alternate link, as it seems the site is unresponsive:

https://web.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/think...

previous discussions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47688678 (2026)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38420111 (2023)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24737993 (2020)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8152131 (2014)