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The 5-Se­cond Level

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 7, 2011, 4:51 AM
243 points
328 comments8 min readLW link

Schol­ar­ship: How to Do It Efficiently

lukeprogMay 9, 2011, 10:05 PM
240 points
147 comments5 min readLW link

SIAI—An Examination

BrandonReinhartMay 2, 2011, 7:08 AM
182 points
208 comments13 min readLW link

The Power of Agency

lukeprogMay 7, 2011, 1:38 AM
114 points
78 comments1 min readLW link

Mea­sur­ing aver­sion and habit strength

AcademianMay 27, 2011, 1:05 AM
111 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Con­cep­tual Anal­y­sis and Mo­ral Theory

lukeprogMay 16, 2011, 6:28 AM
95 points
481 comments8 min readLW link

How and Why to Granularize

lukeprogMay 17, 2011, 3:16 PM
87 points
60 comments4 min readLW link

A sum­mary of Sav­age’s foun­da­tions for prob­a­bil­ity and util­ity.

SniffnoyMay 22, 2011, 7:56 PM
84 points
92 comments13 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist horo­scopes: A low-hang­ing util­ity gen­er­a­tor.

AdeleneDawnerMay 22, 2011, 9:37 AM
79 points
80 comments2 min readLW link

Teach­able Ra­tion­al­ity Skills

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 27, 2011, 9:57 PM
74 points
263 comments1 min readLW link

What we’re losing

PhilGoetzMay 15, 2011, 3:34 AM
72 points
79 comments1 min readLW link

Suffer­ing as at­ten­tion-al­lo­ca­tional conflict

Kaj_SotalaMay 18, 2011, 3:12 PM
71 points
63 comments4 min readLW link

LW Biol­ogy 101 In­tro­duc­tion: Con­strain­ing Anticipation

virtualAdeptMay 25, 2011, 12:32 AM
70 points
29 comments6 min readLW link

Ethics and ra­tio­nal­ity of suicide

anonymous259May 2, 2011, 1:38 AM
70 points
205 comments2 min readLW link

Liv­ing For­ever is Hard, or, The Gom­pertz Curve

gwernMay 17, 2011, 9:08 PM
67 points
87 comments3 min readLW link

The Joys of Con­ju­gate Priors

TCBMay 21, 2011, 2:41 AM
63 points
24 comments5 min readLW link

Na­ture: Red, in Truth and Qualia

orthonormalMay 29, 2011, 11:50 PM
62 points
64 comments6 min readLW link

Dominus’ Razor

badgerMay 26, 2011, 1:05 AM
61 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Over­com­ing suffer­ing: Emo­tional acceptance

Kaj_SotalaMay 29, 2011, 10:57 AM
60 points
44 comments6 min readLW link

Death Note, Anonymity, and In­for­ma­tion Theory

gwernMay 8, 2011, 3:44 PM
60 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

In­fer­ring Our Desires

lukeprogMay 24, 2011, 5:33 AM
60 points
45 comments6 min readLW link

A Game­play Ex­plo­ra­tion of Yud­kowsky’s “Twelve Virtues”

ac3ravenMay 18, 2011, 6:56 PM
59 points
28 comments2 min readLW link

Bias in cap­i­tal pro­ject de­ci­sion making

jsalvatierMay 26, 2011, 6:06 PM
56 points
23 comments4 min readLW link

On the An­thropic Trilemma

KatjaGraceMay 19, 2011, 3:57 PM
54 points
50 comments9 min readLW link

See­ing Red: Dis­solv­ing Mary’s Room and Qualia

orthonormalMay 26, 2011, 5:47 PM
54 points
160 comments6 min readLW link

The cost of uni­ver­sal cryonics

handoflixueMay 26, 2011, 2:33 AM
52 points
42 comments5 min readLW link

On Be­ing Okay with the Truth

lukeprogMay 2, 2011, 12:17 AM
51 points
73 comments2 min readLW link

The Cog­ni­tive Costs to Do­ing Things

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)May 2, 2011, 9:13 AM
49 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

How some al­gorithms feel from inside

cousin_itMay 17, 2011, 11:26 AM
48 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Seek­ing sug­ges­tions: Less Wrong Biol­ogy 101

virtualAdeptMay 20, 2011, 3:28 PM
46 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Pre­dictably Ir­ra­tional by Dan Ariely

erratioMay 8, 2011, 8:13 AM
46 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

The Aliens have Landed!

TimFreemanMay 19, 2011, 5:09 PM
46 points
158 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­am­ple de­ci­sion the­ory prob­lem: “Agent simu­lates pre­dic­tor”

cousin_itMay 19, 2011, 3:16 PM
45 points
76 comments2 min readLW link

Up­com­ing meet-ups: Buenos Aires, Min­neapo­lis, Ot­tawa, Ed­in­burgh, Cam­bridge, Lon­don, DC

AnnaSalamonMay 13, 2011, 8:49 PM
44 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

In­tu­ition and Un­con­scious Learning

lukeprogMay 6, 2011, 6:47 PM
44 points
10 comments5 min readLW link

A Study of Scar­let: The Con­scious Men­tal Graph

orthonormalMay 27, 2011, 8:13 PM
44 points
9 comments6 min readLW link

Episte­mol­ogy and the Psy­chol­ogy of Hu­man Judgment

badgerMay 28, 2011, 5:15 AM
44 points
9 comments11 min readLW link

Coloniza­tion mod­els: a pro­gram­ming tu­to­rial (Part 1/​2)

snarlesMay 16, 2011, 11:33 PM
42 points
6 comments15 min readLW link

But But­ter Goes Ran­cid In The Freezer

JenniferRMMay 9, 2011, 6:01 AM
42 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

De­sign­ing Ra­tion­al­ist Projects

calcsamMay 12, 2011, 3:38 AM
41 points
81 comments4 min readLW link

Offi­cial Less Wrong Redesign: Nearly there

mattMay 24, 2011, 7:20 AM
39 points
75 comments1 min readLW link

How To Be More Con­fi­dent… That You’re Wrong

Wei DaiMay 22, 2011, 11:30 PM
38 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

GiveWell.org in­ter­views SIAI

Paul CrowleyMay 5, 2011, 4:29 PM
38 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Holy Books (Or Ra­tion­al­ist Se­quences) Don’t Im­ple­ment Themselves

calcsamMay 10, 2011, 7:15 AM
38 points
149 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist Horo­scopes: Low-hang­ing util­ity gen­er­a­tor?

AdeleneDawnerMay 18, 2011, 9:52 PM
37 points
81 comments2 min readLW link

Self-pro­gram­ming through spaced repetition

[deleted]May 25, 2011, 12:02 AM
37 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Karma Bub­ble Fix (Grease­mon­key script)

Vladimir_NesovMay 7, 2011, 1:14 PM
36 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Beyond Smart and Stupid

PhilGoetzMay 17, 2011, 6:25 AM
36 points
44 comments3 min readLW link

Miti­gat­ing So­cial Awkwardness

CayenneMay 1, 2011, 12:54 AM
36 points
162 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ment Idea Thread - Spring 2011

PsychohistorianMay 6, 2011, 6:10 PM
35 points
54 comments1 min readLW link