Top all-time · #19357
Johannes Jaeger
Personal blog · johannesjaeger.eu/blogphilosophyscience
Johannes Jaeger writes Untethered in the Platonic Realm, a personal blog at johannesjaeger.eu about philosophy and science. Since 2023, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Machine Metaphysics and the Cult of Techno-Transcendentalism”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-08, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as an example of a researcher's blog post on agency and teleology in evolutionary biology, and on why funding bodies resist agency research. The only comment cites it, without judging it.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Associate Faculty , Complexity Science Hub (CSH) , Vienna Project & Book Website: " Pushing the Boundaries " Consulting & Workshops: " The Perspective Studio " Art & Science: " The ZoNE " ORCID:...
Most-linked posts?
- Machine Metaphysics and the Cult of Techno-Transcendentalism2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-05-14
What Hacker News says?
All biologists interested in agency are keenly aware of Templeton's religious slant. Unfortunately we live under capitalism and scientists have to get paid from somewhere. Most standard funding bodies are not willing to fund agency research as teleology is seen to be deeply unscientific. Johannes Jaeger is one such researcher in this area who has written a blog post about this concern: http://www.johannesjaeger.eu/b…
Comment linking /blog/pushing-the-boundaries
on “The Forgotten Piece of Evolutionary Theory”Submitted Assembly Theory is Cool, but it doesn't quite do what its inventors say it does as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Machine Metaphysics and the Cult of Techno-Transcendentalism as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Machine Metaphysics and the Cult of Techno-Transcendentalism as a story · 1 points
HN discussion