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Dy­ing Outside

HalFinneyOct 5, 2009, 2:45 AM
401 points
91 comments2 min readLW link

Do­ing your good deed for the day

Scott AlexanderOct 27, 2009, 12:45 AM
152 points
57 comments3 min readLW link

Let them eat cake: In­ter­per­sonal Prob­lems vs Tasks

HughRistikOct 7, 2009, 4:35 PM
96 points
575 comments4 min readLW link

The First Step is to Ad­mit That You Have a Problem

AlicornOct 6, 2009, 8:59 PM
87 points
87 comments3 min readLW link

I’m Not Say­ing Peo­ple Are Stupid

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 9, 2009, 4:23 PM
61 points
101 comments1 min readLW link

Com­puter bugs and evolution

PhilGoetzOct 26, 2009, 10:06 PM
55 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Ar­row’s The­o­rem is a Lie

alyssavanceOct 24, 2009, 8:46 PM
43 points
64 comments5 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tionBook.com—Track your calibration

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 14, 2009, 12:08 AM
41 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

The Shadow Question

AlicornOct 14, 2009, 1:40 AM
41 points
44 comments4 min readLW link

Bet­ter think­ing through ex­pe­ri­en­tial games

MorendilOct 23, 2009, 12:59 PM
39 points
36 comments3 min readLW link

Scott Aaron­son on Born Probabilities

Wei DaiOct 2, 2009, 6:40 AM
39 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

‘oy, girls on lw, want to get to­gether some time?’

MBlumeOct 2, 2009, 10:50 AM
38 points
184 comments1 min readLW link

What Pro­gram Are You?

RobinHansonOct 12, 2009, 12:29 AM
36 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

The con­tinued mi­suse of the Pri­soner’s Dilemma

SilasBartaOct 23, 2009, 3:48 AM
34 points
70 comments2 min readLW link

Why the be­liefs/​val­ues di­chotomy?

Wei DaiOct 20, 2009, 4:35 PM
29 points
156 comments2 min readLW link

Bik­ing Beyond Mad­ness (link)

hirvinenOct 22, 2009, 3:16 PM
25 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Do the ‘un­lucky’ sys­tem­at­i­cally un­der­es­ti­mate high-var­i­ance strate­gies?

MBlumeOct 12, 2009, 10:27 PM
25 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Near and far skills

cousin_itOct 19, 2009, 1:16 PM
23 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

When Willpower Attacks

jimrandomhOct 3, 2009, 3:36 AM
22 points
77 comments3 min readLW link

Why Don’t We Ap­ply What We Know About Twins to Every­body Else?

MichaelGROct 1, 2009, 4:23 PM
20 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­pected util­ity with­out the in­de­pen­dence axiom

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 28, 2009, 2:40 PM
20 points
68 comments4 min readLW link

A Less Wrong Q&A with Eliezer (Step 1: The Propo­si­tion)

MichaelGROct 29, 2009, 3:04 PM
19 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

How to get that Friendly Sin­gu­lar­ity: a minor­ity view

Mitchell_PorterOct 10, 2009, 10:56 AM
17 points
69 comments7 min readLW link

Cir­cu­lar Altru­ism vs. Per­sonal Preference

Vladimir_NesovOct 26, 2009, 1:43 AM
15 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Don’t Think Too Hard.

[deleted]Oct 5, 2009, 3:51 AM
14 points
36 comments3 min readLW link

Link: PRISMs, Gom Jab­bars, and Con­scious­ness (Peter Watts)

JulianMorrisonOct 11, 2009, 9:51 PM
14 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

LW Meetup Google Calendar

MBlumeOct 7, 2009, 10:51 PM
14 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Less Wrong /​ Over­com­ing Bias meet-up groups

MichaelVassarOct 30, 2009, 4:47 AM
13 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

An­ti­ci­pa­tion vs. Faith: At What Cost Ra­tion­al­ity?

Wei DaiOct 13, 2009, 12:10 AM
12 points
106 comments1 min readLW link

Lo­cal­ized the­o­ries and con­di­tional complexity

jimmyOct 19, 2009, 7:29 AM
11 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

The Value of Na­ture and Old Books

David_J_BalanOct 25, 2009, 6:14 PM
11 points
68 comments3 min readLW link

BHTV: Eliezer Yud­kowsky and An­drew Gelman

MichaelGROct 13, 2009, 8:09 PM
11 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Reg­u­lar NYC Meetups

MBlumeOct 1, 2009, 12:44 PM
11 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Short­ness is now a treat­able condition

tawOct 20, 2009, 1:13 AM
10 points
111 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes: Oc­to­ber 2009

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 22, 2009, 4:06 PM
10 points
284 comments1 min readLW link

Bos­ton Area Less Wrong Meetup: 2 pm Sun­day Oc­to­ber 11th

CarlShulmanOct 7, 2009, 9:15 PM
8 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

The Ar­gu­ment from Wit­ness Testimony

JohnicholasOct 10, 2009, 2:05 PM
8 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­treme risks: when not to use ex­pected utility

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 23, 2009, 2:40 PM
8 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

Open Thread: Oc­to­ber 2009

gwernOct 1, 2009, 12:49 PM
8 points
436 comments1 min readLW link

Water­loo, ON, Canada Meetup: 6pm Sun Oct 18 ’09!

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 15, 2009, 4:30 AM
7 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

David Deutsch: A new way to ex­plain explanation

marcOct 30, 2009, 12:05 AM
7 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

New Haven/​Yale Less Wrong Meetup: 5 pm, Mon­day Oc­to­ber 12

CarlShulmanOct 7, 2009, 8:35 PM
7 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Pound of Feathers, Pound of Gold

AnnoyanceOct 23, 2009, 5:48 PM
5 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

In­for­ma­tion the­ory and FOOM

PhilGoetzOct 14, 2009, 4:52 PM
5 points
95 comments5 min readLW link

We’re in dan­ger. I must tell the oth­ers...

AllanCrossmanOct 13, 2009, 11:06 PM
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

The Pre­sump­tu­ous Philoso­pher’s Pre­sump­tu­ous Friend

PlaidXOct 5, 2009, 5:26 AM
4 points
82 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­ply­ing Dou­ble Stan­dards to ‘‘Divi­sive’’ Ideas

PlaidXOct 19, 2009, 12:36 PM
4 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Do­ing Your Good Deed For The Day

Scott AlexanderOct 27, 2009, 12:28 AM
4 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Do­ing Your Good Deed For The Day

Scott AlexanderOct 27, 2009, 12:36 AM
3 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Nat­u­ral cul­tural rel­a­tivists?

KatjaGraceOct 25, 2009, 9:53 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link