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Be­ware Triv­ial Inconveniences

Scott AlexanderMay 6, 2009, 10:04 PM
283 points
107 comments4 min readLW link

A Parable On Ob­so­lete Ideologies

Scott AlexanderMay 13, 2009, 10:51 PM
185 points
288 comments7 min readLW link

You Are A Brain

LironMay 9, 2009, 9:53 PM
131 points
64 comments1 min readLW link

Willpower Hax #487: Ex­e­cute by Default

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 12, 2009, 6:46 AM
84 points
59 comments1 min readLW link

Sur­vey Results

Scott AlexanderMay 12, 2009, 10:09 PM
62 points
212 comments7 min readLW link

What I Tell You Three Times Is True

Scott AlexanderMay 2, 2009, 11:47 PM
60 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

Har­dened Prob­lems Make Brit­tle Models

cousin_itMay 6, 2009, 6:31 PM
58 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

Image vs. Im­pact: Can pub­lic com­mit­ment be coun­ter­pro­duc­tive for achieve­ment?

patrissimoMay 28, 2009, 11:18 PM
54 points
48 comments3 min readLW link

This Failing Earth

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 24, 2009, 4:09 PM
50 points
166 comments5 min readLW link

Sat­u­ra­tion, Distil­la­tion, Im­pro­vi­sa­tion: A Story About Pro­ce­du­ral Knowl­edge And Cookies

AlicornMay 24, 2009, 2:38 AM
48 points
29 comments4 min readLW link

“What Is Wrong With Our Thoughts”

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 17, 2009, 7:24 AM
41 points
109 comments1 min readLW link

Eric Drexler on Learn­ing About Everything

Vladimir_NesovMay 27, 2009, 12:57 PM
38 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Do Fan­doms Need Awful­ness?

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 28, 2009, 6:03 AM
38 points
159 comments3 min readLW link

Bad rea­sons for a ra­tio­nal­ist to lose

mattMay 18, 2009, 10:57 PM
34 points
83 comments3 min readLW link

Catchy Fal­lacy Name Fal­lacy (and Sup­port­ing Disagree­ment)

JGWeissmanMay 21, 2009, 6:01 AM
32 points
57 comments2 min readLW link

Tak­ing Oc­cam Seriously

steven0461May 29, 2009, 5:31 PM
32 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

Least Sig­nal­ing Ac­tivi­ties?

RobinHansonMay 22, 2009, 2:46 AM
31 points
103 comments1 min readLW link

Pos­i­tive Bias Test (C++ pro­gram)

MBlumeMay 19, 2009, 9:32 PM
30 points
79 comments4 min readLW link

Spe­cial Sta­tus Needs Spe­cial Support

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 4, 2009, 10:59 PM
30 points
75 comments2 min readLW link

Want­ing to Want

AlicornMay 16, 2009, 3:08 AM
30 points
199 comments2 min readLW link

The mind-killer

Paul CrowleyMay 2, 2009, 4:49 PM
29 points
160 comments2 min readLW link

Out­ward Change Drives In­ward Change

cousin_itMay 15, 2009, 12:45 PM
28 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

A Re­quest for Open Problems

MrHenMay 8, 2009, 1:33 PM
28 points
103 comments1 min readLW link

Share Your Anti-Akra­sia Tricks

Vladimir_GolovinMay 15, 2009, 7:06 PM
25 points
120 comments1 min readLW link

How David Beats Goliath

JulianMorrisonMay 5, 2009, 1:25 AM
25 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Link: The Case for Work­ing With Your Hands

Daniel_BurfootMay 28, 2009, 2:16 PM
25 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Without models

Richard_KennawayMay 4, 2009, 11:31 AM
23 points
55 comments7 min readLW link

Allais Hack—Trans­form Your De­ci­sions!

MBlumeMay 3, 2009, 10:37 PM
22 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Dissent­ing Views

byrnemaMay 26, 2009, 6:55 PM
22 points
212 comments2 min readLW link

Bead Jar Guesses

AlicornMay 4, 2009, 6:59 PM
22 points
134 comments2 min readLW link

“Open-Mind­ed­ness”—the video

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 14, 2009, 6:17 AM
21 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

Reli­gion, Mys­tery, and Warm, Soft Fuzzies

PsychohistorianMay 14, 2009, 11:41 PM
21 points
125 comments3 min readLW link

On the Fence? Ma­jor in CS

talismanMay 7, 2009, 4:26 AM
20 points
54 comments2 min readLW link

Epistemic vs. In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity: Case of the Leaky Agent

Wei DaiMay 7, 2009, 11:09 PM
18 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

The Wire ver­sus Evolu­tion­ary Psychology

MrShaggyMay 25, 2009, 5:21 AM
18 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Step Back

Andy_McKenzieMay 9, 2009, 6:07 PM
18 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Chang­ing ac­cepted pub­lic opinion and Skynet

RokoMay 22, 2009, 11:05 AM
17 points
71 comments2 min readLW link

Es­say-Ques­tion Poll: Die­tary Choices

AlicornMay 3, 2009, 3:27 PM
17 points
244 comments1 min readLW link

Re­turn of the Survey

Scott AlexanderMay 3, 2009, 2:10 AM
16 points
61 comments1 min readLW link

A so­cial norm against un­jus­tified opinions?

Kaj_SotalaMay 29, 2009, 11:25 AM
16 points
161 comments1 min readLW link

TED Talks for Less Wrong

CyanMay 2, 2009, 3:32 AM
15 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

How to use “philo­soph­i­cal ma­jori­tar­i­anism”

jimmyMay 5, 2009, 6:49 AM
13 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

Con­sider Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Data Sets

Vladimir_NesovMay 6, 2009, 1:49 AM
12 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

Wiki.less­wrong.com Is Live

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 6, 2009, 5:17 AM
11 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

In­hi­bi­tion and the Mind

AnnoyanceMay 21, 2009, 5:34 PM
10 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

No One Knows Stuff

talismanMay 12, 2009, 5:11 AM
9 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Chee­rios: An “Un­tested New Drug”

MBlumeMay 15, 2009, 2:26 AM
9 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity quotes—May 2009

Kaj_SotalaMay 19, 2009, 7:30 PM
9 points
101 comments1 min readLW link

The Onion Goes In­side The Bi­ased Mind

patrissimoMay 30, 2009, 5:33 PM
8 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Re­play­ing History

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMay 8, 2009, 5:35 AM
7 points
19 comments2 min readLW link