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

PhilGoetz29 Mar 2010 18:09 UTC
150 points
126 comments6 min readLW link

Undis­crim­i­nat­ing Skepticism

Eliezer Yudkowsky14 Mar 2010 23:23 UTC
136 points
1,361 comments9 min readLW link

The scourge of per­verse-mindedness

simplicio21 Mar 2010 7:08 UTC
122 points
255 comments5 min readLW link

The Im­por­tance of Good­hart’s Law

blogospheroid13 Mar 2010 8:19 UTC
115 points
123 comments3 min readLW link

Un­der­stand­ing your understanding

SilasBarta22 Mar 2010 22:33 UTC
102 points
80 comments3 min readLW link

The math­e­mat­i­cal uni­verse: the map that is the territory

ata26 Mar 2010 9:26 UTC
102 points
124 comments11 min readLW link

Liv­ing Luminously

Alicorn17 Mar 2010 1:17 UTC
92 points
28 comments3 min readLW link

You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue

Alicorn17 Mar 2010 1:18 UTC
77 points
38 comments4 min readLW link

For progress to be by ac­cu­mu­la­tion and not by ran­dom walk, read great books

MichaelVassar2 Mar 2010 8:11 UTC
77 points
115 comments3 min readLW link

Rea­son­ing isn’t about logic (it’s about ar­gu­ing)

Morendil14 Mar 2010 4:42 UTC
66 points
31 comments3 min readLW link

In­for­ma­tion the­ory and the sym­me­try of up­dat­ing beliefs

Academian20 Mar 2010 0:34 UTC
64 points
29 comments8 min readLW link

Levels of communication

Kaj_Sotala23 Mar 2010 21:32 UTC
61 points
73 comments3 min readLW link

Com­part­men­tal­iza­tion as a pas­sive phenomenon

Kaj_Sotala26 Mar 2010 13:51 UTC
60 points
71 comments3 min readLW link

Let There Be Light

Alicorn17 Mar 2010 19:35 UTC
59 points
101 comments4 min readLW link

Ne­c­es­sary, But Not Sufficient

pjeby23 Mar 2010 17:11 UTC
59 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Coffee: When it helps, when it hurts

JustinShovelain10 Mar 2010 6:14 UTC
52 points
109 comments1 min readLW link

New­comb’s prob­lem hap­pened to me

Academian26 Mar 2010 18:31 UTC
51 points
99 comments3 min readLW link

The ABC’s of Luminosity

Alicorn18 Mar 2010 21:47 UTC
49 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

The Spotlight

Alicorn24 Mar 2010 23:43 UTC
48 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

The Shab­bos goy

PhilGoetz26 Mar 2010 16:16 UTC
47 points
92 comments2 min readLW link

Sub­text is not in­var­i­ant un­der lin­ear transformations

PhilGoetz23 Mar 2010 15:49 UTC
47 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Lights, Cam­era, Ac­tion!

Alicorn20 Mar 2010 5:29 UTC
44 points
58 comments3 min readLW link

The I-Less Eye

rwallace28 Mar 2010 18:13 UTC
44 points
91 comments4 min readLW link

Think Be­fore You Speak (And Sig­nal It)

Wei Dai19 Mar 2010 22:21 UTC
35 points
40 comments2 min readLW link

In­di­vi­d­ual vs. Group Epistemic Rationality

Wei Dai2 Mar 2010 21:46 UTC
32 points
54 comments2 min readLW link

Se­quen­tial Or­ga­ni­za­tion of Think­ing: “Six Think­ing Hats”

JustinShovelain18 Mar 2010 5:22 UTC
30 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

Over-encapsulation

PhilGoetz25 Mar 2010 17:58 UTC
29 points
56 comments3 min readLW link

Disam­biguat­ing Doom

steven046129 Mar 2010 18:14 UTC
28 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

More thoughts on assertions

Scott Alexander25 Mar 2010 1:39 UTC
28 points
31 comments6 min readLW link

The Black­mail Equation

Stuart_Armstrong10 Mar 2010 14:46 UTC
27 points
87 comments5 min readLW link

High­lights and Shadows

Alicorn28 Mar 2010 20:56 UTC
26 points
45 comments2 min readLW link

Black­mail, Nukes and the Pri­soner’s Dilemma

Stuart_Armstrong10 Mar 2010 14:58 UTC
25 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

NYC Ra­tion­al­ist Community

Cosmos29 Mar 2010 16:59 UTC
24 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

TED Talks: Daniel Kahneman

Cyan6 Mar 2010 1:45 UTC
24 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Pri­ors and Surprise

MichaelVassar3 Mar 2010 8:27 UTC
23 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

It’s not like any­thing to be a bat

Scott Alexander27 Mar 2010 14:32 UTC
23 points
192 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tional feel­ings: a cru­cial disambiguation

Academian13 Mar 2010 0:48 UTC
23 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

The two in­sights of materialism

Academian24 Mar 2010 14:47 UTC
23 points
134 comments7 min readLW link

The “show, don’t tell” na­ture of argument

Morendil24 Mar 2010 17:38 UTC
22 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

Sig­nal­ing Strate­gies and Morality

MichaelVassar5 Mar 2010 21:09 UTC
20 points
50 comments3 min readLW link

Crunch­course—a tool for com­bat­ing learn­ing akrasia

whpearson14 Mar 2010 22:53 UTC
19 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

What would you do if blood glu­cose the­ory of willpower was true?

taw22 Mar 2010 20:18 UTC
18 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Men­tal Models

[deleted]28 Mar 2010 15:55 UTC
18 points
23 comments4 min readLW link

There just has to be some­thing more, you know?

Academian24 Mar 2010 0:38 UTC
16 points
79 comments3 min readLW link

The Grav­i­ton as Aether

alyssavance4 Mar 2010 22:13 UTC
15 points
136 comments4 min readLW link

Omega’s sub­con­tract­ing to Alpha

Stuart_Armstrong16 Mar 2010 18:52 UTC
15 points
94 comments1 min readLW link

Max­imise Ex­pected Utility, not Ex­pected Per­cep­tion of Utility

JGWeissman26 Mar 2010 4:39 UTC
14 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Over­com­ing the mind-killer

woozle17 Mar 2010 0:56 UTC
14 points
128 comments10 min readLW link

Hedg­ing our Bets: The Case for Pur­su­ing Whole Brain Emu­la­tion to Safe­guard Hu­man­ity’s Future

inklesspen1 Mar 2010 2:32 UTC
14 points
248 comments3 min readLW link

De­cep­tion and Self-Doubt

Psychohistorian11 Mar 2010 2:39 UTC
13 points
35 comments2 min readLW link