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The Sacred Mundane

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 25, 2009, 9:53 AM

73 points

117 comments4 min readLW link

Closet survey #1

[deleted]Mar 14, 2009, 7:51 AM

72 points

670 comments1 min readLW link

Cynical About Cynicism

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 17, 2009, 12:49 AM

72 points

27 comments2 min readLW link

11 core rationalist skills

RokoDec 2, 2009, 8:09 AM

72 points

36 comments3 min readLW link

Practical Advice Backed By Deep Theories

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 25, 2009, 6:52 PM

71 points

114 comments4 min readLW link

Two Truths and a Lie

PsychohistorianDec 23, 2009, 6:34 AM

70 points

67 comments2 min readLW link

The Contrarian Status Catch-22

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 19, 2009, 10:40 PM

70 points

102 comments4 min readLW link

Sympathetic Minds

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 19, 2009, 9:31 AM

70 points

27 comments5 min readLW link

True Ending: Sacrificial Fire (7/8)

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 5, 2009, 10:57 AM

70 points

91 comments8 min readLW link

Mandatory Secret Identities

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 8, 2009, 6:10 PM

68 points

186 comments3 min readLW link

Most Rationalists Are Elsewhere

RobinHansonMar 29, 2009, 9:46 PM

68 points

34 comments1 min readLW link

Verbal Overshadowing and The Art of Rationality

panglossApr 27, 2009, 11:39 PM

68 points

24 comments3 min readLW link

Boredom vs. Scope Insensitivity

Wei DaiSep 24, 2009, 11:45 AM

68 points

40 comments3 min readLW link

Honesty: Beyond Internal Truth

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 6, 2009, 2:59 AM

67 points

87 comments4 min readLW link

Schools Proliferating Without Evidence

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 15, 2009, 6:43 AM

67 points

58 comments3 min readLW link

The Correct Contrarian Cluster

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 21, 2009, 10:01 PM

67 points

255 comments5 min readLW link

LessWrong anti-kibitzer (hides comment authors and vote counts)

MarcelloMar 9, 2009, 7:18 PM

66 points

62 comments1 min readLW link

The Moral Status of Independent Identical Copies

Wei DaiNov 30, 2009, 11:41 PM

66 points

80 comments2 min readLW link

Eutopia is Scary

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 12, 2009, 5:28 AM

65 points

127 comments5 min readLW link

The “Spot the Fakes” Test

Scott AlexanderMar 17, 2009, 12:52 AM

65 points

18 comments3 min readLW link

Against Maturity

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 18, 2009, 11:34 PM

64 points

57 comments5 min readLW link

Of Gender and Rationality

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 16, 2009, 12:56 AM

63 points

360 comments5 min readLW link

Anti-Akrasia Technique: Structured Procrastination

patrissimoNov 12, 2009, 7:35 PM

63 points

52 comments3 min readLW link

Applied Picoeconomics

Scott AlexanderJun 17, 2009, 4:08 PM

62 points

85 comments4 min readLW link

Survey Results

Scott AlexanderMay 12, 2009, 10:09 PM

62 points

212 comments7 min readLW link

Fair Division of Black-Hole Negentropy: an Introduction to Cooperative Game Theory

Wei DaiJul 16, 2009, 4:17 AM

62 points

37 comments2 min readLW link

The Zombie Preacher of Somerset

Scott AlexanderMar 28, 2009, 10:29 PM

62 points

34 comments5 min readLW link

Spock’s Dirty Little Secret

pjebyMar 25, 2009, 7:07 PM

61 points

71 comments7 min readLW link

The Lifespan Dilemma

Eliezer YudkowskySep 10, 2009, 6:45 PM

61 points

220 comments7 min readLW link

It’s okay to be (at least a little) irrational

Kaj_SotalaApr 12, 2009, 9:06 PM

61 points

59 comments2 min readLW link

Information cascades

JohnicholasMar 6, 2009, 4:08 AM

61 points

36 comments2 min readLW link

The ethic of hand-washing and community epistemic practice

AnnaSalamon and Steve_Rayhawk

Mar 5, 2009, 4:28 AM

61 points

48 comments3 min readLW link

I’m Not Saying People Are Stupid

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 9, 2009, 4:23 PM

61 points

101 comments1 min readLW link

Theism, Wednesday, and Not Being Adopted

AlicornApr 27, 2009, 4:49 PM

60 points

342 comments3 min readLW link

Typical Mind and Politics

Scott AlexanderJun 12, 2009, 12:28 PM

60 points

133 comments6 min readLW link

Dreams with Damaged Priors

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 8, 2009, 10:31 PM

60 points

61 comments3 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

You’re Calling Who A Cult Leader?

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 22, 2009, 6:57 AM

60 points

121 comments5 min readLW link

Why safety is not safe

rwallaceJun 14, 2009, 5:20 AM

60 points

118 comments5 min readLW link

How theism works

Paul CrowleyApr 10, 2009, 4:16 PM

59 points

39 comments1 min readLW link

The Amanda Knox Test: How an Hour on the Internet Beats a Year in the Courtroom

komponistoDec 13, 2009, 4:16 AM

58 points

649 comments12 min readLW link

Welcome to Less Wrong!

MBlumeApr 16, 2009, 9:06 AM

58 points

2,000 comments2 min readLW link

What is control theory, and why do you need to know about it?

Richard_KennawayApr 28, 2009, 9:25 AM

58 points

48 comments9 min readLW link

Hardened Problems Make Brittle Models

cousin_itMay 6, 2009, 6:31 PM

58 points

40 comments1 min readLW link

About Less Wrong

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 23, 2009, 11:30 PM

57 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Timeless Decision Theory: Problems I Can’t Solve

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 20, 2009, 12:02 AM

57 points

156 comments6 min readLW link

Extenuating Circumstances

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 6, 2009, 10:57 PM

56 points

42 comments4 min readLW link

Free to Optimize

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 2, 2009, 1:41 AM

56 points

78 comments7 min readLW link

Growing Up is Hard

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 4, 2009, 3:55 AM

55 points

42 comments7 min readLW link

Teaching the Unteachable

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 3, 2009, 11:14 PM

55 points

18 comments6 min readLW link