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Newcomb’s problem happened to me
Academian
Mar 25, 2010, 8:53 PM
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Over-encapsulation
PhilGoetz
Mar 25, 2010, 5:58 PM
29
points
56
comments
3
min read
LW
link
SIA won’t doom you
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 25, 2010, 5:43 PM
12
points
32
comments
3
min read
LW
link
More thoughts on assertions
Scott Alexander
Mar 25, 2010, 1:39 AM
28
points
31
comments
6
min read
LW
link
SIA on other minds
KatjaGrace
Mar 25, 2010, 1:09 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Spotlight
Alicorn
Mar 24, 2010, 11:43 PM
49
points
24
comments
3
min read
LW
link
An empirical test of anthropic principle / great filter reasoning
James_Miller
Mar 24, 2010, 6:44 PM
13
points
42
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The “show, don’t tell” nature of argument
Morendil
Mar 24, 2010, 5:38 PM
22
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The two insights of materialism
Academian
Mar 24, 2010, 2:47 PM
23
points
134
comments
7
min read
LW
link
There just has to be something more, you know?
Academian
Mar 24, 2010, 12:38 AM
16
points
79
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Levels of communication
Kaj_Sotala
Mar 23, 2010, 9:32 PM
63
points
73
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Co-operative Utilitarianism
RichardChappell
Mar 23, 2010, 8:36 PM
7
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Necessary, But Not Sufficient
pjeby
Mar 23, 2010, 5:11 PM
59
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Subtext is not invariant under linear transformations
PhilGoetz
Mar 23, 2010, 3:49 PM
47
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Understanding your understanding
SilasBarta
Mar 22, 2010, 10:33 PM
102
points
80
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What would you do if blood glucose theory of willpower was true?
taw
Mar 22, 2010, 8:18 PM
18
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
SIA doomsday: The filter is ahead
KatjaGrace
Mar 22, 2010, 3:16 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The scourge of perverse-mindedness
simplicio
Mar 21, 2010, 7:08 AM
131
points
255
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Price of Life
BenAlbahari
Mar 20, 2010, 9:40 AM
4
points
39
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Lights, Camera, Action!
Alicorn
Mar 20, 2010, 5:29 AM
45
points
58
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Information theory and the symmetry of updating beliefs
Academian
Mar 20, 2010, 12:34 AM
65
points
29
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Think Before You Speak (And Signal It)
Wei Dai
Mar 19, 2010, 10:21 PM
35
points
40
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Open Thread: March 2010, part 3
RobinZ
Mar 19, 2010, 3:14 AM
5
points
258
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The ABC’s of Luminosity
Alicorn
Mar 18, 2010, 9:47 PM
50
points
31
comments
4
min read
LW
link
“Life Experience” as a Conversation-Halter
Seth_Goldin
Mar 18, 2010, 7:39 PM
10
points
65
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sequential Organization of Thinking: “Six Thinking Hats”
JustinShovelain
Mar 18, 2010, 5:22 AM
30
points
14
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Let There Be Light
Alicorn
Mar 17, 2010, 7:35 PM
60
points
101
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Disconnect between Stated/Implemented Preferences
Strange7
Mar 17, 2010, 2:26 AM
−5
points
59
comments
1
min read
LW
link
You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue
Alicorn
Mar 17, 2010, 1:18 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue
Alicorn
Mar 17, 2010, 1:18 AM
78
points
38
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Living Luminously
Alicorn
Mar 17, 2010, 1:17 AM
97
points
28
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Subjective Anticipation and Death
LucasSloan
Mar 17, 2010, 1:14 AM
12
points
31
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Overcoming the mind-killer
woozle
Mar 17, 2010, 12:56 AM
14
points
128
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Omega’s subcontracting to Alpha
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 16, 2010, 6:52 PM
15
points
94
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The problem of pseudofriendliness
[deleted]
Mar 15, 2010, 2:17 PM
−4
points
83
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Undiscriminating Skepticism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Mar 14, 2010, 11:23 PM
137
points
1,361
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Musings on probability
bogdanb
Mar 14, 2010, 11:17 PM
6
points
12
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Crunchcourse—a tool for combating learning akrasia
whpearson
Mar 14, 2010, 10:53 PM
19
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Reasoning isn’t about logic (it’s about arguing)
Morendil
Mar 14, 2010, 4:42 AM
66
points
31
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Importance of Goodhart’s Law
blogospheroid
Mar 13, 2010, 8:19 AM
117
points
123
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rational feelings: a crucial disambiguation
Academian
Mar 13, 2010, 12:48 AM
23
points
25
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Addiction
KatjaGrace
Mar 11, 2010, 6:51 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread: March 2010, part 2
RobinZ
Mar 11, 2010, 5:25 PM
7
points
342
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Spring 2010 Meta Thread
FAWS
Mar 11, 2010, 10:27 AM
5
points
147
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Nature editorial: Do scientists really need a PhD?
Kevin
Mar 11, 2010, 9:39 AM
−7
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Deception and Self-Doubt
Psychohistorian
Mar 11, 2010, 2:39 AM
13
points
35
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Blackmail, Nukes and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 10, 2010, 2:58 PM
25
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Blackmail Equation
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 10, 2010, 2:46 PM
27
points
87
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Coffee: When it helps, when it hurts
JustinShovelain
Mar 10, 2010, 6:14 AM
57
points
109
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Trade makes you responsible, but why?
KatjaGrace
Mar 9, 2010, 6:54 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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