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Noah Carl
Personal blog · noahcarl.substack.comsciencepolitics
Noah Carl writes Noah’s Newsletter, a personal blog at noahcarl.substack.com about science and politics. Since 2021, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “They're Coming for Behaviour Genetics”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Noah Carl's Substack posts cover COVID breakthrough infections and hygiene in Japan, and the politicization and hype in scientific grant applications. Commenters mostly dispute its conclusions.
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.
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Most-linked posts?
- They're Coming for Behaviour Genetics2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-06-22
- Why have there been so few Covid deaths in Japan?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-09-10
What Hacker News says?
I am skeptical whether you have drawn the correct conclusion from your experience in Japan. There seems to be something else going on beyond just taking hygiene seriously. https://noahcarl.substack.com/p/why-have-there-been-so-few-c...
Comment linking /p/why-have-there-been-so-few-covid
on “I Got a 'Mild' Breakthrough Case”Submitted Scientists, Not Doing Science as a story · 42 points
HN discussion> As it is inevitable that there is an influence The current homogeneous politicization of science certainly isn't inevitable, as there are periods of rapid scientific progress in the past when this situation did not exist. > People completely misrepresented Darwin. I think that's overly intellectualizing things. Ethnic conflict and genocide probably don't have much to do with people's understanding of science, as t…
Comment linking /p/theyre-coming-for-behaviour-genetics
on “Scientific grant applications are getting heavier on hype”Submitted They're Coming for Behaviour Genetics as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why have there been so few Covid deaths in Japan? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted How useful are national IQs? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is Substack the OnlyFans of Journalism? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Intellectual Power Loom as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Police killings in England and Wales: Is there evidence of bias? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The relationship between masculinity and politics as a story · 2 points
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