Rea­son as memetic im­mune disorder

PhilGoetzSep 19, 2009, 9:05 PM
509 points
185 comments5 min readLW link

The Sword of Good

Eliezer YudkowskySep 3, 2009, 12:53 AM
156 points
303 comments2 min readLW link

Priv­ileg­ing the Hypothesis

Eliezer YudkowskySep 29, 2009, 12:40 AM
127 points
130 comments5 min readLW link

Let Them De­bate Col­lege Students

Eliezer YudkowskySep 9, 2009, 6:15 PM
88 points
144 comments2 min readLW link

The An­thropic Trilemma

Eliezer YudkowskySep 27, 2009, 1:47 AM
77 points
233 comments6 min readLW link

Bore­dom vs. Scope Insensitivity

Wei DaiSep 24, 2009, 11:45 AM
68 points
40 comments3 min readLW link

The Lifes­pan Dilemma

Eliezer YudkowskySep 10, 2009, 6:45 PM
61 points
220 comments7 min readLW link

The Fi­nale of the Ul­ti­mate Meta Mega Crossover

Eliezer YudkowskySep 20, 2009, 5:21 PM
53 points
107 comments1 min readLW link

The Ab­sent-Minded Driver

Wei DaiSep 16, 2009, 12:51 AM
49 points
151 comments3 min readLW link

De­ci­sion the­ory: Why Pearl helps re­duce “could” and “would”, but still leaves us with at least three alternatives

AnnaSalamonSep 6, 2009, 6:10 AM
48 points
72 comments5 min readLW link

Solu­tions to Poli­ti­cal Prob­lems As Counterfactuals

Scott AlexanderSep 25, 2009, 5:21 PM
46 points
36 comments6 min readLW link

Be­ware of WEIRD psy­cholog­i­cal samples

Paul CrowleySep 13, 2009, 11:28 AM
46 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

De­ci­sion the­ory: Why we need to re­duce “could”, “would”, “should”

AnnaSalamonSep 2, 2009, 9:23 AM
38 points
48 comments4 min readLW link

Forc­ing An­throp­ics: Boltz­mann Brains

Eliezer YudkowskySep 7, 2009, 7:02 PM
37 points
72 comments5 min readLW link

Out­law­ing An­throp­ics: An Up­date­less Dilemma

Eliezer YudkowskySep 8, 2009, 6:31 PM
37 points
210 comments4 min readLW link

Tor­ture vs. Dust vs. the Pre­sump­tu­ous Philoso­pher: An­thropic Rea­son­ing in UDT

Wei DaiSep 3, 2009, 11:04 PM
37 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

In­tu­itive differ­ences: when to agree to disagree

Kaj_SotalaSep 29, 2009, 7:56 AM
35 points
36 comments4 min readLW link

Your Most Valuable Skill

AlicornSep 27, 2009, 5:01 PM
32 points
97 comments2 min readLW link

Why I’m Stay­ing On Blog­ging­heads.tv

Eliezer YudkowskySep 7, 2009, 8:15 PM
31 points
101 comments2 min readLW link

Avoid­ing dooms­day: a “proof” of the self-in­di­ca­tion assumption

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 23, 2009, 2:54 PM
26 points
238 comments3 min readLW link

Non-Malthu­sian Scenarios

Wei DaiSep 26, 2009, 2:44 AM
24 points
89 comments1 min readLW link

The New Nostradamus

Kaj_SotalaSep 12, 2009, 2:42 PM
21 points
27 comments4 min readLW link

Know­ing What You Know

[deleted]Sep 2, 2009, 5:24 AM
21 points
12 comments5 min readLW link

Notes on util­ity func­tion experiment

tawSep 5, 2009, 7:10 PM
19 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tual Mug­ging and Log­i­cal Uncertainty

Vladimir_NesovSep 5, 2009, 10:31 PM
16 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

For­mal­iz­ing in­for­mal logic

JohnicholasSep 10, 2009, 8:16 PM
16 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

The Scylla of Er­ror and the Charyb­dis of Paralysis

JohnicholasSep 26, 2009, 4:01 PM
16 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

How to use SMILE to solve Bayes Nets

JohnicholasSep 20, 2009, 12:08 PM
16 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

What is the Sin­gu­lar­ity Sum­mit?

LironSep 16, 2009, 7:18 AM
14 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Ethics as a black box function

Kaj_SotalaSep 22, 2009, 5:25 PM
14 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

Why Many-Wor­lds Is Not The Ra­tion­ally Fa­vored Interpretation

Mitchell_PorterSep 29, 2009, 5:22 AM
13 points
101 comments3 min readLW link

An idea: Stick­ing Point Learning

cousin_itSep 8, 2009, 9:52 AM
12 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Hy­po­thet­i­cal Paradoxes

PsychohistorianSep 19, 2009, 6:28 AM
12 points
34 comments3 min readLW link

Time­less Iden­tity Crisis

Psy-KoshSep 11, 2009, 2:37 AM
11 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Cor­re­lated de­ci­sion mak­ing: a com­plete theory

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 26, 2009, 11:47 AM
10 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

An­thropic rea­son­ing and cor­re­lated de­ci­sion making

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 23, 2009, 3:10 PM
9 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

The util­ity curve of the hu­man population

dclayhSep 24, 2009, 9:00 PM
9 points
34 comments2 min readLW link

Min­neapo­lis Meetup: Sur­vey of interest

JustinShovelainSep 18, 2009, 6:52 PM
8 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Pitts­burgh Meetup: Satur­day 9/​12, 6:30PM, CMU

Nick_TarletonSep 10, 2009, 3:06 AM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Quan­tum Rus­sian Roulette

Christian_SzegedySep 18, 2009, 8:49 AM
8 points
65 comments1 min readLW link

FHI post­doc at Oxford

Eliezer YudkowskySep 8, 2009, 6:18 PM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

MWI, weird quan­tum ex­per­i­ments and fu­ture-di­rected con­ti­nu­ity of con­scious experience

SforSingularitySep 18, 2009, 4:45 PM
6 points
92 comments4 min readLW link

Min­neapo­lis Meetup, This Satur­day (26th) at 3:00 PM, Univer­sity of Min­nesota

FrankAdamekSep 24, 2009, 8:18 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

So­cio­sex­ual Ori­en­ta­tion In­ven­tory, or failing to perform ba­sic san­ity checks

tawSep 16, 2009, 10:00 AM
5 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

LW/​OB Quotes—Fall 2009

thomblakeSep 1, 2009, 3:11 PM
5 points
50 comments1 min readLW link

For­mal­iz­ing re­flec­tive inconsistency

JohnicholasSep 13, 2009, 4:23 AM
5 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes—Septem­ber 2009

thomblakeSep 1, 2009, 3:06 PM
4 points
105 comments1 min readLW link

The Feather­less Biped

AnnoyanceSep 2, 2009, 5:47 PM
4 points
64 comments1 min readLW link

Bay Area OBLW Meetup Sep 12

Eliezer YudkowskySep 6, 2009, 12:00 AM
4 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread: Septem­ber 2009

AllanCrossmanSep 1, 2009, 10:54 AM
4 points
186 comments1 min readLW link