What Do We Mean By “Ra­tion­al­ity”?

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 16, 2009, 10:33 PM
393 points
19 comments6 min readLW link

The Least Con­ve­nient Pos­si­ble World

Scott AlexanderMar 14, 2009, 2:11 AM
304 points
204 comments5 min readLW link

Why Our Kind Can’t Cooperate

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 20, 2009, 8:37 AM
295 points
211 comments9 min readLW link

The Apol­o­gist and the Revolutionary

Scott AlexanderMar 11, 2009, 9:39 PM
260 points
101 comments5 min readLW link

Eliezer Yud­kowsky Facts

steven0461Mar 22, 2009, 8:17 PM
244 points
324 comments1 min readLW link

Rais­ing the San­ity Waterline

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 12, 2009, 4:28 AM
241 points
233 comments3 min readLW link

Cached Selves

AnnaSalamonMar 22, 2009, 7:34 PM
217 points
81 comments7 min readLW link

Talk­ing Snakes: A Cau­tion­ary Tale

Scott AlexanderMar 13, 2009, 1:41 AM
190 points
235 comments3 min readLW link

A Sense That More Is Possible

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 13, 2009, 1:15 AM
171 points
220 comments4 min readLW link

Ra­tional Me or We?

RobinHansonMar 17, 2009, 1:39 PM
164 points
156 comments1 min readLW link

How to Not Lose an Argument

Scott AlexanderMar 19, 2009, 1:07 AM
164 points
416 comments6 min readLW link

Tol­er­ate Tolerance

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 21, 2009, 7:34 AM
149 points
87 comments2 min readLW link

Defense Against The Dark Arts: Case Study #1

Scott AlexanderMar 28, 2009, 2:31 AM
148 points
54 comments6 min readLW link

When Truth Isn’t Enough

Scott AlexanderMar 22, 2009, 8:23 PM
135 points
59 comments3 min readLW link

No, Really, I’ve De­ceived Myself

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 4, 2009, 11:29 PM
130 points
90 comments2 min readLW link

Don’t Re­vere The Bearer Of Good Info

CarlShulmanMar 21, 2009, 11:22 PM
126 points
72 comments3 min readLW link

Si­mul­ta­neously Right and Wrong

Scott AlexanderMar 7, 2009, 10:55 PM
117 points
63 comments3 min readLW link

The Mys­tery of the Haunted Rationalist

Scott AlexanderMar 8, 2009, 8:39 PM
114 points
70 comments3 min readLW link

Epistemic Viciousness

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 13, 2009, 11:33 PM
107 points
93 comments3 min readLW link

Belief in Self-Deception

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 5, 2009, 3:20 PM
100 points
114 comments4 min readLW link

The Power of Pos­i­tivist Thinking

Scott AlexanderMar 21, 2009, 8:55 PM
95 points
57 comments9 min readLW link

Hel­pless Individuals

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 30, 2009, 11:10 AM
90 points
244 comments3 min readLW link

Your Price for Joining

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 26, 2009, 7:16 AM
89 points
58 comments4 min readLW link

Moore’s Paradox

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 8, 2009, 2:27 AM
89 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity: Com­mon In­ter­est of Many Causes

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 29, 2009, 10:49 AM
88 points
53 comments4 min readLW link

Sup­port That Sounds Like Dissent

jimrandomhMar 20, 2009, 10:28 PM
87 points
35 comments2 min readLW link

Akra­sia, hy­per­bolic dis­count­ing, and picoeconomics

Paul CrowleyMar 29, 2009, 6:26 PM
86 points
86 comments2 min readLW link

3 Levels of Ra­tion­al­ity Verification

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 15, 2009, 5:19 PM
86 points
246 comments3 min readLW link

Church vs. Taskforce

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 28, 2009, 9:23 AM
85 points
88 comments5 min readLW link

The Skep­tic’s Trilemma

Scott AlexanderMar 15, 2009, 12:12 AM
84 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

Never Leave Your Room

Scott AlexanderMar 18, 2009, 12:30 AM
83 points
65 comments3 min readLW link

Can Hu­man­ism Match Reli­gion’s Out­put?

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 27, 2009, 11:32 AM
83 points
116 comments5 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tual Mugging

Vladimir_NesovMar 19, 2009, 6:08 AM
82 points
296 comments2 min readLW link

The Sa­cred Mundane

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 25, 2009, 9:53 AM
73 points
117 comments4 min readLW link

Closet sur­vey #1

[deleted]Mar 14, 2009, 7:51 AM
72 points
670 comments1 min readLW link

Most Ra­tion­al­ists Are Elsewhere

RobinHansonMar 29, 2009, 9:46 PM
68 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

Schools Pro­lifer­at­ing Without Evidence

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 15, 2009, 6:43 AM
67 points
58 comments3 min readLW link

LessWrong anti-kib­itzer (hides com­ment au­thors and vote counts)

MarcelloMar 9, 2009, 7:18 PM
66 points
62 comments1 min readLW link

The “Spot the Fakes” Test

Scott AlexanderMar 17, 2009, 12:52 AM
65 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

The Zom­bie Preacher of Somerset

Scott AlexanderMar 28, 2009, 10:29 PM
62 points
34 comments5 min readLW link

Spock’s Dirty Lit­tle Secret

pjebyMar 25, 2009, 7:07 PM
61 points
71 comments7 min readLW link

In­for­ma­tion cascades

JohnicholasMar 6, 2009, 4:08 AM
61 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

The ethic of hand-wash­ing and com­mu­nity epistemic practice

Mar 5, 2009, 4:28 AM
61 points
48 comments3 min readLW link

You’re Cal­ling *Who* A Cult Leader?

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 22, 2009, 6:57 AM
60 points
121 comments5 min readLW link

Teach­ing the Unteachable

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 3, 2009, 11:14 PM
55 points
18 comments6 min readLW link

Are You a So­lar De­ity?

Scott AlexanderMar 15, 2009, 7:30 PM
53 points
24 comments4 min readLW link

You May Already Be A Sinner

Scott AlexanderMar 9, 2009, 11:18 PM
52 points
37 comments3 min readLW link

Ter­ror­ism is not about Terror

gwernMar 24, 2009, 5:08 PM
49 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Striv­ing to Accept

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 9, 2009, 11:29 PM
48 points
38 comments4 min readLW link

Un­teach­able Excellence

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 2, 2009, 3:33 PM
48 points
41 comments2 min readLW link