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J. Sanilac
Personal blog · jsanilac.comphilosophyaiculture
J. Sanilac's personal blog at jsanilac.com covers philosophy, ai and culture. Since 2021, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Dispelling Beauty Lies: The Truth About Feminine Beauty”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-07, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its analysis of historical beauty standards, including whether thinness was in vogue in the 1990s, using historical data. Commenters use it as a source on that claim.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Memoirs of an Evil Vizier, music, and more.
Most-linked posts?
- Dispelling Beauty Lies: The Truth About Feminine Beauty5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2021-12-16
- Trust Networks: How We Know Things2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-02-04
- Milgram Questions2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-08-10
What Hacker News says?
I think what you're trying to say is that this article isn't at the highest level of epistemic certainty. That's not surprising for a given subject matter. The author explicitly acknowledges that - https://www.jsanilac.com/dispelling-beauty-lies/#:~:text=Don...
Comment linking /dispelling-beauty-lies/
on “Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)”Submitted Dispelling Beauty Lies: The Truth About Feminine Beauty as a story · 12 points
HN discussion>These days, a full-figure on a woman is considered attractive, but in the 1990s, being skinny was in vogue. This is usually based on a selective and wishful interpretation of historical data. The best argument I've found is here - https://www.jsanilac.com/dispelling-beauty-lies/
Comment linking /dispelling-beauty-lies/
on “Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)”Submitted Critique of the mind/body problem: it's not solvable as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dispelling Beauty Lies: The Truth About Feminine Beauty as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ultrahumanism as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ailom: How AI Permanently Makes Everything Less Meaningful as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Milgram Questions as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Trust Networks: How We Know Things as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dispelling Beauty Lies: The Truth About Feminine Beauty as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Trust Networks: How We Know Things as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Milgram Questions as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dispelling Beauty Lies as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
