Eight Short Stud­ies On Excuses

Scott AlexanderApr 20, 2010, 11:01 PM
852 points
253 comments10 min readLW link

Hu­mans are not au­to­mat­i­cally strategic

AnnaSalamonSep 8, 2010, 7:02 AM
580 points
278 comments4 min readLW link

Diseased think­ing: dis­solv­ing ques­tions about disease

Scott AlexanderMay 30, 2010, 9:16 PM
537 points
356 comments9 min readLW link

Ugh fields

RokoApr 12, 2010, 5:06 PM
410 points
81 comments3 min readLW link

In­tel­lec­tual Hip­sters and Meta-Contrarianism

Scott AlexanderSep 13, 2010, 9:36 PM
377 points
367 comments8 min readLW link

Ureshiku Naritai

AlicornApr 8, 2010, 8:08 PM
242 points
159 comments6 min readLW link

Con­fi­dence lev­els in­side and out­side an argument

Scott AlexanderDec 16, 2010, 3:06 AM
237 points
192 comments6 min readLW link

Effi­cient Char­ity: Do Unto Others...

Scott AlexanderDec 24, 2010, 9:26 PM
207 points
322 comments6 min readLW link

Are wire­heads happy?

Scott AlexanderJan 1, 2010, 4:41 PM
184 points
109 comments5 min readLW link

Bayes’ The­o­rem Illus­trated (My Way)

komponistoJun 3, 2010, 4:40 AM
171 points
195 comments9 min readLW link

The AI in a box boxes you

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 2, 2010, 10:10 AM
170 points
389 comments1 min readLW link

Refer­ences & Re­sources for LessWrong

XiXiDuOct 10, 2010, 2:54 PM
168 points
104 comments20 min readLW link

Your in­tu­itions are not magic

Kaj_SotalaJun 10, 2010, 12:11 AM
163 points
42 comments4 min readLW link

Self-Im­prove­ment or Shiny Dis­trac­tion: Why Less Wrong is anti-In­stru­men­tal Rationality

patrissimoSep 14, 2010, 4:17 PM
154 points
261 comments16 min readLW link

Too busy to think about life

AcademianApr 22, 2010, 3:14 PM
152 points
63 comments3 min readLW link

Yes, a blog.

AcademianNov 19, 2010, 1:53 AM
152 points
108 comments4 min readLW link

Self-fulfilling correlations

PhilGoetzAug 26, 2010, 9:07 PM
151 points
50 comments3 min readLW link

Break your habits: be more empirical

AcademianOct 2, 2010, 9:04 PM
150 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Even if you have a nail, not all ham­mers are the same

PhilGoetzMar 29, 2010, 6:09 PM
150 points
126 comments6 min readLW link

If a tree falls on Sleep­ing Beauty...

ataNov 12, 2010, 1:14 AM
147 points
28 comments8 min readLW link

The Psy­cholog­i­cal Diver­sity of Mankind

Kaj_SotalaMay 9, 2010, 5:53 AM
144 points
162 comments7 min readLW link

Seven Shiny Stories

AlicornJun 1, 2010, 12:43 AM
144 points
34 comments7 min readLW link

Undis­crim­i­nat­ing Skepticism

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 14, 2010, 11:23 PM
137 points
1,361 comments9 min readLW link

Have no heroes, and no villains

PhilGoetzNov 7, 2010, 9:15 PM
137 points
73 comments1 min readLW link

Memetic Hazards in Videogames

jimrandomhSep 10, 2010, 2:22 AM
137 points
164 comments3 min readLW link

Some­thing’s Wrong

[deleted]Sep 5, 2010, 6:08 PM
134 points
164 comments2 min readLW link

Ask and Guess

[deleted]Dec 1, 2010, 5:54 PM
133 points
66 comments2 min readLW link

The scourge of per­verse-mindedness

simplicioMar 21, 2010, 7:08 AM
131 points
255 comments5 min readLW link

Defect­ing by Ac­ci­dent—A Flaw Com­mon to An­a­lyt­i­cal People

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Dec 1, 2010, 8:25 AM
127 points
433 comments15 min readLW link

Com­part­men­tal­iza­tion in epistemic and in­stru­men­tal ra­tio­nal­ity

AnnaSalamonSep 17, 2010, 7:02 AM
124 points
123 comments6 min readLW link

A sur­vey of anti-cry­on­ics writ­ing

Paul CrowleyFeb 7, 2010, 11:26 PM
122 points
326 comments7 min readLW link

Mak­ing your ex­plicit rea­son­ing trust­wor­thy

AnnaSalamonOct 29, 2010, 12:00 AM
121 points
95 comments6 min readLW link

Shut Up and Divide?

Wei DaiFeb 9, 2010, 8:09 PM
121 points
276 comments1 min readLW link

What is Bayesi­anism?

Kaj_SotalaFeb 26, 2010, 7:43 AM
120 points
218 comments4 min readLW link

The Im­por­tance of Good­hart’s Law

blogospheroidMar 13, 2010, 8:19 AM
117 points
123 comments3 min readLW link

A Suite of Prag­matic Con­sid­er­a­tions in Fa­vor of Niceness

AlicornJan 5, 2010, 9:32 PM
114 points
198 comments3 min readLW link

What I’ve learned from Less Wrong

LouieNov 20, 2010, 12:47 PM
113 points
235 comments3 min readLW link

Epistemic Luck

AlicornFeb 8, 2010, 12:02 AM
108 points
133 comments3 min readLW link

Log­i­cal Rudeness

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 29, 2010, 6:48 AM
108 points
206 comments4 min readLW link

How to Save the World

LouieDec 1, 2010, 5:17 PM
103 points
135 comments7 min readLW link

Dark Arts 101: Us­ing presuppositions

PhilGoetzDec 27, 2010, 5:16 PM
102 points
87 comments1 min readLW link

Un­der­stand­ing your understanding

SilasBartaMar 22, 2010, 10:33 PM
102 points
80 comments3 min readLW link

Nor­mal Cryonics

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 19, 2010, 7:08 PM
102 points
964 comments4 min readLW link

Im­prov­ing The Akra­sia Hypothesis

pjebyFeb 26, 2010, 8:45 PM
101 points
70 comments9 min readLW link

Things You Can’t Countersignal

AlicornFeb 19, 2010, 12:18 AM
100 points
126 comments4 min readLW link

Tips and Tricks for An­swer­ing Hard Questions

Wei DaiJan 17, 2010, 11:56 PM
98 points
54 comments2 min readLW link

Defeat­ing Ugh Fields In Practice

PsychohistorianJun 19, 2010, 7:37 PM
97 points
95 comments2 min readLW link

“Nahh, that wouldn’t work”

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Nov 28, 2010, 9:32 PM
97 points
50 comments2 min readLW link

Liv­ing Luminously

AlicornMar 17, 2010, 1:17 AM
97 points
28 comments3 min readLW link

The math­e­mat­i­cal uni­verse: the map that is the territory

ataMar 26, 2010, 9:26 AM
97 points
124 comments11 min readLW link