics for different immigrant groups in Denmark. I take it as axiomatic that immigrants from other Western countries are better integrated to Danish society than those from farther-away (culturally speaking) places[1]. You can see that as a group, immi…
Comment linking /p/the-effects-of-immigration-in-denmark
on “10% of Cubans left Cuba between 2022 and 2023”Submitted The Myth of the Nordic Rehabilitative Paradise as a story · 2 points
HN discussionFalse: https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/the-effects-of-immigr...
Comment linking /p/the-effects-of-immigration-in-denmark
on “10% of Cubans left Cuba between 2022 and 2023”Submitted Where parents make a difference, in terms of shared environment as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThat’s not true. Consider the following graph: https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_pr... (source: https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/crime-in-the-usa ) 62.5% of sentenced prisoners committed violent crimes, which includes 15% for murder and 15.5% rape and sexual assault. All drug offenses put together make up only 12.6%.
Comment linking /p/crime-in-the-usa
on “Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for accounts”Submitted The Rise of the West as a story · 1 points
HN discussionhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/GRkMGTgX0AEFhVp.png This is for Denmark. https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/the-effects-of-immigr...
Comment linking /p/the-effects-of-immigration-in-denmark
on “New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years On, Poll Finds”Submitted When few do great harm: Power laws in criminal behavior as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Rise of the West as a story · 1 points
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