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Spencer Greenberg
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Spencer Greenberg's personal blog at spencergreenberg.com covers philosophy and science. Since 2011, 16 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “Problem-Solving Techniques That Work for All Types of Challenges (2017)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as a source for the 'lizardman constant', the rule of thumb that about 4-5% of survey answers are deliberately absurd, and for a post on whether we really read without conscious effort. Cited, not praised.
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.
Most-linked posts?
- Problem-Solving Techniques That Work for All Types of Challenges (2017)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-08-21
- The Brain of Theseus2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-04-26
What Hacker News says?
http://www.spencergreenberg.com/2011/07/do-we-really-read-no...
Comment linking /2011/07/do-we-really-read-non-fiction-to-learn/
on “Scientists demonstrate Matrix-like learning with no conscious effort”Submitted Problem-Solving Techniques That Work for All Types of Challenges (2017) as a story · 13 points
HN discussionThat tracks. My rule of thumb is that political topics have a 33% group that will never budge and the remaining 4-5% accounts for the lizard man constant[1]. 1. https://www.spencergreenberg.com/2024/07/the-lizardmans-cons...
Comment linking /2024/07/the-lizardmans-constant-causes-the-nonsense-factor-a-hidden-source-of-false-conclusions-in-research/
on “Iran says it's closing Strait of Hormuz, accusing Israel, US of violating truce”Submitted Meaningful Hypothetical Traditions as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted What is Lightgassing? A way we harm people by validating their false beliefs as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Possible future paths of civilization in 280 chars as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Problem-Solving Techniques That Work for All Types of Challenges as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted 13 Ways Some Companies Make Money While Causing Harm as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 13 Ways Some Companies Make Money While Causing Harm as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Nine Causes of Disagreement (2011) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted GPT-3 says: “Please destroy this AI before it destroys the world” [pdf] as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Formula for Happiness as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The skewed profit incentives of law firms as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Brain of Theseus as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Brain of Theseus – a thought experiment (2017) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Deepities and Deepifuls as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is every action secretly selfish? (2011) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted False Beliefs Held by Intellectual Giants as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Three Types of Nuanced Thinking as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Deconstructing Accomplishment as a story · 1 points
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