# Science and Sanity by Alfred Korzybski

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/science-and-sanity/

3 people recommended Science and Sanity by Alfred Korzybski in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 3 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended as an insightful work proposing a hygiene of thought; readers may enjoy parts of it rather than the whole.

Summary written by Claude from 3 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Insightful work on thinking (1 comment in the sample): "I still find his work insightful and don't follow the same path." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49790951))
- Proposes a hygiene of thought (1 comment in the sample): "proposed a hygiene of thought rooted in these observations" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50279219))
- Worth reading in parts (1 comment in the sample): "you might enjoy reading (at least parts of) it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47497865))

## Other philosophy books people recommend

- [Tao Te Ching by Laozi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tao-te-ching-translated/): 28 recommend, 2 mixed, 3 criticize
- [Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance/): 23 recommend, 0 mixed, 3 criticize
- [I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/i-am-a-strange-loop/): 14 recommend, 2 mixed, 1 criticize
- [Meditations by Marcus Aurelius](https://hackerapproved.com/p/meditations/): 14 recommend, 2 mixed, 4 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Science and Sanity by Alfred Korzybski", https://hackerapproved.com/p/science-and-sanity/ (3 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.