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Michael Dickens
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Michael Dickens writes Philosophical Multicore, a personal blog at mdickens.me about ai, philosophy and economics. Since 2016, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, 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 Michael Dickens's blog as a source of personal research, such as his caffeine research, which one commenter cites for limiting caffeine intake. Thread context is a self-experiment with theanine.
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What Hacker News says?
Since reading Gwern's essay on nootropics [1] I've wanted to experiment with theanine. Caffeine is obviously a fantastic stimulant, and I take care not to consume it too frequently (I try to limit my intake to no more than three times a week based on the research of Michael Dickens [2]). As such, I have next to no tolerance. As great as having no tolerance is for the productivity benefits, it does have undesirable s…
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on “My 16-month theanine self-experiment”Submitted Annual Subscription Discounts Usually Aren't Worth It as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI will make biological extinction risks worse before it makes them better as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted In Which I Defend Fruit's Honor as a story · 2 points
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HN discussionSubmitted Population ethics is a big deal, which is why I made this population ethics quiz as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted I sleep less when I exercise more as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Structural Return Argument Against Value Investing as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted LLMs might already be conscious as a story · 1 points
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