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Yngve Hoiseth
Personal blog · yngve.hoiseth.net · on HN as yhoisethsciencephilosophycareer
Yngve Hoiseth's personal blog at yngve.hoiseth.net covers science, philosophy and career. Since 2018, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “Why We Sleep – a tale of institutional failure”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its detailed critique of Matthew Walker's book "Why We Sleep", which it says contains scientific and factual errors, and for its account of the UC Berkeley correspondence.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Why We Sleep – a tale of institutional failure4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-03-24
- Why We Sleep: a tale of institutional failure (2020)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-01-17
What Hacker News says?
The email exchange in question is contained in the post I link itself directly following the broken link: https://yngve.hoiseth.net/articles/why-we-sleep-institutiona... - kinda incredible to not have noticed it. The person from UC Berkeley is never named because, as Yngve notes right there as well: "Because this failure is UC Berkeley's more than any individual's, I have edited the exchange slightly by removing the…
Comment linking /articles/why-we-sleep-institutional-failure/
on ““Why We Sleep” Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors”Submitted Why We Sleep: a tale of institutional failure (2020) as a story · 43 points
HN discussionMy first instinct when hearing of accusations of academic misconduct is to ask who is making those accusations: is it someone whose opinions I can trust? The author of the blog above has an About page where they introduce themselves as "a researcher with a background in Economics, Mathematics, and Cognitive Science". Instead of a list of academic achievements: publications, grants, chairs, awards, etc, as we would e…
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on ““Why We Sleep” Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors”Submitted Why We Sleep: a tale of institutional failure as a story · 22 points
HN discussion>In academia, lying in a publication can be career-ending, Can be. Among others, Matthew Walker still has a job. https://yngve.hoiseth.net/why-we-sleep-institutional-failure...
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on “All models are wrong, but some are completely wrong”Submitted Why We Sleep – a tale of institutional failure as a story · 5 points
HN discussionRequired additional reading: https://yngve.hoiseth.net/articles/why-we-sleep-institutiona...
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on “Ask HN: Blue light filtering glasses for computer use and improving sleep”Submitted Being a Workplace Crusader as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Modular Empirical Science as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why We Sleep – a tale of institutional failure as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Philip Tetlock's Alpha Pundit Challenge as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Empiricast Post Mortem as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why We Sleep – a tale of institutional failure as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Scientific improvement of decision-making and risk management [pdf] as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Preventing Sunday blues as a story · 1 points
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