Schel­ling fences on slip­pery slopes

Scott AlexanderMar 16, 2012, 11:44 PM
610 points
250 comments6 min readLW link

The non­cen­tral fal­lacy—the worst ar­gu­ment in the world?

Scott AlexanderAug 27, 2012, 3:36 AM
425 points
1,768 comments7 min readLW link

Thoughts on the Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute (SI)

HoldenKarnofskyMay 11, 2012, 4:31 AM
330 points
1,274 comments29 min readLW link

At­ten­tion con­trol is crit­i­cal for chang­ing/​in­creas­ing/​al­ter­ing motivation

kalla724Apr 11, 2012, 12:48 AM
284 points
91 comments7 min readLW link

How I Ended Up Non-Ambitious

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Jan 23, 2012, 11:50 PM
255 points
240 comments10 min readLW link

Eliezer’s Se­quences and Main­stream Academia

lukeprogSep 15, 2012, 12:32 AM
244 points
148 comments4 min readLW link

Can the Chain Still Hold You?

lukeprogJan 13, 2012, 1:28 AM
215 points
361 comments4 min readLW link

Check­list of Ra­tion­al­ity Habits

AnnaSalamonNov 7, 2012, 9:19 PM
212 points
189 comments11 min readLW link

The Use­ful Idea of Truth

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 2, 2012, 6:16 PM
194 points
545 comments14 min readLW link

Fire­wal­ling the Op­ti­mal from the Rational

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 8, 2012, 8:01 AM
175 points
313 comments5 min readLW link

The Power of Reinforcement

lukeprogJun 21, 2012, 1:42 PM
172 points
474 comments4 min readLW link

Game The­ory As A Dark Art

Scott AlexanderJul 24, 2012, 3:27 AM
169 points
108 comments13 min readLW link

Back­ward Rea­son­ing Over De­ci­sion Trees

Scott AlexanderJun 30, 2012, 3:17 AM
167 points
58 comments4 min readLW link

Be Happier

KlevadorApr 16, 2012, 1:51 AM
166 points
267 comments35 min readLW link

An In­tu­itive Ex­pla­na­tion of Solomonoff Induction

Alex_AltairJul 11, 2012, 8:05 AM
163 points
225 comments24 min readLW link

On Say­ing the Obvious

GrognorFeb 2, 2012, 5:13 AM
157 points
47 comments2 min readLW link

Causal Di­a­grams and Causal Models

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 12, 2012, 9:49 PM
154 points
297 comments15 min readLW link

Bayes for Schizophren­ics: Rea­son­ing in Delu­sional Disorders

Scott AlexanderAug 13, 2012, 7:22 PM
153 points
155 comments11 min readLW link

Re­ply to Holden on ‘Tool AI’

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 12, 2012, 6:00 PM
152 points
356 comments17 min readLW link

Nega­tive and Pos­i­tive Selection

alyssavanceJul 6, 2012, 1:34 AM
148 points
263 comments3 min readLW link

What Is Sig­nal­ing, Really?

Scott AlexanderJul 12, 2012, 5:43 PM
146 points
173 comments6 min readLW link

My Al­gorithm for Beat­ing Procrastination

lukeprogFeb 10, 2012, 2:48 AM
146 points
138 comments7 min readLW link

Punc­tu­al­ity—Ar­riv­ing on Time and Math

XachariahMay 3, 2012, 1:35 AM
136 points
40 comments5 min readLW link

Causal Universes

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 29, 2012, 4:08 AM
134 points
395 comments11 min readLW link

Nash Equil­ibria and Schel­ling Points

Scott AlexanderJun 29, 2012, 2:06 AM
134 points
82 comments7 min readLW link

Log­i­cal Pinpointing

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 2, 2012, 3:33 PM
133 points
345 comments10 min readLW link

Proofs, Im­pli­ca­tions, and Models

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 30, 2012, 1:02 PM
131 points
218 comments12 min readLW link

The Re­la­tion Pro­jec­tion Fal­lacy and the pur­pose of life

AcademianDec 28, 2012, 4:14 AM
129 points
42 comments3 min readLW link

Neu­ro­science ba­sics for LessWrongians

ChrisHallquistJul 26, 2012, 5:10 AM
129 points
102 comments13 min readLW link

Ra­tional Tooth­paste: A Case Study

badgerMay 31, 2012, 12:31 AM
129 points
60 comments6 min readLW link

The ra­tio­nal ra­tio­nal­ist’s guide to ra­tio­nally us­ing “ra­tio­nal” in ra­tio­nal post titles

VaniverMay 27, 2012, 7:13 PM
127 points
52 comments1 min readLW link

Urges vs. Goals: The anal­ogy to an­ti­ci­pa­tion and belief

AnnaSalamonJan 24, 2012, 11:57 PM
126 points
71 comments7 min readLW link

Less Wrong Polls in Comments

jimrandomhSep 19, 2012, 4:19 PM
125 points
311 comments1 min readLW link

How to avoid dy­ing in a car crash

[deleted]Mar 17, 2012, 7:44 PM
125 points
295 comments7 min readLW link

The prob­lem with too many ra­tio­nal memes

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Jan 19, 2012, 12:56 AM
122 points
342 comments3 min readLW link

2012 Sur­vey Results

Scott AlexanderDec 7, 2012, 9:04 PM
120 points
653 comments19 min readLW link

[Tran­script] Richard Feyn­man on Why Questions

GrognorJan 8, 2012, 7:01 PM
116 points
45 comments5 min readLW link

Train Philoso­phers with Pearl and Kah­ne­man, not Plato and Kant

lukeprogDec 6, 2012, 12:42 AM
116 points
515 comments3 min readLW link

Friend­ship is Op­ti­mal: A My Lit­tle Pony fan­fic about an op­ti­miza­tion process

icemanSep 8, 2012, 6:16 AM
114 points
152 comments1 min readLW link

Skill: The Map is Not the Territory

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 6, 2012, 9:59 AM
114 points
180 comments5 min readLW link

Thoughts on de­sign­ing poli­cies for oneself

John_MaxwellNov 28, 2012, 1:27 AM
113 points
63 comments7 min readLW link

The Sub­sti­tu­tion Principle

Kaj_SotalaJan 28, 2012, 4:20 AM
112 points
65 comments4 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­o­ries: A Less Wrong Primer

orthonormalMar 13, 2012, 11:31 PM
110 points
174 comments8 min readLW link

New cog­ni­tive bias ar­ti­cles on wikipe­dia (up­date)

nerfhammerMar 9, 2012, 8:13 PM
108 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Plasti­na­tion is ma­tur­ing and needs fund­ing, says Hanson

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 20, 2012, 8:00 PM
105 points
47 comments1 min readLW link
(www.overcomingbias.com)

What are the op­ti­mal bi­ases to over­come?

aaronswAug 4, 2012, 3:04 PM
103 points
70 comments2 min readLW link

Stuff That Makes Stuff Happen

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 18, 2012, 10:49 AM
103 points
128 comments9 min readLW link

Causal­ity: a chap­ter by chap­ter review

VaniverSep 26, 2012, 4:55 PM
103 points
20 comments12 min readLW link

How To Have Things Correctly

AlicornOct 17, 2012, 6:10 AM
101 points
219 comments6 min readLW link

Should cor­re­la­tion co­effi­cients be ex­pressed as an­gles?

SniffnoyNov 28, 2012, 12:05 AM
101 points
25 comments2 min readLW link