Eight Short Stud­ies On Excuses

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

Ugh fields

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

Ureshiku Naritai

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

Too busy to think about life

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

Pain and gain motivation

Kaj_SotalaApr 7, 2010, 6:48 PM
70 points
144 comments4 min readLW link

The Fun­da­men­tal Question

MBlumeApr 19, 2010, 4:09 PM
65 points
288 comments1 min readLW link

Fre­quen­tist Magic vs. Bayesian Magic

Wei DaiApr 8, 2010, 8:34 PM
58 points
83 comments3 min readLW link

The many faces of status

MorendilApr 15, 2010, 3:31 PM
48 points
109 comments7 min readLW link

MathOverflow as an ex­am­ple for LessWrong

AcademianApr 27, 2010, 6:30 PM
48 points
67 comments2 min readLW link

At­ten­tion Lurk­ers: Please say hi

KevinApr 16, 2010, 8:46 PM
48 points
636 comments1 min readLW link

Only hu­mans can have hu­man values

PhilGoetzApr 26, 2010, 6:57 PM
48 points
161 comments17 min readLW link

Nav­i­gat­ing dis­agree­ment: How to keep your eye on the ev­i­dence

AnnaSalamonApr 24, 2010, 10:47 PM
47 points
73 comments6 min readLW link

The role of neode­con­struc­tive ra­tio­nal­ism in the works of Less Wrong

thomblakeApr 1, 2010, 2:17 PM
44 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

The Red Bias

JackApr 20, 2010, 11:42 AM
40 points
62 comments4 min readLW link

VNM ex­pected util­ity the­ory: uses, abuses, and interpretation

AcademianApr 17, 2010, 8:23 PM
36 points
51 comments10 min readLW link

The hu­man problem

PhilGoetzApr 1, 2010, 7:41 PM
35 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

What are our do­mains of ex­per­tise? A mar­ket­place of in­sights and issues

MorendilApr 28, 2010, 10:17 PM
29 points
65 comments2 min readLW link

What is miss­ing from ra­tio­nal­ity?

RokoApr 27, 2010, 12:32 PM
27 points
274 comments2 min readLW link

Self-mod­ifi­ca­tion is the cor­rect jus­tifi­ca­tion for up­date­less de­ci­sion theory

BenyaApr 11, 2010, 4:39 PM
25 points
34 comments2 min readLW link

Elud­ing At­ten­tion Hijacks

ABrancoApr 17, 2010, 3:23 AM
24 points
23 comments8 min readLW link

Lampshading

AlicornApr 6, 2010, 8:03 PM
24 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

What is Ra­tion­al­ity?

RokoApr 1, 2010, 8:14 PM
22 points
22 comments5 min readLW link

a meta-anti-akra­sia strat­egy that might just work

MartinBApr 19, 2010, 2:21 AM
21 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

Swim­ming in Reasons

steven0461Apr 10, 2010, 1:24 AM
20 points
17 comments4 min readLW link

Late Great Filter Is Not Bad News

Wei DaiApr 4, 2010, 4:17 AM
19 points
82 comments3 min readLW link

Bayesian Col­lab­o­ra­tive Filtering

JGWeissmanApr 3, 2010, 11:29 PM
19 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

Free copy of Feyn­man’s au­to­bi­og­ra­phy for best corny ra­tio­nal­ist joke

GreenRootApr 4, 2010, 12:32 AM
19 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

Sin­gle Point of Mo­ral Failure

AlexandrosApr 6, 2010, 10:44 PM
18 points
69 comments3 min readLW link

An­thropic an­swers to log­i­cal un­cer­tain­ties?

RokoApr 6, 2010, 5:51 PM
16 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

At­ten­tion Less Wrong: We need an FAQ

KevinApr 27, 2010, 10:06 AM
15 points
111 comments1 min readLW link

The role of math­e­mat­i­cal truths

SilasBartaApr 24, 2010, 4:59 PM
15 points
83 comments5 min readLW link

The Con­cepts Problem

Kaj_SotalaApr 16, 2010, 6:21 AM
14 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

Re­port from Hu­man­ity+ UK 2010

RokoApr 25, 2010, 12:33 PM
12 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Friendly, but Dumb: Why for­mal Friendli­ness proofs may not be as safe as they appear

apopheniaApr 19, 2010, 11:38 PM
12 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Prefer­ence util­i­tar­ian mea­sure of his­tor­i­cal welfare

tawApr 14, 2010, 1:32 PM
11 points
25 comments3 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the Less Wrong Sub-Reddit

alyssavanceApr 2, 2010, 1:17 AM
11 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

A LessWrong poster for the Hu­man­ity+ con­fer­ence next Saturday

Paul CrowleyApr 14, 2010, 9:38 PM
11 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­posed New Fea­tures for Less Wrong

alyssavanceApr 27, 2010, 1:10 AM
11 points
174 comments1 min readLW link

Sin­gu­lar­ity Call For Papers

CarlShulmanApr 10, 2010, 4:08 PM
9 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

23andme genome anal­y­sis - $99 to­day only

[deleted]Apr 23, 2010, 7:33 PM
9 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity quotes: April 2010

wnoiseApr 1, 2010, 8:41 PM
9 points
309 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread: April 2010

UnnamedApr 1, 2010, 3:21 PM
8 points
539 comments1 min readLW link

Less Wrong Lon­don meetup, to­mor­row (Sun­day 2010-04-04) 16:00

Paul CrowleyApr 3, 2010, 9:36 AM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Bos­ton area meetup April 18

jimrandomhApr 9, 2010, 11:53 PM
7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

CogSci books

xamdamApr 20, 2010, 2:11 PM
7 points
42 comments1 min readLW link

Aver­ag­ing value sys­tems is worse than choos­ing one

PhilGoetzApr 29, 2010, 2:51 AM
7 points
56 comments8 min readLW link

Meetup af­ter Hu­man­ity+ , Lon­don, Satur­day 2010-04-24?

Paul CrowleyApr 10, 2010, 12:54 PM
6 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread: April 2010, Part 2

Unnamed8 Apr 2010 3:09 UTC
6 points
202 comments1 min readLW link

Who is your fa­vorite ra­tio­nal­ist?

xamdam25 Apr 2010 14:56 UTC
5 points
39 comments2 min readLW link

Loleliezers

dclayh1 Apr 2010 4:04 UTC
5 points
13 comments1 min readLW link