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How to Beat Procrastination
lukeprog
5 Feb 2011 18:49 UTC
276
points
162
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Procedural Knowledge Gaps
Alicorn
8 Feb 2011 3:17 UTC
197
points
1,495
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Make your training useful
AnnaSalamon
12 Feb 2011 2:14 UTC
140
points
46
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Some Heuristics for Evaluating the Soundness of the Academic Mainstream in Unfamiliar Fields
Vladimir_M
15 Feb 2011 9:17 UTC
100
points
274
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Ability to react
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
18 Feb 2011 19:19 UTC
100
points
99
comments
4
min read
LW
link
A rationalist’s guide to psychoactive drugs
Skatche
10 Feb 2011 1:01 UTC
95
points
48
comments
17
min read
LW
link
Science: Do It Yourself
alyssavance
13 Feb 2011 4:47 UTC
91
points
206
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Fun and Games with Cognitive Biases
Cosmos
18 Feb 2011 20:38 UTC
85
points
28
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Use curiosity
AnnaSalamon
25 Feb 2011 22:23 UTC
85
points
61
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Urgent Meta-Ethics of Friendly Artificial Intelligence
lukeprog
1 Feb 2011 14:15 UTC
75
points
252
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Value of Theoretical Research
paulfchristiano
25 Feb 2011 18:06 UTC
65
points
53
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Secure Your Beliefs
lukeprog
12 Feb 2011 16:53 UTC
59
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
You’re in Newcomb’s Box
HonoreDB
5 Feb 2011 20:46 UTC
59
points
176
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Settled questions in philosophy
lukeprog
16 Feb 2011 6:53 UTC
56
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Starting a LW meet-up is easy.
AnnaSalamon
1 Feb 2011 4:05 UTC
54
points
60
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is GiveWell.org the best charity (excluding SIAI)?
syllogism
26 Feb 2011 13:37 UTC
52
points
61
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Making money with Bitcoin?
Clippy
16 Feb 2011 19:17 UTC
49
points
129
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fast Minds and Slow Computers
jacob_cannell
5 Feb 2011 10:05 UTC
47
points
93
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Philosophers and seeking answers
Scott Alexander
4 Feb 2011 22:51 UTC
41
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Time Magazine has an article about the Singularity...
Raemon
11 Feb 2011 2:20 UTC
40
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup posts as discussion threads, please
Jonii
14 Feb 2011 11:49 UTC
39
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Algorithms as Case Studies in Rationality
abramdemski
14 Feb 2011 18:27 UTC
38
points
40
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Why Do We Engage in Moral Simplification?
Wei Dai
14 Feb 2011 1:16 UTC
34
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
My hour-long interview with Yudkowsky on “Becoming a Rationalist”
lukeprog
6 Feb 2011 3:19 UTC
33
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to make your intuitions cost-sensitive
apophenia
8 Feb 2011 9:59 UTC
32
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Isn’t this sitemeter logging a bit too excessive?
DanielVarga
2 Feb 2011 20:55 UTC
29
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[link] On Reasonable Efforts
Kaj_Sotala
26 Feb 2011 9:57 UTC
27
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Space Stasis: What the strange persistence of rockets can teach us about innovation
Kaj_Sotala
3 Feb 2011 18:36 UTC
26
points
20
comments
5
min read
LW
link
What does your web of beliefs look like, as of today?
lukeprog
20 Feb 2011 19:47 UTC
23
points
30
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Scholarship and DIY Science
[deleted]
18 Feb 2011 6:37 UTC
22
points
20
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Existential Risk Reduction Career Network
FrankAdamek
27 Feb 2011 0:27 UTC
21
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Strong substrate independence: a thing that goes wrong in my mind when exposed to philosophy
HonoreDB
18 Feb 2011 1:40 UTC
21
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LINK: Bostrom & Yudkowsky, “The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence” (2011)
lukeprog
27 Feb 2011 17:43 UTC
21
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Solomonoff Induction, by Shane Legg
cousin_it
21 Feb 2011 0:32 UTC
21
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes: February 2011
gwern
1 Feb 2011 17:46 UTC
21
points
355
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On Charities and Linear Utility
Anatoly_Vorobey
4 Feb 2011 14:13 UTC
21
points
59
comments
6
min read
LW
link
SUGGEST and VOTE: Posts We Want to Read on Less Wrong
lukeprog
7 Feb 2011 2:51 UTC
21
points
105
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Age, fluid intelligence, and intelligent posts
InquilineKea
20 Feb 2011 9:06 UTC
21
points
51
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Social Necessity of Drinking
Raemon
13 Feb 2011 22:52 UTC
20
points
97
comments
1
min read
LW
link
BOOK DRAFT: ‘Ethics and Superintelligence’ (part 1, revised)
lukeprog
22 Feb 2011 20:59 UTC
20
points
38
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Reaching the general public
Richard_Kennaway
7 Feb 2011 17:52 UTC
20
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is Morality a Valid Preference?
MinibearRex
21 Feb 2011 1:18 UTC
19
points
75
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Optimal Employment Open Thread
[deleted]
14 Feb 2011 22:49 UTC
18
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Research methods
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
22 Feb 2011 6:10 UTC
18
points
42
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Go Try Things
atucker
25 Feb 2011 6:23 UTC
18
points
28
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Torturing people for fun
cousin_it
14 Feb 2011 20:52 UTC
18
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
BOOK DRAFT: ‘Ethics and Superintelligence’ (part 1)
lukeprog
13 Feb 2011 10:09 UTC
18
points
112
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Open Thread: Mathematics
bentarm
13 Feb 2011 23:50 UTC
18
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Write It Like A Poem
Strange7
16 Feb 2011 15:11 UTC
18
points
40
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Brains more complicated than previously thought
NancyLebovitz
18 Feb 2011 15:37 UTC
17
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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