Self-fulfilling correlations

PhilGoetzAug 26, 2010, 9:07 PM
151 points
50 comments3 min readLW link

Prob­lems in evolu­tion­ary psy­chol­ogy

Kaj_SotalaAug 13, 2010, 6:57 PM
86 points
102 comments8 min readLW link

Tak­ing Ideas Seriously

Will_NewsomeAug 13, 2010, 4:50 PM
86 points
260 comments7 min readLW link

What a re­duc­tion of “could” could look like

cousin_itAug 12, 2010, 5:41 PM
84 points
111 comments2 min readLW link

Five-minute ra­tio­nal­ity techniques

sketerpotAug 10, 2010, 2:24 AM
72 points
237 comments2 min readLW link

Con­flicts Between Men­tal Subagents: Ex­pand­ing Wei Dai’s Master-Slave Model

Scott AlexanderAug 4, 2010, 9:16 AM
71 points
81 comments10 min readLW link

Wel­come to Less Wrong! (2010-2011)

orthonormalAug 12, 2010, 1:08 AM
56 points
805 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Les­sons in the Game of Go

GreenRootAug 21, 2010, 2:33 PM
50 points
150 comments4 min readLW link

The Threat of Cryonics

lsparrishAug 3, 2010, 7:57 PM
43 points
216 comments4 min readLW link

Kevin T. Kelly’s Ock­ham Effi­ciency Theorem

JohnicholasAug 16, 2010, 4:46 AM
43 points
82 comments5 min readLW link

Ex­is­ten­tial Risk and Public Relations

multifoliateroseAug 15, 2010, 7:16 AM
41 points
628 comments5 min readLW link

Other Ex­is­ten­tial Risks

multifoliateroseAug 17, 2010, 9:24 PM
40 points
124 comments11 min readLW link

Book Recommendations

NancyLebovitzAug 9, 2010, 8:03 PM
35 points
146 comments1 min readLW link

The prior of a hy­poth­e­sis does not de­pend on its complexity

cousin_itAug 26, 2010, 1:20 PM
34 points
69 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity as Parfi­tian-filtered De­ci­sion The­ory?

SilasBartaAug 30, 2010, 9:37 PM
32 points
273 comments8 min readLW link

What should I have for din­ner? (A case study in de­ci­sion mak­ing)

bentarmAug 12, 2010, 1:29 PM
29 points
106 comments3 min readLW link

The Im­por­tance of Self-Doubt

multifoliateroseAug 19, 2010, 10:47 PM
28 points
746 comments10 min readLW link

An in­tro­duc­tion to de­ci­sion theory

[deleted]Aug 13, 2010, 9:09 AM
25 points
29 comments6 min readLW link

Tran­shu­man­ism and the de­no­ta­tion-con­no­ta­tion gap

PhilGoetzAug 18, 2010, 3:33 PM
25 points
31 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­ploita­tion and co­op­er­a­tion in ecol­ogy, gov­ern­ment, busi­ness, and AI

PhilGoetzAug 27, 2010, 2:27 PM
24 points
43 comments4 min readLW link

Should I be­lieve what the SIAI claims?

XiXiDuAug 12, 2010, 2:33 PM
22 points
633 comments3 min readLW link

Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 2

dclayhAug 1, 2010, 10:58 PM
20 points
703 comments1 min readLW link

Trans­parency and Accountability

multifoliateroseAug 21, 2010, 1:01 PM
20 points
145 comments5 min readLW link

Lu­minos­ity (Twilight fan­fic) dis­cus­sion thread

FAWSAug 25, 2010, 8:49 AM
19 points
439 comments1 min readLW link

Burn­ing Man Meetup: Bayes Camp

LarksAug 25, 2010, 6:14 AM
19 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

Pur­pose­ful­ness on Mars

JamesAndrixAug 8, 2010, 9:23 AM
18 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

De­sir­able Dis­po­si­tions and Ra­tional Actions

RichardChappellAug 17, 2010, 3:20 AM
18 points
184 comments2 min readLW link

Christo­pher Hitchens and Cryonics

James_MillerAug 8, 2010, 8:32 PM
16 points
75 comments1 min readLW link

Cry­on­ics Questions

James_MillerAug 26, 2010, 11:19 PM
13 points
168 comments2 min readLW link

What a re­duc­tion of “prob­a­bil­ity” prob­a­bly looks like

cousin_itAug 17, 2010, 2:58 PM
12 points
35 comments3 min readLW link

New­comb’s Prob­lem: A prob­lem for Causal De­ci­sion Theories

[deleted]Aug 16, 2010, 11:25 AM
11 points
121 comments4 min readLW link

Sin­gu­lar­ity Sum­mit 2010 Less Wrong Meetup

Mycroft65536Aug 11, 2010, 10:53 PM
11 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­ested in a Euro­pean less­wrong meetup

MartinBAug 7, 2010, 4:43 AM
11 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity quotes: Au­gust 2010

CyanAug 3, 2010, 12:16 AM
10 points
216 comments1 min readLW link

Blog­ging­heads: Robert Wright and Eliezer Yudkowsky

LironAug 7, 2010, 6:09 AM
9 points
129 comments1 min readLW link

Against Cry­on­ics & For Cost-Effec­tive Charity

multifoliateroseAug 10, 2010, 3:59 AM
9 points
189 comments11 min readLW link

How can we com­pare de­ci­sion the­o­ries?

bentarmAug 18, 2010, 1:29 PM
9 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 3

UnnamedAug 30, 2010, 5:37 AM
8 points
571 comments1 min readLW link

Po­si­tion­ing one­self to make a difference

Mitchell_PorterAug 18, 2010, 11:54 PM
7 points
52 comments2 min readLW link

Open Thread, Au­gust 2010

NancyLebovitzAug 1, 2010, 1:27 PM
7 points
706 comments1 min readLW link

The Smok­ing Le­sion: A prob­lem for ev­i­den­tial de­ci­sion theory

[deleted]Aug 23, 2010, 9:01 AM
6 points
101 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Au­gust 2010-- part 2

NancyLebovitzAug 9, 2010, 11:18 PM
5 points
373 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­trater­res­trial pa­per­clip maximizers

multifoliateroseAug 8, 2010, 8:35 PM
5 points
161 comments4 min readLW link

Hu­mor isn’t norm evasion

KatjaGraceAug 12, 2010, 5:21 PM
4 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Dreams of AIXI

jacob_cannellAug 30, 2010, 10:15 PM
4 points
143 comments6 min readLW link

Two straw men fighting

JanetKAug 9, 2010, 8:53 AM
2 points
163 comments6 min readLW link

Why is gen­der equal­ity so rude?

KatjaGraceAug 9, 2010, 1:00 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Agree­able ways to dis­able your children

KatjaGraceAug 7, 2010, 7:26 AM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link

On be­half of phys­i­cal things

KatjaGraceAug 17, 2010, 3:42 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Discrim­i­na­tion: less is more

KatjaGraceAug 10, 2010, 6:32 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link