Spencer Greenberg
spencergreenberg.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2011
Spencer Greenberg, a mathematician and founder of Clearer Thinking, writes about decision-making, psychology, disagreement and how people reason.
What HN saysCommenters cite his posts for specific ideas, such as the lizardman constant and why people read non-fiction, without offering broader opinions of the blog.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Problem-Solving Techniques That Work for All Types of Challenges (2017)2 people · 17 points · first shared 2020 · 1 comments on HN
- 2Meaningful Hypothetical Traditions1 people · 10 points · first shared 2021 · 3 comments on HN
- 3What is Lightgassing? A way we harm people by validating their false beliefs1 people · 5 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
- 4Possible future paths of civilization in 280 chars1 people · 4 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 513 Ways Some Companies Make Money While Causing Harm1 people · 3 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 613 Ways Some Companies Make Money While Causing Harm1 people · 3 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 7The Nine Causes of Disagreement (2011)1 people · 2 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 8The skewed profit incentives of law firms1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 9A Formula for Happiness1 people · 2 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 10GPT-3 says: “Please destroy this AI before it destroys the world” [pdf]1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · 2 comments on HN
- 11Deepities and Deepifuls1 people · 1 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 12Is every action secretly selfish? (2011)1 people · 1 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 13Deconstructing Accomplishment1 people · 1 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 14Three Types of Nuanced Thinking1 people · 1 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 15The Brain of Theseus – a thought experiment (2017)1 people · 1 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
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kelseyfrog · 2026-06-20
That 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-constant-cause…