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Kristin Posehn
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Kristin Posehn writes For the Real, a personal blog at kristinposehn.substack.com about culture, writing and philosophy. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this post on Ramanujan's dreams, where he said a goddess visited him and gave him his mathematical conjectures. The one comment cites it only as a bare link.
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.
the owl of minerva flies at dusk, said hegel. just so happens that's my favorite time of day. i do slow essays on art, dreams, theories of the heart and more. expect twilight lingering.
What Hacker News says?
Ramanujan attributed all of his conjectures to being visited by a goddess in his dreams. https://kristinposehn.substack.com/p/ramanujan-dreams?r=feux...
Comment linking /p/ramanujan-dreams?r=feuxl&s=09&utm_source=pocket_mylist
on “How New Ideas Arise”Submitted Mary Shelley (and a Bit of Steve Jobs) on the Art of Creative Waiting as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Mystery of Ramanujan's Dreams as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted How I Discovered Interstate 280 Was Inhabited as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Little Fires of Taste as a story · 1 points
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