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Helpless Individuals
Eliezer Yudkowsky
30 Mar 2009 11:10 UTC
87
points
244
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Kling, Probability, and Economics
matt
30 Mar 2009 5:15 UTC
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Framing Effects in Anthropology
Scott Alexander
29 Mar 2009 22:05 UTC
10
points
15
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Most Rationalists Are Elsewhere
RobinHanson
29 Mar 2009 21:46 UTC
68
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Deliberate and spontaneous creativity
Kaj_Sotala
29 Mar 2009 19:45 UTC
28
points
30
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Akrasia, hyperbolic discounting, and picoeconomics
Paul Crowley
29 Mar 2009 18:26 UTC
82
points
86
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Recognizing the Candlelight as Fire: Joshu Washes the Bowl
Annoyance
29 Mar 2009 18:13 UTC
−14
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bay area OB/LW meetup, today, Sunday, March 29, at 5pm
AnnaSalamon
29 Mar 2009 12:10 UTC
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ask LW: What questions to test in our rationality questionnaire?
AnnaSalamon
29 Mar 2009 12:03 UTC
17
points
47
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Rationality: Common Interest of Many Causes
Eliezer Yudkowsky
29 Mar 2009 10:49 UTC
85
points
53
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Hygienic Anecdotes
badger
29 Mar 2009 5:46 UTC
10
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Zombie Preacher of Somerset
Scott Alexander
28 Mar 2009 22:29 UTC
62
points
34
comments
5
min read
LW
link
When It’s Not Right to be Rational
Annoyance
28 Mar 2009 16:15 UTC
5
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Church vs. Taskforce
Eliezer Yudkowsky
28 Mar 2009 9:23 UTC
83
points
88
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Defense Against The Dark Arts: Case Study #1
Scott Alexander
28 Mar 2009 2:31 UTC
145
points
54
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Hidden Origins of Ideas
cleonid
28 Mar 2009 2:27 UTC
5
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong Facebook Page
MBlume
27 Mar 2009 22:35 UTC
10
points
42
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Altruist Coordination—Central Station
MBlume
27 Mar 2009 22:24 UTC
7
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On Seeking a Shortening of the Way
Annoyance
27 Mar 2009 17:11 UTC
12
points
42
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Can Humanism Match Religion’s Output?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
27 Mar 2009 11:32 UTC
82
points
116
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Crowley on Religious Experience
Scott Alexander
26 Mar 2009 22:59 UTC
41
points
89
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Mind Is Not Designed For Thinking
CronoDAS
26 Mar 2009 21:57 UTC
9
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sleeping Beauty gets counterfactually mugged
Stuart_Armstrong
26 Mar 2009 11:44 UTC
6
points
34
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Your Price for Joining
Eliezer Yudkowsky
26 Mar 2009 7:16 UTC
87
points
58
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Two Blegs
talisman
26 Mar 2009 4:42 UTC
4
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread: March 2009
CarlShulman
26 Mar 2009 4:04 UTC
6
points
72
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why *I* fail to act rationally
bentarm
26 Mar 2009 3:56 UTC
15
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread
Cyan
26 Mar 2009 2:48 UTC
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fight Biases, or Route Around Them?
Scott Alexander
25 Mar 2009 22:23 UTC
29
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Good Bayesian
Sideways
25 Mar 2009 21:39 UTC
1
point
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Spock’s Dirty Little Secret
pjeby
25 Mar 2009 19:07 UTC
60
points
71
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Extreme updating: The devil is in the missing details
PhilGoetz
25 Mar 2009 17:55 UTC
7
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Sacred Mundane
Eliezer Yudkowsky
25 Mar 2009 9:53 UTC
73
points
117
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Contests vs. Real World Problems
badger
25 Mar 2009 1:29 UTC
17
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Implicit Association Test
Scott Alexander
25 Mar 2009 0:11 UTC
31
points
31
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Terrorism is not about Terror
gwern
24 Mar 2009 17:08 UTC
49
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Levels of Power
Patrick
24 Mar 2009 15:54 UTC
−9
points
31
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Hyakujo’s Fox
Eliezer Yudkowsky
24 Mar 2009 10:14 UTC
11
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On Things that are Awesome
Eliezer Yudkowsky
24 Mar 2009 3:24 UTC
26
points
25
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Bogus Pipeline, Bona Fide Pipeline
Scott Alexander
24 Mar 2009 0:10 UTC
30
points
16
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on status signals
pwno
23 Mar 2009 21:25 UTC
8
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Book: Psychiatry and the Human Condition
patrissimo
23 Mar 2009 19:14 UTC
10
points
15
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Playing Video Games In Shuffle Mode
talisman
23 Mar 2009 11:59 UTC
20
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I’m confused. Could someone help?
CronoDAS
23 Mar 2009 5:26 UTC
1
point
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
BHTV: Yudkowsky & Adam Frank on “religious experience”
Eliezer Yudkowsky
23 Mar 2009 1:33 UTC
16
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
When Truth Isn’t Enough
Scott Alexander
22 Mar 2009 20:23 UTC
135
points
59
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Eliezer Yudkowsky Facts
steven0461
22 Mar 2009 20:17 UTC
242
points
324
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cached Selves
AnnaSalamon
22 Mar 2009 19:34 UTC
214
points
81
comments
7
min read
LW
link
You’re Calling *Who* A Cult Leader?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
22 Mar 2009 6:57 UTC
67
points
121
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Don’t Revere The Bearer Of Good Info
CarlShulman
21 Mar 2009 23:22 UTC
126
points
72
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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