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Justin Lehmiller
Personal blog · lehmiller.com/bloghealthscience
Justin Lehmiller writes Sex and Psychology, a personal blog at lehmiller.com about health and science. Since 2012, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for posts on sexuality and psychology, such as why people crave sexual novelty. The comments cite or respond to its topics but do not judge 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.
Step into the sex lab as Kinsey Institute researcher Dr. Justin Lehmiller shares the science of sex and relationships in a way that is informative, engaging, and accessible. Access science-based articles rooted in research, not personal opinion-based content. Sex and Psychology fills in the gaps, an
What Hacker News says?
> Yeah there’s a lot of non-religious people who are finding the advantages of abstaining from porn (/r/nofap and /r/pornfree) or trying to limit its use. They say the T boost is temporary The T boost from refraining from masturbation is disputed, and AFAIK no one has even asserted that there is one from refraining from porn , as such. “Some folks online claim that refraining from masturbation makes them feel more m…
Comment linking /blog/2020/1/24/can-abstaining-from-masturbation-increase-testosterone?rq=testosterone
on “Testosterone levels show steady decrease among young US men”Submitted 3 Studies Refute Idea That Exposure to Sexy Centerfolds Harms Mens Relationships as a story · 6 points
HN discussionI think many people are "interested" in novelty. https://www.lehmiller.com/blog/2017/4/28/why-we-crave-sexual... There is "interesting", "novel" and "not understood" which are related but not the same thing. In projects I think one should budget novelty. If you understand the domain (understand the problem) then it is not so risky to use a framework, languages, etc. that you don't understand. If you are unfamiliar w…
Comment linking /blog/2017/4/28/why-we-crave-sexual-novelty
on “Work on interesting problems. Not interesting tech”Submitted Ask HN: do you see real startup opportunities in this domain? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionFirst, how are you sure it's correlation and not causation? Perhaps he's being driven to porn/developing the habit as self-medication? Also, as to your previous point that it will lead to "harder" stuff, a recent study says no. Yes, there will be more opportunity and exploration of the topic, but that's something that will happen eventually to all individuals. It isn't studied very well, but at least this initial on…
Comment linking /blog/2018/2/5/can-you-build-up-a-tolerance-to-porn
on “What Teenagers Are Learning from Online Porn”