https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2203.09485/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32591339urn:hackerpapers:mention:2203.09485:32591339Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:08:08 GMT<p>A high-dimensional ball has more surface area than volume. Human brains are only used to thinking in lower dimensional spaces but human lives intrinsically occupy manyfold dimensional spaces. &quot;Better&quot; is only a meaningful metric under two circumstances: * A one dimensional ordering, in which case all items can be ordered in relation with each other * A multi-dimensional ordering in which one item has total domination over an another item Take recipes for example, recipes can be evaluated based on taste, nutrition, ease of preparation, quality of writing, availability of ingredients etc, etc…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2203.09485/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.ed-phhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30738551urn:hackerpapers:submission:2203.09485:30738551Sat, 19 Mar 2022 23:35:17 GMT<p>Physics in a diverse world, or a spherical cow model of physics talent</p><p></p><p>38 points; 19 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2203.09485/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>physics.ed-ph