The Re­la­tion Pro­jec­tion Fal­lacy and the pur­pose of life

Academian28 Dec 2012 4:14 UTC
129 points
42 comments3 min readLW link

2012 Sur­vey Results

Scott Alexander7 Dec 2012 21:04 UTC
120 points
653 comments19 min readLW link

Train Philoso­phers with Pearl and Kah­ne­man, not Plato and Kant

lukeprog6 Dec 2012 0:42 UTC
116 points
515 comments3 min readLW link

Lifeism in the midst of death

TobyBartels9 Dec 2012 13:28 UTC
97 points
19 comments4 min readLW link

By Which It May Be Judged

Eliezer Yudkowsky10 Dec 2012 4:26 UTC
95 points
941 comments11 min readLW link

Against NHST

gwern21 Dec 2012 4:45 UTC
94 points
66 comments4 min readLW link

On­tolog­i­cal Cri­sis in Humans

Wei Dai18 Dec 2012 17:32 UTC
89 points
69 comments4 min readLW link

Stan­dard and Non­stan­dard Numbers

Eliezer Yudkowsky20 Dec 2012 3:23 UTC
82 points
89 comments15 min readLW link

Godel’s Com­plete­ness and In­com­plete­ness Theorems

Eliezer Yudkowsky25 Dec 2012 1:16 UTC
80 points
87 comments11 min readLW link

So you think you un­der­stand Quan­tum Mechanics

Shmi22 Dec 2012 21:16 UTC
65 points
64 comments3 min readLW link

My workflow

paulfchristiano9 Dec 2012 21:16 UTC
64 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Be­ware Selec­tive Nihilism

Wei Dai20 Dec 2012 18:53 UTC
62 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

UFAI can­not be the Great Filter

Thrasymachus22 Dec 2012 11:26 UTC
61 points
93 comments3 min readLW link

Mixed Refer­ence: The Great Re­duc­tion­ist Project

Eliezer Yudkowsky5 Dec 2012 0:26 UTC
61 points
358 comments9 min readLW link

What sci­ence needs

PhilGoetz2 Dec 2012 22:31 UTC
58 points
84 comments7 min readLW link

Three kinds of moral uncertainty

Kaj_Sotala30 Dec 2012 10:43 UTC
57 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Par­ti­ci­pa­tion in the LW Com­mu­nity As­so­ci­ated with Less Bias

Unnamed9 Dec 2012 12:15 UTC
56 points
50 comments12 min readLW link

Ri­tual 2012: A Mo­ment of Darkness

Raemon28 Dec 2012 9:09 UTC
54 points
136 comments10 min readLW link

LessWrong podcasts

Louie3 Dec 2012 8:44 UTC
53 points
99 comments1 min readLW link

Why you must max­i­mize ex­pected utility

Benya13 Dec 2012 1:11 UTC
50 points
76 comments21 min readLW link

Ra­tional sub­jects and ra­tio­nal practitioners

Richard_Kennaway11 Dec 2012 14:40 UTC
50 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

2012 Win­ter Fundraiser for the Sin­gu­lar­ity Institute

lukeprog6 Dec 2012 22:41 UTC
48 points
113 comments3 min readLW link

My ex­pe­rience as an Aus­tralian work-holi­day maker

MileyCyrus9 Dec 2012 22:09 UTC
48 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

Nar­ra­tive, self-image, and self-communication

Academian19 Dec 2012 9:42 UTC
48 points
51 comments5 min readLW link

Fac­tions, in­equal­ity, and so­cial justice

John_Maxwell3 Dec 2012 19:37 UTC
44 points
173 comments6 min readLW link

New cen­sor­ship: against hy­po­thet­i­cal vi­o­lence against iden­ti­fi­able people

Eliezer Yudkowsky23 Dec 2012 21:00 UTC
43 points
448 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S.

[deleted]2 Dec 2012 12:50 UTC
43 points
44 comments2 min readLW link

Notes on Psychopathy

gwern19 Dec 2012 4:02 UTC
42 points
100 comments35 min readLW link

Help Re­form A Philos­o­phy Curriculum

JonathanLivengood8 Dec 2012 22:45 UTC
38 points
24 comments5 min readLW link

Claiming Connotations

Error9 Dec 2012 23:40 UTC
37 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Ideal Ad­vi­sor The­o­ries and Per­sonal CEV

lukeprog25 Dec 2012 13:04 UTC
35 points
35 comments10 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity Isn’t Logical

Wei Dai26 Dec 2012 23:08 UTC
35 points
86 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong Sur­vey Re­sults: Do Eth­i­cal The­o­ries Affect Be­hav­ior?

Peter Wildeford19 Dec 2012 8:40 UTC
35 points
47 comments5 min readLW link

That Thing That Happened

[deleted]18 Dec 2012 12:29 UTC
33 points
85 comments2 min readLW link

Why (an­thropic) prob­a­bil­ity isn’t enough

Stuart_Armstrong13 Dec 2012 16:09 UTC
33 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

The on­go­ing trans­for­ma­tion of quan­tum field theory

Mitchell_Porter29 Dec 2012 9:45 UTC
32 points
19 comments3 min readLW link

Ri­tual Re­port 2012: Life, Death, Light, Dark­ness, and Love.

Raemon23 Dec 2012 18:56 UTC
30 points
200 comments4 min readLW link

Statis­ti­cal checks on some so­cial science

NancyLebovitz17 Dec 2012 17:23 UTC
30 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

More Cry­on­ics Prob­a­bil­ity Estimates

jefftk17 Dec 2012 20:59 UTC
30 points
89 comments3 min readLW link

What if “sta­tus” IS a ter­mi­nal value for most peo­ple?

handoflixue24 Dec 2012 20:31 UTC
29 points
112 comments2 min readLW link

META: Dele­tion policy

Eliezer Yudkowsky26 Dec 2012 1:46 UTC
28 points
92 comments1 min readLW link

Bound­ing the im­pact of AGI

Louie18 Dec 2012 19:47 UTC
27 points
13 comments5 min readLW link

A util­ity-max­i­miz­ing vari­ent of AIXI

AlexMennen17 Dec 2012 3:48 UTC
26 points
20 comments5 min readLW link

Dy­ing in Many Worlds

Ghatanathoah21 Dec 2012 11:48 UTC
25 points
40 comments5 min readLW link

[Link] Ide­ol­ogy, Mo­ti­vated Rea­son­ing, and Cog­ni­tive Reflec­tion: An Ex­per­i­men­tal Study

[deleted]2 Dec 2012 14:43 UTC
24 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Par­alleliz­ing Ra­tion­al­ity: How Should Ra­tion­al­ists Think in Groups?

almkglor17 Dec 2012 4:08 UTC
21 points
23 comments11 min readLW link

Akra­sia sur­vey data analysis

John_Maxwell8 Dec 2012 3:53 UTC
20 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Noisy Reasoners

lukeprog13 Dec 2012 7:53 UTC
20 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

What in­for­ma­tion has sur­prised you most re­cently?

FiftyTwo9 Dec 2012 4:43 UTC
20 points
123 comments1 min readLW link

Bad news for uploading

PhilGoetz13 Dec 2012 23:32 UTC
19 points
6 comments1 min readLW link