What Cost for Ir­ra­tional­ity?

Kaj_SotalaJul 1, 2010, 6:25 PM
93 points
119 comments7 min readLW link

Alien par­a­site tech­ni­cal guy

PhilGoetzJul 27, 2010, 4:51 PM
69 points
55 comments3 min readLW link

A Tax­on­omy of Bias: The Cog­ni­tive Miser

Kaj_SotalaJul 2, 2010, 6:38 PM
67 points
38 comments5 min readLW link

So You Think You’re a Bayesian? The Nat­u­ral Mode of Prob­a­bil­is­tic Reasoning

Matt_SimpsonJul 14, 2010, 4:51 PM
66 points
80 comments10 min readLW link

The red pa­per­clip the­ory of status

Jul 12, 2010, 11:08 PM
59 points
24 comments5 min readLW link

Book Re­view: The Root of Thought

Scott AlexanderJul 22, 2010, 8:58 AM
59 points
91 comments5 min readLW link

Me­taphilo­soph­i­cal Mysteries

Wei DaiJul 27, 2010, 12:55 AM
56 points
266 comments3 min readLW link

What In­tel­li­gence Tests Miss: The psy­chol­ogy of ra­tio­nal thought

Kaj_SotalaJul 11, 2010, 11:01 PM
53 points
55 comments9 min readLW link

Cry­on­ics Wants To Be Big

lsparrishJul 5, 2010, 7:50 AM
47 points
185 comments3 min readLW link

AI co­op­er­a­tion in practice

cousin_itJul 30, 2010, 4:21 PM
45 points
166 comments1 min readLW link

A Ra­tional Identity

Kaj_SotalaJul 12, 2010, 10:59 PM
44 points
26 comments2 min readLW link

Public Choice and the Altru­ist’s Burden

RokoJul 22, 2010, 9:34 PM
35 points
101 comments3 min readLW link

The In­stru­men­tal Value of Your Own Time

Mass_DriverJul 14, 2010, 7:57 AM
33 points
45 comments12 min readLW link

Con­trived in­finite-tor­ture sce­nar­ios: July 2010

PlaidXJul 23, 2010, 11:54 PM
31 points
139 comments1 min readLW link

A pro­posal for a cryo­genic grave for cryonics

RokoJul 6, 2010, 7:01 PM
29 points
204 comments3 min readLW link

Fight Zero-Sum Bias

multifoliateroseJul 18, 2010, 5:57 AM
28 points
164 comments2 min readLW link

A Tax­on­omy of Bias: Mind­ware Problems

Kaj_SotalaJul 7, 2010, 9:53 PM
24 points
18 comments4 min readLW link

A spec­u­la­tion on Near and Far Modes

MichaelVassarJul 21, 2010, 6:24 AM
22 points
71 comments2 min readLW link

MIRI Call for Volunteers

alyssavanceJul 12, 2010, 11:49 PM
19 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

For­ager Anthropology

WrongBotJul 28, 2010, 5:48 AM
17 points
133 comments7 min readLW link

Missed op­por­tu­ni­ties for do­ing well by do­ing good

multifoliateroseJul 21, 2010, 7:45 AM
16 points
88 comments9 min readLW link

Poli­ti­ci­ans stymie hu­man coloniza­tion of space to save make-work jobs

RokoJul 18, 2010, 12:57 PM
15 points
98 comments4 min readLW link

Madi­son meetup: Wed­nes­day, July 28th, 6PM

KevinJul 26, 2010, 2:11 AM
15 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Some Thoughts Are Too Danger­ous For Brains to Think

WrongBotJul 13, 2010, 4:44 AM
15 points
318 comments4 min readLW link

Against the stan­dard nar­ra­tive of hu­man sex­ual evolution

WrongBotJul 23, 2010, 5:28 AM
15 points
154 comments5 min readLW link

Float­ing Fes­ti­val Jul 22-25

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 21, 2010, 6:36 AM
14 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Chicago/​Madi­son Meetup

steven0461Jul 15, 2010, 11:30 PM
13 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

The Pres­i­dent’s Coun­cil of Ad­vi­sors on Science and Tech­nol­ogy is so­lic­it­ing ideas

KevinJul 12, 2010, 11:41 PM
13 points
83 comments1 min readLW link

(One rea­son) why cap­i­tal­ism is much maligned

multifoliateroseJul 19, 2010, 3:48 AM
12 points
119 comments7 min readLW link

July 2010 South­ern Cal­ifor­nia Meetup

JenniferRMJul 7, 2010, 7:54 PM
12 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread: July 2010, Part 2

AlicornJul 9, 2010, 6:54 AM
11 points
768 comments1 min readLW link

Sim­plified Hu­man­ism, Pos­i­tive Fu­tur­ism & How to Prevent the Uni­verse From Be­ing Turned Into Paper Clips

KevinJul 22, 2010, 10:03 AM
11 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread: July 2010

komponistoJul 1, 2010, 9:20 PM
10 points
697 comments1 min readLW link

Room for rent in North Berkeley house

KevinJul 13, 2010, 8:28 PM
10 points
58 comments1 min readLW link

As­sum­ing Nails

PsychohistorianJul 5, 2010, 10:26 PM
9 points
29 comments4 min readLW link

Chicago Meetup: Sun­day, Au­gust 1 at 2:00 pm

AiredaleJul 27, 2010, 3:10 PM
9 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Bay Area Events Roundup

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 24, 2010, 6:04 AM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes: July 2010

komponistoJul 1, 2010, 9:24 PM
8 points
227 comments1 min readLW link

Book Club Up­date, Chap­ter 3 of Prob­a­bil­ity Theory

MorendilJul 16, 2010, 8:25 AM
6 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Fi­nan­cial in­cen­tives don’t get rid of bias? Prize for best an­swer.

RokoJul 15, 2010, 1:24 PM
3 points
137 comments1 min readLW link

How Ir­ra­tional­ity Can Win: The Power of Group Cohesion

alyssavanceJul 9, 2010, 6:15 AM
2 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Is cry­on­i­cists’ self­ish­ness dis­tance in­duced?

KatjaGraceJul 17, 2010, 6:40 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link