We Change Our Minds Less Often Than We Think

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 3, 2007, 6:14 PM
113 points
120 comments1 min readLW link

Singlethink

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 6, 2007, 7:24 PM
113 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

Affec­tive Death Spirals

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 2, 2007, 4:44 PM
113 points
46 comments2 min readLW link

Pas­cal’s Mug­ging: Tiny Prob­a­bil­ities of Vast Utilities

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 19, 2007, 11:37 PM
112 points
354 comments4 min readLW link

No Evolu­tions for Cor­po­ra­tions or Nanodevices

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 17, 2007, 2:24 AM
111 points
32 comments6 min readLW link

Not for the Sake of Hap­piness (Alone)

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 22, 2007, 3:19 AM
108 points
109 comments3 min readLW link

One Ar­gu­ment Against An Army

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 15, 2007, 6:39 PM
108 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

Do We Believe Every­thing We’re Told?

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 10, 2007, 11:52 PM
106 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Cor­re­spon­dence Bias

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 25, 2007, 12:58 AM
105 points
49 comments3 min readLW link

Evolu­tions Are Stupid (But Work Any­way)

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 3, 2007, 3:45 PM
104 points
68 comments4 min readLW link

I Defy the Data!

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 11, 2007, 9:33 PM
104 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

Evolu­tion­ary Psychology

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 11, 2007, 8:41 PM
104 points
42 comments5 min readLW link

A Ra­tional Argument

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 2, 2007, 6:35 PM
103 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Cul­tish Countercultishness

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 30, 2007, 12:53 AM
103 points
32 comments9 min readLW link

Ex­plain­ers Shoot High. Aim Low!

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 24, 2007, 1:13 AM
102 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Dou­ble­think (Choos­ing to be Bi­ased)

Eliezer YudkowskySep 14, 2007, 8:05 PM
102 points
169 comments4 min readLW link

The Won­der of Evolution

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 2, 2007, 8:49 PM
101 points
85 comments4 min readLW link

Lot­ter­ies: A Waste of Hope

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 13, 2007, 5:36 AM
98 points
73 comments2 min readLW link

You Are Not Hiring the Top 1%

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 2, 2007, 5:34 AM
98 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

The Sim­ple Math of Everything

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 17, 2007, 10:42 PM
95 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

No One Knows What Science Doesn’t Know

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 25, 2007, 11:47 PM
94 points
107 comments3 min readLW link

Mo­ti­vated Stop­ping and Mo­ti­vated Continuation

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 28, 2007, 11:10 PM
94 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

The “Out­side the Box” Box

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 12, 2007, 10:50 PM
94 points
51 comments2 min readLW link

Re­sist the Happy Death Spiral

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 4, 2007, 1:15 AM
93 points
47 comments6 min readLW link

Blue or Green on Reg­u­la­tion?

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 15, 2007, 6:04 PM
91 points
40 comments4 min readLW link

Tsuyoku vs. the Egal­i­tar­ian Instinct

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 28, 2007, 5:49 PM
91 points
35 comments2 min readLW link

The Proper Use of Doubt

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 6, 2007, 8:29 PM
91 points
35 comments3 min readLW link

Ar­tifi­cial Addition

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 20, 2007, 7:58 AM
90 points
128 comments6 min readLW link

Bayesian Judo

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 31, 2007, 5:53 AM
90 points
110 comments1 min readLW link

Evalua­bil­ity (And Cheap Holi­day Shop­ping)

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 28, 2007, 12:37 AM
88 points
63 comments4 min readLW link

A Priori

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 8, 2007, 9:02 PM
87 points
133 comments4 min readLW link

Tor­ture vs. Dust Specks

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 30, 2007, 2:50 AM
84 points
630 comments1 min readLW link

Un­bounded Scales, Huge Jury Awards, & Futurism

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 29, 2007, 7:45 AM
84 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

An­chor­ing and Adjustment

Eliezer YudkowskySep 7, 2007, 9:33 PM
83 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

The Halo Effect

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 30, 2007, 12:58 AM
79 points
57 comments3 min readLW link

The Affect Heuristic

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 27, 2007, 7:58 AM
79 points
70 comments3 min readLW link

Mere Messiahs

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 2, 2007, 12:49 AM
76 points
83 comments3 min readLW link

Why Are In­di­vi­d­ual IQ Differ­ences OK?

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 26, 2007, 9:50 PM
76 points
515 comments3 min readLW link

Con­jur­ing An Evolu­tion To Serve You

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 19, 2007, 5:55 AM
76 points
26 comments4 min readLW link

Fake Selfishness

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 8, 2007, 2:31 AM
76 points
72 comments2 min readLW link

Fake Op­ti­miza­tion Criteria

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 10, 2007, 12:10 AM
74 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

Hind­sight bias

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 16, 2007, 9:58 PM
74 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

Fake Utility Functions

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 6, 2007, 4:55 PM
72 points
63 comments4 min readLW link

The Mean­ing That Im­mor­tal­ity Gives to Life

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 15, 2007, 3:02 AM
71 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

Asch’s Con­for­mity Experiment

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 26, 2007, 7:03 AM
68 points
67 comments4 min readLW link

Self-de­cep­tion: Hypocrisy or Akra­sia?

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 26, 2007, 5:03 PM
68 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

Prim­ing and Contamination

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 10, 2007, 2:23 AM
67 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

We Don’t Really Want Your Participation

Eliezer YudkowskySep 10, 2007, 7:53 PM
64 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Burch’s Law

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 8, 2007, 2:39 AM
64 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

On Ex­press­ing Your Concerns

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 27, 2007, 4:04 AM
62 points
38 comments3 min readLW link