The Onion Goes In­side The Bi­ased Mind

Tak­ing Oc­cam Seriously

A so­cial norm against un­jus­tified opinions?

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

Link: The Case for Work­ing With Your Hands

Can we cre­ate a func­tion that prov­ably pre­dicts the op­ti­miza­tion power of in­tel­li­gences?

Do Fan­doms Need Awful­ness?

An­ime Ex­plains the Epi­menides Paradox

Eric Drexler on Learn­ing About Everything

Dissent­ing Views

The Wire ver­sus Evolu­tion­ary Psychology

This Failing Earth

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

Ho­mo­gene­ity vs. het­ero­gene­ity (or, What kind of sex is most moral?)

Please voice your sup­port for stem cell research

Chang­ing ac­cepted pub­lic opinion and Skynet

Least Sig­nal­ing Ac­tivi­ties?

In­hi­bi­tion and the Mind

Catchy Fal­lacy Name Fal­lacy (and Sup­port­ing Disagree­ment)

Pos­i­tive Bias Test (C++ pro­gram)

Ra­tion­al­ity quotes—May 2009

Su­per­nat­u­ral Math

Bad rea­sons for a ra­tio­nal­ist to lose

“What Is Wrong With Our Thoughts”

Want­ing to Want

Share Your Anti-Akra­sia Tricks

Be Log­i­cally Informative

Out­ward Change Drives In­ward Change

Es­say-Ques­tion Poll: Voting

Chee­rios: An “Un­tested New Drug”

Reli­gion, Mys­tery, and Warm, Soft Fuzzies

“Open-Mind­ed­ness”—the video

A Parable On Ob­so­lete Ideologies

Sur­vey Results

Ra­tion­al­ity in the Me­dia: Don’t (New Yorker, May 2009)

Willpower Hax #487: Ex­e­cute by Default

No One Knows Stuff

Just mak­ing sure posts can be written

You Are A Brain

Step Back

How Not to be Stupid: Brew­ing a Nice Cup of Utilitea

A Re­quest for Open Problems

Fram­ing Consciousness

Re­play­ing History

Epistemic vs. In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity: Case of the Leaky Agent

The First Koan: Drink­ing the Hot Iron Ball

Ra­tion­al­ity is win­ning—or is it?

On the Fence? Ma­jor in CS

Be­ware Triv­ial Inconveniences

Har­dened Prob­lems Make Brit­tle Models