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Public Choice and the Altruist’s Burden
Roko
22 Jul 2010 21:34 UTC
35
points
101
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Simplified Humanism, Positive Futurism & How to Prevent the Universe From Being Turned Into Paper Clips
Kevin
22 Jul 2010 10:03 UTC
11
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: The Root of Thought
Scott Alexander
22 Jul 2010 8:58 UTC
59
points
91
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Missed opportunities for doing well by doing good
multifoliaterose
21 Jul 2010 7:45 UTC
16
points
88
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Floating Festival Jul 22-25
Eliezer Yudkowsky
21 Jul 2010 6:36 UTC
14
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A speculation on Near and Far Modes
MichaelVassar
21 Jul 2010 6:24 UTC
22
points
71
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(One reason) why capitalism is much maligned
multifoliaterose
19 Jul 2010 3:48 UTC
12
points
119
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Politicians stymie human colonization of space to save make-work jobs
Roko
18 Jul 2010 12:57 UTC
15
points
98
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Fight Zero-Sum Bias
multifoliaterose
18 Jul 2010 5:57 UTC
28
points
164
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Is cryonicists’ selfishness distance induced?
KatjaGrace
17 Jul 2010 18:40 UTC
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Book Club Update, Chapter 3 of Probability Theory
Morendil
16 Jul 2010 8:25 UTC
6
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Chicago/Madison Meetup
steven0461
15 Jul 2010 23:30 UTC
13
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Financial incentives don’t get rid of bias? Prize for best answer.
Roko
15 Jul 2010 13:24 UTC
3
points
137
comments
1
min read
LW
link
So You Think You’re a Bayesian? The Natural Mode of Probabilistic Reasoning
Matt_Simpson
14 Jul 2010 16:51 UTC
66
points
80
comments
10
min read
LW
link
The Instrumental Value of Your Own Time
Mass_Driver
14 Jul 2010 7:57 UTC
33
points
45
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Room for rent in North Berkeley house
Kevin
13 Jul 2010 20:28 UTC
10
points
58
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some Thoughts Are Too Dangerous For Brains to Think
WrongBot
13 Jul 2010 4:44 UTC
15
points
318
comments
4
min read
LW
link
MIRI Call for Volunteers
alyssavance
12 Jul 2010 23:49 UTC
19
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is soliciting ideas
Kevin
12 Jul 2010 23:41 UTC
13
points
83
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The red paperclip theory of status
Morendil
and
Kaj_Sotala
12 Jul 2010 23:08 UTC
57
points
22
comments
5
min read
LW
link
A Rational Identity
Kaj_Sotala
12 Jul 2010 22:59 UTC
44
points
26
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What Intelligence Tests Miss: The psychology of rational thought
Kaj_Sotala
11 Jul 2010 23:01 UTC
53
points
55
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Open Thread: July 2010, Part 2
Alicorn
9 Jul 2010 6:54 UTC
11
points
768
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How Irrationality Can Win: The Power of Group Cohesion
alyssavance
9 Jul 2010 6:15 UTC
2
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A Taxonomy of Bias: Mindware Problems
Kaj_Sotala
7 Jul 2010 21:53 UTC
24
points
18
comments
4
min read
LW
link
July 2010 Southern California Meetup
JenniferRM
7 Jul 2010 19:54 UTC
12
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A proposal for a cryogenic grave for cryonics
Roko
6 Jul 2010 19:01 UTC
29
points
204
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Assuming Nails
Psychohistorian
5 Jul 2010 22:26 UTC
9
points
29
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Cryonics Wants To Be Big
lsparrish
5 Jul 2010 7:50 UTC
47
points
185
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A Taxonomy of Bias: The Cognitive Miser
Kaj_Sotala
2 Jul 2010 18:38 UTC
67
points
38
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes: July 2010
komponisto
1 Jul 2010 21:24 UTC
8
points
227
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread: July 2010
komponisto
1 Jul 2010 21:20 UTC
10
points
697
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What Cost for Irrationality?
Kaj_Sotala
1 Jul 2010 18:25 UTC
93
points
119
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Applied Bayes’ Theorem: Reading People
Kaj_Sotala
30 Jun 2010 17:21 UTC
37
points
26
comments
8
min read
LW
link
A Challenge for LessWrong
simplicio
29 Jun 2010 23:47 UTC
21
points
172
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Book Club Update, Chapter 2 of Probability Theory
Morendil
29 Jun 2010 0:46 UTC
10
points
42
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Unknown knowns: Why did you choose to be monogamous?
WrongBot
26 Jun 2010 2:50 UTC
69
points
669
comments
3
min read
LW
link
MWI, copies and probability
Roko
25 Jun 2010 16:46 UTC
19
points
162
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Spaced Repetition Database for the Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions Sequence
divia
25 Jun 2010 1:08 UTC
59
points
58
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is cryonics necessary?: Writing yourself into the future
Gordon Seidoh Worley
23 Jun 2010 14:33 UTC
16
points
147
comments
5
min read
LW
link
A Rational Education
wedrifid
23 Jun 2010 5:48 UTC
19
points
152
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Poll: What value extra copies?
Roko
22 Jun 2010 12:15 UTC
6
points
177
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality & Criminal Law: Some Questions
simplicio
20 Jun 2010 7:42 UTC
21
points
163
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Applying Behavioral Psychology on Myself
John_Maxwell
20 Jun 2010 6:25 UTC
70
points
39
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What if AI doesn’t quite go FOOM?
Mass_Driver
20 Jun 2010 0:03 UTC
16
points
191
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Defeating Ugh Fields In Practice
Psychohistorian
19 Jun 2010 19:37 UTC
96
points
95
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Surface syllogisms and the sin-based model of causation
PhilGoetz
19 Jun 2010 16:40 UTC
22
points
50
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Open Thread June 2010, Part 4
Will_Newsome
19 Jun 2010 4:34 UTC
10
points
338
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cambridge Less Wrong meetup Sunday 27 June
jimrandomh
19 Jun 2010 3:42 UTC
7
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Are meaningful careers a cover story?
KatjaGrace
15 Jun 2010 14:06 UTC
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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