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Jeremy Brown
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Jeremy Brown writes Talmudology, a personal blog at talmudology.com about science and philosophy. Since 2022, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, 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's Talmud-focused posts. One is cited for a Talmudic precedent on dividing a disputed pie, another for the Talmud's rules on gender-nonconforming people's status.
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.
Science and Judaism examined, through the study of Daf Yomi, the Talmud and classic and modern Jewish texts.
What Hacker News says?
This is not a new idea. It was written about thousands of years ago in the talmud: http://www.talmudology.com/jeremybrownmdgmailcom/2016/9/27/b...
Comment linking /jeremybrownmdgmailcom/2016/9/27/bava-metzia-2a-game-theory-and
on “A better way to divide the pie”Submitted Bizarre Talmudic Scenarios as a story · 166 points
HN discussion> None of this addresses the problem of making reality illegal. Recognizing that trans people exist in reality and providing them legal backing for it is not new. Trans (or gender-nonconforming, third gender or whatever you want to call it) people have been a thing for millennia. Even back in old Greece their existence was recognized [1], the Talmud has regulations on their status in society [2], various Southern As…
Comment linking /jeremybrownmdgmailcom/2019/6/17/arachin-4b-the-tumtum-the-androgyne-and-the-invention-of-gender
on “German coalition government collapses”