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The Inquisitive Biologist
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The Inquisitive Biologist is a personal blog at inquisitivebiologist.com about science and writing. Since 2023, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this biology blog's book reviews, such as one on a book about perception and reality, and it is cited for analogies between biological systems and software. The comments do not judge the writing.
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.
Reviewing fascinating science books since 2017
What Hacker News says?
There is so much our software needs to improve to reach the level of sophistication of even plants :-) https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2018/11/12/book-review-the-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmergy
Comment linking /2018/11/12/book-review-the-revolutionary-genius-of-plants-a-new-understanding-of-plant-intelligence-and-behavior/
on “Cell-Based Architecture Enhances Modern Distributed Systems”Submitted Book Review: The Rare Metals War as a story · 2 points
HN discussionRelated book on the same topic: https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2019/12/24/book-review-the-...
Comment linking /2019/12/24/book-review-the-case-against-reality-how-evolution-hid-the-truth-from-our-eyes/
on “Donald Hoffman: Do we see reality as it is? (2015; video; 20 minutes)”Submitted Book Review – Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Book Review: The Mind of a Bee as a story · 2 points
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