Were atoms real?

AnnaSalamonDec 8, 2010, 5:30 PM
93 points
157 comments4 min readLW link

Akra­sia Tac­tics Review

orthonormalFeb 21, 2010, 4:25 AM
93 points
151 comments2 min readLW link

What Cost for Ir­ra­tional­ity?

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

“Out­side View!” as Con­ver­sa­tion-Halter

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 24, 2010, 5:53 AM
93 points
103 comments7 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

You’re En­ti­tled to Ar­gu­ments, But Not (That Par­tic­u­lar) Proof

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 15, 2010, 7:58 AM
88 points
229 comments8 min readLW link

That Mag­i­cal Click

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 20, 2010, 4:35 PM
88 points
416 comments5 min readLW link

Goals for which Less Wrong does (and doesn’t) help

AnnaSalamonNov 18, 2010, 10:37 PM
87 points
105 comments4 min readLW link

A Much Bet­ter Life?

PsychohistorianFeb 3, 2010, 8:01 PM
87 points
174 comments2 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

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

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

The Affect Heuris­tic, Sen­ti­ment, and Art

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

For progress to be by ac­cu­mu­la­tion and not by ran­dom walk, read great books

MichaelVassarMar 2, 2010, 8:11 AM
84 points
117 comments3 min readLW link

Self-em­pa­thy as a source of “willpower”

AcademianOct 26, 2010, 2:20 PM
83 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

Ba­bies and Bun­nies: A Cau­tion About Evo-Psych

AlicornFeb 22, 2010, 1:53 AM
81 points
843 comments2 min readLW link

Ab­nor­mal Cryonics

Will_NewsomeMay 26, 2010, 7:43 AM
79 points
420 comments5 min readLW link

You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue

AlicornMar 17, 2010, 1:18 AM
78 points
38 comments4 min readLW link

Con­ver­sa­tion Halters

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 20, 2010, 3:00 PM
78 points
98 comments4 min readLW link

Hack­ing the CEV for Fun and Profit

Wei DaiJun 3, 2010, 8:30 PM
78 points
207 comments1 min readLW link

Don’t judge a skill by its specialists

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

How to pick your categories

[deleted]Nov 11, 2010, 3:13 PM
78 points
22 comments6 min readLW link

Cryp­to­graphic Boxes for Un­friendly AI

paulfchristianoDec 18, 2010, 8:28 AM
76 points
162 comments5 min readLW link

Blue- and Yel­low-Tinted Choices

Scott AlexanderMay 13, 2010, 10:35 PM
75 points
57 comments4 min readLW link

Let’s split the cake, length­wise, up­wise and slantwise

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 25, 2010, 1:15 PM
74 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

Sort­ing Out Sticky Brains

AlicornJan 18, 2010, 4:18 AM
74 points
44 comments3 min readLW link

Er­ror de­tec­tion bias in research

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

Five-minute ra­tio­nal­ity techniques

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

Ap­ply­ing Be­hav­ioral Psy­chol­ogy on Myself

John_MaxwellJun 20, 2010, 6:25 AM
72 points
39 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

How to always have in­ter­est­ing conversations

Kaj_SotalaJun 14, 2010, 12:35 AM
70 points
351 comments2 min readLW link

Pain and gain motivation

Kaj_SotalaApr 7, 2010, 6:48 PM
70 points
144 comments4 min readLW link

Another at­tempt to ex­plain UDT

cousin_itNov 14, 2010, 4:52 PM
70 points
61 comments2 min readLW link

Di­plo­macy as a Game The­ory Laboratory

Scott AlexanderNov 12, 2010, 10:19 PM
69 points
98 comments12 min readLW link

Un­known knowns: Why did you choose to be monog­a­mous?

WrongBotJun 26, 2010, 2:50 AM
69 points
669 comments3 min readLW link

Alien par­a­site tech­ni­cal guy

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

On En­joy­ing Disagree­able Company

AlicornMay 26, 2010, 1:47 AM
68 points
254 comments7 min readLW link

A Tax­on­omy of Bias: The Cog­ni­tive Miser

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

Solve Psy-Kosh’s non-an­thropic problem

cousin_itDec 20, 2010, 9:24 PM
67 points
116 comments1 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 Cam­bist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics

AlicornDec 19, 2010, 2:05 AM
66 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

The Tragedy of the So­cial Episte­mol­ogy Commons

RokoMay 21, 2010, 12:42 PM
66 points
91 comments4 min readLW link

Rea­son­ing isn’t about logic (it’s about ar­gu­ing)

MorendilMar 14, 2010, 4:42 AM
66 points
31 comments3 min readLW link

In­for­ma­tion the­ory and the sym­me­try of up­dat­ing beliefs

AcademianMar 20, 2010, 12:34 AM
65 points
29 comments8 min readLW link

The Fun­da­men­tal Question

MBlumeApr 19, 2010, 4:09 PM
65 points
288 comments1 min readLW link

Com­plex­ity of Value ≠ Com­plex­ity of Outcome

Wei DaiJan 30, 2010, 2:50 AM
65 points
223 comments3 min readLW link

The Dark Arts—Preamble

AuriniOct 11, 2010, 2:01 PM
65 points
140 comments6 min readLW link

Meta: Clean­ing the front page

TesseractDec 20, 2010, 4:45 AM
64 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Levels of communication

Kaj_SotalaMar 23, 2010, 9:32 PM
63 points
73 comments3 min readLW link