in­dex­i­cal un­cer­tainty and the Ax­iom of Independence

Macroe­co­nomics, The Lu­cas Cri­tique, Microfoun­da­tions, and Model­ing in General

Hon­esty: Beyond In­ter­nal Truth

My con­cerns about the term ‘ra­tio­nal­ist’

Prob­a­bil­ity dis­tri­bu­tions and writ­ing style

Post Your Utility Function

Third Lon­don Ra­tion­al­ist Meeting

Mate se­lec­tion for the men here

With whom shall I di­avlog?

Would You Slap Your Father? Ar­ti­cle Link­age and Discussion

Bio­con­ser­va­tive and bio­mod­er­ate sin­gu­lar­i­tar­ian positions

Con­crete vs Con­tex­tual values

YouTube Test

Open Thread: June 2009

The Frontal Syndrome

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)