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    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.

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    What HN says

    Commenters 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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    15HN people shared it
    17linked in comments
    56story points
    Jun 2026last shared
    2011people per year2026

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      The skewed profit incentives of law firms
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    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • kelseyfrogJun 2026

      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-causes-the-nonsense-factor-a-hidden-source-of-false-conclusions-in-research/

    • jpulgarinDec 2011

      http://www.spencergreenberg.com/2011/07/do-we-really-read-non-fiction-to-learn/

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