That Alien Message

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 22, 2008, 5:55 AM
401 points
176 comments10 min readLW link

The Fal­lacy of Gray

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 7, 2008, 6:24 AM
296 points
81 comments5 min readLW link

Ta­boo Your Words

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 15, 2008, 10:53 PM
284 points
133 comments3 min readLW link

How An Al­gorithm Feels From Inside

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 11, 2008, 2:35 AM
284 points
85 comments4 min readLW link

Use the Try Harder, Luke

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 2, 2008, 10:52 AM
283 points
45 comments2 min readLW link

Mun­dane Magic

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 31, 2008, 4:00 PM
280 points
97 comments3 min readLW link

Beyond the Reach of God

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 4, 2008, 3:42 PM
261 points
281 comments11 min readLW link

37 Ways That Words Can Be Wrong

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 6, 2008, 5:09 AM
238 points
78 comments9 min readLW link

The True Pri­soner’s Dilemma

Eliezer YudkowskySep 3, 2008, 9:34 PM
238 points
117 comments4 min readLW link

The Parable of the Dagger

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 1, 2008, 8:53 PM
232 points
105 comments1 min readLW link

Sort­ing Peb­bles Into Cor­rect Heaps

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 10, 2008, 1:00 AM
227 points
110 comments4 min readLW link

Some­thing to Protect

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 30, 2008, 5:52 PM
221 points
81 comments6 min readLW link

Try­ing to Try

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 1, 2008, 8:58 AM
221 points
58 comments3 min readLW link

Leave a Line of Retreat

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 25, 2008, 11:57 PM
215 points
75 comments4 min readLW link

The Se­cond Law of Ther­mo­dy­nam­ics, and Eng­ines of Cognition

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 27, 2008, 12:48 AM
204 points
76 comments9 min readLW link

Ends Don’t Jus­tify Means (Among Hu­mans)

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 14, 2008, 9:00 PM
203 points
97 comments4 min readLW link

You Only Live Twice

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 12, 2008, 7:14 PM
195 points
183 comments6 min readLW link

If You De­mand Magic, Magic Won’t Help

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 22, 2008, 6:10 PM
192 points
142 comments4 min readLW link

Dis­guised Queries

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 9, 2008, 12:05 AM
183 points
108 comments5 min readLW link

Cri­sis of Faith

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 10, 2008, 10:08 PM
179 points
250 comments9 min readLW link

Joy in the Merely Real

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 20, 2008, 6:18 AM
174 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

Zom­bies: The Movie

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 20, 2008, 5:53 AM
172 points
82 comments3 min readLW link

The Sim­ple Truth

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 1, 2008, 8:00 PM
168 points
15 comments22 min readLW link

Is That Your True Re­jec­tion?

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 6, 2008, 2:26 PM
163 points
100 comments3 min readLW link

The Cluster Struc­ture of Thingspace

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 8, 2008, 12:07 AM
154 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

Thou Art Physics

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 6, 2008, 6:37 AM
153 points
88 comments3 min readLW link

The Gift We Give To Tomorrow

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 17, 2008, 6:07 AM
152 points
100 comments8 min readLW link

New­comb’s Prob­lem and Re­gret of Rationality

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 31, 2008, 7:36 PM
152 points
617 comments10 min readLW link

Dis­solv­ing the Question

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 8, 2008, 3:17 AM
150 points
122 comments5 min readLW link

Make an Ex­traor­di­nary Effort

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 7, 2008, 3:15 PM
150 points
49 comments5 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­ity is in the Mind

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 12, 2008, 4:08 AM
140 points
193 comments6 min readLW link

The Level Above Mine

Eliezer YudkowskySep 26, 2008, 9:18 AM
138 points
358 comments4 min readLW link

Lawful Uncertainty

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 10, 2008, 9:06 PM
134 points
57 comments4 min readLW link

Com­pe­tent Elites

Eliezer YudkowskySep 27, 2008, 12:07 AM
133 points
112 comments8 min readLW link

Right­ing a Wrong Question

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 9, 2008, 1:00 PM
131 points
111 comments3 min readLW link

Ini­ti­a­tion Ceremony

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 28, 2008, 8:40 PM
129 points
99 comments3 min readLW link

Reductionism

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 16, 2008, 6:26 AM
127 points
162 comments4 min readLW link

Where Re­cur­sive Jus­tifi­ca­tion Hits Bottom

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 8, 2008, 10:16 AM
125 points
81 comments10 min readLW link

2-Place and 1-Place Words

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 27, 2008, 7:39 AM
125 points
38 comments5 min readLW link

Dark Side Epistemology

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 17, 2008, 11:55 PM
123 points
155 comments5 min readLW link

No Safe Defense, Not Even Science

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 18, 2008, 5:19 AM
121 points
75 comments6 min readLW link

Ein­stein’s Superpowers

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 30, 2008, 6:40 AM
120 points
91 comments5 min readLW link

The Mag­ni­tude of His Own Folly

Eliezer YudkowskySep 30, 2008, 11:31 AM
120 points
128 comments6 min readLW link

Zom­bies! Zom­bies?

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 4, 2008, 9:55 AM
120 points
157 comments22 min readLW link

But There’s Still A Chance, Right?

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 6, 2008, 1:56 AM
119 points
61 comments2 min readLW link

Disput­ing Definitions

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 12, 2008, 12:15 AM
118 points
46 comments5 min readLW link

On Do­ing the Impossible

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 6, 2008, 3:13 PM
118 points
40 comments7 min readLW link

Shut up and do the im­pos­si­ble!

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 8, 2008, 9:24 PM
115 points
165 comments12 min readLW link

Belief in Intelligence

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 25, 2008, 3:00 PM
112 points
38 comments3 min readLW link

Ab­solute Authority

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 8, 2008, 3:33 AM
110 points
78 comments7 min readLW link