Ra­tion­al­ity quotes: April 2010

What is Ra­tion­al­ity?

The hu­man problem

Open Thread: April 2010

The role of neode­con­struc­tive ra­tio­nal­ism in the works of Less Wrong

Loleliezers

City of Lights

Disam­biguat­ing Doom

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

NYC Ra­tion­al­ist Community

High­lights and Shadows

The I-Less Eye

Men­tal Models

It’s not like any­thing to be a bat

Ad­dresses in the Multiverse

New­comb’s prob­lem hap­pened to me

The Shab­bos goy

Com­part­men­tal­iza­tion as a pas­sive phenomenon

The math­e­mat­i­cal uni­verse: the map that is the territory

Max­imise Ex­pected Utility, not Ex­pected Per­cep­tion of Utility

New­comb’s prob­lem hap­pened to me

Over-encapsulation

SIA won’t doom you

More thoughts on assertions

SIA on other minds

The Spotlight

An em­piri­cal test of an­thropic prin­ci­ple /​ great filter reasoning

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

The two in­sights of materialism

There just has to be some­thing more, you know?

Levels of communication

Co-op­er­a­tive Utilitarianism

Ne­c­es­sary, But Not Sufficient

Sub­text is not in­var­i­ant un­der lin­ear transformations

Un­der­stand­ing your understanding

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

SIA dooms­day: The filter is ahead

The scourge of per­verse-mindedness

The Price of Life

Lights, Cam­era, Ac­tion!

In­for­ma­tion the­ory and the sym­me­try of up­dat­ing beliefs

Think Be­fore You Speak (And Sig­nal It)

Open Thread: March 2010, part 3

The ABC’s of Luminosity

“Life Ex­pe­rience” as a Con­ver­sa­tion-Halter

Se­quen­tial Or­ga­ni­za­tion of Think­ing: “Six Think­ing Hats”

Let There Be Light

Dis­con­nect be­tween Stated/​Im­ple­mented Preferences

You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue

You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue