Why “Thinker” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
I am a visual thinker much of the time, but more than a few words would help. Cards are a wonderful analogy. I am so reminded of a "toy" computer from the 1950's and early 1960'…
by k310 · Sep 5, 2026
One of my favorite topics, and one that many people argue exists. The conventional thinker really dislikes this concept, as if it points out some personal flaw of theirs. I ment…
by bsenftner · Sep 3, 2026
> What can we say about this with hindsight? > While the ideas of diagonalization and self-reference of course played a central role in the birth of modern mathematical logic an…
by dsign · Sep 3, 2026
>Snow's view appears to lean toward the scientistic, and scientism is [...] incoherent Snow seems like a deep thinker to me. I think it's a mistake to attribute scientism to him…
by nyeah · Aug 31, 2026
Zuse is probably the most under-appreciated thinker of the 20th century. Everybody's heard of Claude Shannon, von Neumann, Feynman, and all the rest of 'em, but Zuse's enormous…
by A_D_E_P_T · Aug 31, 2026
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