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Hu­mans are not au­to­mat­i­cally strategic

AnnaSalamonSep 8, 2010, 7:02 AM
589 points
278 comments4 min readLW link

In­tel­lec­tual Hip­sters and Meta-Contrarianism

Scott AlexanderSep 13, 2010, 9:36 PM
378 points
367 comments8 min readLW link

Self-Im­prove­ment or Shiny Dis­trac­tion: Why Less Wrong is anti-In­stru­men­tal Rationality

patrissimoSep 14, 2010, 4:17 PM
154 points
261 comments16 min readLW link

Memetic Hazards in Videogames

jimrandomhSep 10, 2010, 2:22 AM
137 points
164 comments3 min readLW link

Some­thing’s Wrong

[deleted]Sep 5, 2010, 6:08 PM
134 points
164 comments2 min readLW link

Com­part­men­tal­iza­tion in epistemic and in­stru­men­tal ra­tio­nal­ity

AnnaSalamonSep 17, 2010, 7:02 AM
124 points
123 comments6 min readLW link

More art, less stink: Tak­ing the PU out of PUA

XFrequentistSep 10, 2010, 12:25 AM
89 points
639 comments3 min readLW link

The Affect Heuris­tic, Sen­ti­ment, and Art

[deleted]Sep 13, 2010, 11:05 PM
86 points
58 comments3 min readLW link

A “Failure to Eval­u­ate Re­turn-on-Time” Fallacy

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Sep 7, 2010, 7:01 PM
86 points
110 comments2 min readLW link

Don’t judge a skill by its specialists

AcademianSep 26, 2010, 8:56 PM
78 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

Er­ror de­tec­tion bias in research

neq1Sep 22, 2010, 3:00 AM
73 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

In­tel­li­gence Am­plifi­ca­tion Open Thread

Will_NewsomeSep 15, 2010, 8:39 AM
60 points
346 comments1 min readLW link

Anti-akra­sia re­mote mon­i­tor­ing experiment

cousin_itSep 27, 2010, 11:34 PM
59 points
118 comments2 min readLW link

The Science of Cut­ting Peppers

ApprenticeSep 12, 2010, 1:14 PM
54 points
68 comments4 min readLW link

Bayes’ rule =/​= Bayesian inference

neq1Sep 16, 2010, 6:34 AM
49 points
70 comments2 min readLW link

(Vir­tual) Em­ploy­ment Open Thread

Will_NewsomeSep 23, 2010, 4:25 AM
49 points
281 comments2 min readLW link

What Makes My At­tempt Spe­cial?

Andy_McKenzieSep 26, 2010, 6:55 AM
43 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

Poli­tics as Charity

CarlShulmanSep 23, 2010, 5:33 AM
37 points
165 comments8 min readLW link

Fru­gal­ity and work­ing from finite data

SnowyowlSep 3, 2010, 9:37 AM
35 points
47 comments4 min readLW link

Con­trol­ling Con­stant Programs

Vladimir_NesovSep 5, 2010, 1:45 PM
35 points
33 comments5 min readLW link

The Effec­tive­ness of Devel­op­ing World Aid

multifoliateroseSep 12, 2010, 9:56 PM
33 points
51 comments7 min readLW link

Less Wrong Should Con­front Wrong­ness Wher­ever it Appears

jimrandomhSep 21, 2010, 1:40 AM
32 points
163 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Case Study—Ad-36

PerplexedSep 22, 2010, 6:32 PM
32 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

A Player of Games

LarksSep 23, 2010, 10:52 PM
32 points
74 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Power Tools

Nic_SmithSep 19, 2010, 6:20 AM
27 points
67 comments6 min readLW link

New Dis­cus­sion sec­tion on LessWrong!

EmileSep 28, 2010, 1:08 PM
26 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­perts vs. parents

PhilGoetzSep 29, 2010, 4:48 PM
24 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tional Health Optimization

jacob_cannellSep 18, 2010, 7:47 PM
23 points
78 comments8 min readLW link

Steps to Achieve­ment: The Pit­falls, Costs, Re­quire­ments, and Timelines

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Sep 11, 2010, 10:58 PM
21 points
13 comments11 min readLW link

Link: “You’re Not Be­ing Rea­son­able”

CronoDASSep 15, 2010, 7:19 AM
20 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Rea­son­ably Fun

JohnDavidBustardSep 4, 2010, 12:07 PM
17 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

Why learn­ing pro­gram­ming is a great idea even if you’d never want to code for a living

MorendilSep 28, 2010, 4:51 PM
16 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

The con­scious tape

PhilGoetzSep 16, 2010, 7:55 PM
16 points
119 comments4 min readLW link

Septem­ber 2010 South­ern Cal­ifor­nia Meetup

JenniferRMSep 13, 2010, 2:31 AM
15 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

We have a new dis­cus­sion area

mattSep 27, 2010, 7:50 AM
14 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

The Mean­ing of Life

b1shopSep 17, 2010, 7:29 PM
14 points
110 comments2 min readLW link

Per­sonal de­ci­sions the lead­ing cause of death

MorendilSep 28, 2010, 6:52 AM
13 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Septem­ber Less Wrong Meetup aka Eliezer’s Bayesian Birth­day Bash

JasenSep 8, 2010, 4:51 AM
11 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

Vote Qual­ifi­ca­tions, Not Issues

jimrandomhSep 26, 2010, 8:26 PM
11 points
187 comments4 min readLW link

Berkeley LW Meet-up Sun­day Septem­ber 5

LucasSloanSep 1, 2010, 2:47 AM
10 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Melbourne Less Wrong Meetup

PatrickSep 20, 2010, 9:14 AM
10 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

Re­minder: Weekly LW meet­ings in NYC

alyssavanceSep 12, 2010, 8:44 PM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Fall 2010 Meta Thread

KevinSep 19, 2010, 6:30 AM
9 points
100 comments1 min readLW link

Rea­son is not the only means of over­com­ing bias

multifoliateroseSep 9, 2010, 10:59 PM
8 points
30 comments4 min readLW link

AI in­differ­ence through util­ity manipulation

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 2, 2010, 5:06 PM
8 points
54 comments4 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity quotes: Septem­ber 2010

MorendilSep 1, 2010, 6:53 AM
7 points
157 comments1 min readLW link

Nootrop­ics and Cog­ni­tive-en­hance­ment Dis­cus­sion Area

knbSep 29, 2010, 5:29 AM
6 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Less Wrong: Open Thread, Septem­ber 2010

matt1 Sep 2010 1:40 UTC
6 points
628 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Septem­ber, 2010-- part 2

NancyLebovitz17 Sep 2010 1:44 UTC
5 points
877 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread Septem­ber, Part 3

LucasSloan28 Sep 2010 5:21 UTC
4 points
217 comments1 min readLW link