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Checklist of Rationality Habits
AnnaSalamon
Nov 7, 2012, 9:19 PM
212
points
189
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Causal Universes
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 29, 2012, 4:08 AM
134
points
395
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Logical Pinpointing
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 2, 2012, 3:33 PM
133
points
345
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on designing policies for oneself
John_Maxwell
Nov 28, 2012, 1:27 AM
113
points
63
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Should correlation coefficients be expressed as angles?
Sniffnoy
Nov 28, 2012, 12:05 AM
101
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
LW Women- Minimizing the Inferential Distance
daenerys
Nov 25, 2012, 11:33 PM
99
points
1,261
comments
7
min read
LW
link
2012 Less Wrong Census/Survey
Scott Alexander
Nov 3, 2012, 11:00 PM
94
points
736
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How minimal is our intelligence?
Douglas_Reay
Nov 25, 2012, 11:34 PM
78
points
214
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Launched: Friendship is Optimal
iceman
Nov 15, 2012, 4:57 AM
77
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How can I reduce existential risk from AI?
lukeprog
Nov 13, 2012, 9:56 PM
63
points
92
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Giving What We Can, 80,000 Hours, and Meta-Charity
wdmacaskill
Nov 15, 2012, 8:34 PM
62
points
184
comments
4
min read
LW
link
AI risk-related improvements to the LW wiki
Kaj_Sotala
Nov 7, 2012, 9:24 AM
59
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Intuitions Aren’t Shared That Way
lukeprog
Nov 29, 2012, 6:19 AM
54
points
237
comments
4
min read
LW
link
A definition of wireheading
Anja
Nov 27, 2012, 7:31 PM
52
points
80
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Sign up to be notified about new LW meetups in your area
Louie
Nov 3, 2012, 10:38 PM
48
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On counting and addition
Anatoly_Vorobey
Nov 9, 2012, 3:26 AM
47
points
23
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Evil AI Overlord List
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 20, 2012, 5:02 PM
44
points
80
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Nov 16-18: Rationality for Entrepreneurs
AnnaSalamon
Nov 8, 2012, 6:15 PM
44
points
58
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Universal agents and utility functions
Anja
Nov 14, 2012, 4:05 AM
43
points
38
comments
6
min read
LW
link
A summary of the Hanson-Yudkowsky FOOM debate
Kaj_Sotala
Nov 15, 2012, 7:25 AM
42
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Philosophy Needs to Trust Your Rationality Even Though It Shouldn’t
lukeprog
Nov 29, 2012, 9:00 PM
42
points
169
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Analyzing FF.net reviews of ‘Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality’
gwern
Nov 3, 2012, 11:47 PM
41
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Voting is like donating thousands of dollars to charity
Academian
Nov 5, 2012, 1:02 AM
41
points
206
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Overconfident Pessimism
lukeprog
Nov 24, 2012, 12:47 AM
37
points
38
comments
4
min read
LW
link
What does the world look like, the day before FAI efforts succeed?
[deleted]
Nov 16, 2012, 8:56 PM
36
points
64
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Collating widely available time/money trades
RyanCarey
Nov 19, 2012, 10:57 PM
35
points
47
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Responses to questions on donating to 80k, GWWC, EAA and LYCS
wdmacaskill
Nov 20, 2012, 10:41 PM
34
points
20
comments
13
min read
LW
link
PROPOSAL: LessWrong for Teenagers
[deleted]
Nov 8, 2012, 6:09 AM
31
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Miracle Mineral Supplement
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 20, 2012, 9:17 PM
29
points
82
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) at Cambridge makes headlines.
betterthanwell
Nov 26, 2012, 8:56 PM
29
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Room for more funding at the Future of Humanity Institute
John_Maxwell
Nov 16, 2012, 8:45 PM
26
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Breakdown of existential risks
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 23, 2012, 2:12 PM
24
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] “Moral Machines” article in the New Yorker links to SI paper
Antisuji
Nov 28, 2012, 1:38 AM
24
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
XKCD—Frequentist vs. Bayesians
brilee
Nov 9, 2012, 5:25 AM
24
points
91
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Credence calibration game FAQ
Academian
Nov 26, 2012, 12:52 AM
24
points
57
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A place for casual, non-karmic discussion for lesswrongers?
[deleted]
Nov 4, 2012, 6:50 PM
24
points
88
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does My Vote Matter?
orthonormal
Nov 5, 2012, 1:23 AM
23
points
77
comments
6
min read
LW
link
SIA fears (expected) infinity
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 12, 2012, 5:23 PM
22
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Simulationist sympathetic magic
DataPacRat
Nov 13, 2012, 3:45 AM
21
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong Parents
saliency
Nov 3, 2012, 4:59 AM
19
points
59
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Desired articles on AI risk?
lukeprog
Nov 2, 2012, 5:39 AM
19
points
26
comments
2
min read
LW
link
CFAR and SI MOOCs: a Great Opportunity
Wrongnesslessness
Nov 13, 2012, 10:30 AM
19
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why is Mencius Moldbug so popular on Less Wrong? [Answer: He’s not.]
arborealhominid
Nov 16, 2012, 6:37 PM
19
points
264
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Teaching English in Shanghai
ShanghaiTEFLer
Nov 2, 2012, 11:13 AM
19
points
69
comments
5
min read
LW
link
“How We’re Predicting AI — or Failing to”
lukeprog
Nov 18, 2012, 10:52 AM
19
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[draft] Responses to Catastrophic AGI Risk: A Survey
Kaj_Sotala
Nov 16, 2012, 2:29 PM
19
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[POLL] AI-FOOM Debate in Sequence Reruns?
MinibearRex
Nov 1, 2012, 4:12 AM
18
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[link] Misinformation and Its Correction: Continued Influence and Successful Debiasing
Kaj_Sotala
Nov 23, 2012, 7:58 AM
18
points
5
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Good Places to Live as a Less Wronger
diegocaleiro
Nov 20, 2012, 3:21 AM
18
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
SIA, conditional probability and Jaan Tallinn’s simulation tree
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 12, 2012, 5:24 PM
18
points
3
comments
7
min read
LW
link
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