Science and Sanity
Science and Sanity by Alfred Korzybskiby Alfred Korzybski
Shares rank 17 of 30 philosophy books by recommenders
Recommended as an insightful work proposing a hygiene of thought; readers may enjoy parts of it rather than the whole.
Recommended as an insightful work proposing a hygiene of thought; readers may enjoy parts of it rather than the whole.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Insightful work on thinking
“I still find his work insightful and don't follow the same path.”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Thinking, Fast and Slow” Proposes a hygiene of thought
“proposed a hygiene of thought rooted in these observations”
Comment from 28 Oct 2026 in “The Map Is Not the Territory” Worth reading in parts
“you might enjoy reading (at least parts of) it”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “AI Risks "Hypernormal" Science”
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The four most recommended other philosophy books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tao Te Chingby 老子 and Yang Peng and Jordi Fibla and James Legge | 32 | 3 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenanceby Robert M. Pirsig | 24 | 3 | 89% | 9 | 44 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| Meditationsby Marcus Aurelius | 17 | 4 | 81% | 8 | — | Approved |
| I Am a Strange Loopby Douglas R. Hofstadter | 16 | 1 | 94% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Science and Sanityby Alfred KorzybskiThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 3 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“proposed a hygiene of thought rooted in these observations”
“I still find his work insightful and don't follow the same path.”
“you might enjoy reading (at least parts of) it”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.