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Singlethink
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 6, 2007, 7:24 PM
113
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
We Change Our Minds Less Often Than We Think
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 3, 2007, 6:14 PM
113
points
120
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Universal Law
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 29, 2007, 6:41 AM
113
points
28
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Pascal’s Mugging: Tiny Probabilities of Vast Utilities
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 19, 2007, 11:37 PM
112
points
354
comments
4
min read
LW
link
No Evolutions for Corporations or Nanodevices
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 17, 2007, 2:24 AM
111
points
32
comments
6
min read
LW
link
One Argument Against An Army
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Aug 15, 2007, 6:39 PM
108
points
37
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Not for the Sake of Happiness (Alone)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 22, 2007, 3:19 AM
108
points
109
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Do We Believe Everything We’re Told?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 10, 2007, 11:52 PM
107
points
41
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Evolutionary Psychology
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 11, 2007, 8:41 PM
106
points
42
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Evolutions Are Stupid (But Work Anyway)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 3, 2007, 3:45 PM
105
points
68
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Correspondence Bias
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jun 25, 2007, 12:58 AM
105
points
49
comments
3
min read
LW
link
I Defy the Data!
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Aug 11, 2007, 9:33 PM
104
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Doublethink (Choosing to be Biased)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Sep 14, 2007, 8:05 PM
103
points
169
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Cultish Countercultishness
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Dec 30, 2007, 12:53 AM
103
points
32
comments
9
min read
LW
link
A Rational Argument
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 2, 2007, 6:35 PM
103
points
41
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Wonder of Evolution
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 2, 2007, 8:49 PM
102
points
85
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Explainers Shoot High. Aim Low!
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 24, 2007, 1:13 AM
102
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Lotteries: A Waste of Hope
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 13, 2007, 5:36 AM
98
points
73
comments
2
min read
LW
link
You Are Not Hiring the Top 1%
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Mar 2, 2007, 5:34 AM
98
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Simple Math of Everything
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 17, 2007, 10:42 PM
95
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
No One Knows What Science Doesn’t Know
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 25, 2007, 11:47 PM
94
points
107
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The “Outside the Box” Box
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 12, 2007, 10:50 PM
94
points
51
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Motivated Stopping and Motivated Continuation
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 28, 2007, 11:10 PM
94
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Resist the Happy Death Spiral
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Dec 4, 2007, 1:15 AM
94
points
47
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Tsuyoku vs. the Egalitarian Instinct
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Mar 28, 2007, 5:49 PM
92
points
35
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Blue or Green on Regulation?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Mar 15, 2007, 6:04 PM
91
points
40
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Proper Use of Doubt
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Aug 6, 2007, 8:29 PM
91
points
35
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Artificial Addition
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 20, 2007, 7:58 AM
90
points
128
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Bayesian Judo
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jul 31, 2007, 5:53 AM
90
points
110
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Evaluability (And Cheap Holiday Shopping)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 28, 2007, 12:37 AM
88
points
63
comments
4
min read
LW
link
A Priori
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 8, 2007, 9:02 PM
87
points
133
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Anchoring and Adjustment
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Sep 7, 2007, 9:33 PM
84
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Unbounded Scales, Huge Jury Awards, & Futurism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 29, 2007, 7:45 AM
84
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Torture vs. Dust Specks
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 30, 2007, 2:50 AM
84
points
630
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Halo Effect
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 30, 2007, 12:58 AM
80
points
57
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Affect Heuristic
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 27, 2007, 7:58 AM
79
points
70
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Mere Messiahs
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Dec 2, 2007, 12:49 AM
76
points
83
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Fake Selfishness
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 8, 2007, 2:31 AM
76
points
72
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Conjuring An Evolution To Serve You
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 19, 2007, 5:55 AM
76
points
26
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Why Are Individual IQ Differences OK?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 26, 2007, 9:50 PM
76
points
515
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Fake Optimization Criteria
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 10, 2007, 12:10 AM
74
points
21
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Hindsight bias
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Aug 16, 2007, 9:58 PM
74
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Fake Utility Functions
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Dec 6, 2007, 4:55 PM
72
points
64
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Meaning That Immortality Gives to Life
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 15, 2007, 3:02 AM
71
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Asch’s Conformity Experiment
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Dec 26, 2007, 7:03 AM
68
points
67
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Self-deception: Hypocrisy or Akrasia?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Mar 26, 2007, 5:03 PM
68
points
21
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Priming and Contamination
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 10, 2007, 2:23 AM
67
points
27
comments
3
min read
LW
link
We Don’t Really Want Your Participation
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Sep 10, 2007, 7:53 PM
64
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Burch’s Law
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Mar 8, 2007, 2:39 AM
64
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On Expressing Your Concerns
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Dec 27, 2007, 4:04 AM
62
points
38
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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