eigen axis 15 · Eigen Hacks

v1 · embedding eigenbasis · axis 15

don · problem · think · wrong · thing · need

don, problem, think, wrong, thing, need, want, bad, good, know, isn, doesn, never, down, fail, better, realli, stop, idea, tri, someth, look, anyon, question

dominant in 114805 stories · variance scale 0.0054

Energy by year

2007 → 2026

The canon

The purest instances over the years: one story per episode, by coordinate on this axis.

Date	Story	coord	energy
2011-08-22	Don't be a solution in search of a problem.	0.44	0.7
2013-03-27	Don't solve the solved problems	0.41	0.7
2018-06-16	Why I Won't Debate Science	0.41	0.7
2022-06-07	Reality doesn't care about your opinion	0.40	0.7
2009-07-13	Muddled Thinkers Need Not Apply	0.40	0.7
2024-05-05	You're somehow not knowledgeable and opinionated about it	0.40	0.7
2010-10-20	Deliberately uninformed, relentlessly so [a rant]	0.40	0.7
2019-07-12	You Should Refuse to Develop What You Don’t Understand	0.40	0.7
2019-07-26	You Should Refuse to Develop What You Don’t Understand	0.40	0.7
2022-05-17	Ask HN: Aren't We All Believers?	0.40	0.7
2008-08-17	Don't hype the belief.	0.40	0.7
2023-06-30	Don't Make It Intelligent	0.39	0.7
2016-02-02	It’s not that they’re stupid; it’s just that they don’t know anything	0.39	0.7
2015-09-04	You're not blogging my friend, and that's a problem	0.39	0.7
2015-10-07	You're not blogging, my friend. And that's a problem	0.39	0.7
2025-05-01	People who don't ask me questions drive me crazy. Why are they like that?	0.39	0.7
2016-12-17	Why People Don't Believe in Climate Science	0.39	0.7
2012-08-02	Don't Believe the Techno-Utopian Hype	0.39	0.7
2020-08-28	Just Because It’s Natural Doesn’t Mean It’s Good	0.39	0.7
2013-10-08	Why i'm not reading post with title beginning with "why i'm not"	0.39	0.7
2024-09-16	If you don't understand a problem you're not allowed to fix it	0.39	0.7
2013-02-16	If you are never wrong, you are never interesting	0.38	0.7
2014-01-08	Is it just me, or is this nonsense?	0.38	0.7
2020-02-07	Refuse to develop what you don’t understand	0.38	0.7
2020-12-25	Ignorance Isn't a Bliss	0.38	0.7
2019-07-22	Ask HN: What doesn't exist that should?	0.38	0.7
2017-05-16	Stop Asking Smart People for Their Opinion and Ask This Question Instead	0.38	0.7
2024-08-09	Maybe You're Just Not Smart	0.38	0.7
2014-01-21	I don't believe in global warming	0.38	0.7
2018-07-09	The seeming irrationality of a well-tuned emotional system	0.38	0.7
2021-11-30	Being rational all the time isn't going to do you any favors	0.38	0.7
2011-07-11	I Find Your Lack Of Faith... Invigorating	0.38	0.7
2011-01-23	Why I Don’t Buy the Quora Hype	0.38	1.1
2012-09-18	Ops Ignorance Isn’t Dev Bliss	0.38	0.7
2022-08-15	Ask HN: What are some unpopular opinions here that should not be?	0.38	0.7
2010-09-20	Impossible that @ChrisBrogan and I are BOTH right, so don't listen to us	0.38	0.7
2019-02-01	Just because it’s falsifiable doesn’t mean it’s good science	0.38	0.7
2009-06-03	Don't Ask Me If It's Possible	0.38	0.7
2017-01-18	Why I Don't Listen to What the 'Experts' Say	0.38	0.7
2012-03-29	Don't believe pop science	0.38	0.7