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The Re­la­tion Pro­jec­tion Fal­lacy and the pur­pose of life

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

2012 Sur­vey Results

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

Train Philoso­phers with Pearl and Kah­ne­man, not Plato and Kant

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

Lifeism in the midst of death

TobyBartelsDec 9, 2012, 1:28 PM
97 points
19 comments4 min readLW link

By Which It May Be Judged

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 10, 2012, 4:26 AM
96 points
941 comments11 min readLW link

Against NHST

gwernDec 21, 2012, 4:45 AM
94 points
66 comments4 min readLW link

On­tolog­i­cal Cri­sis in Humans

Wei DaiDec 18, 2012, 5:32 PM
90 points
69 comments4 min readLW link

Stan­dard and Non­stan­dard Numbers

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 20, 2012, 3:23 AM
82 points
89 comments15 min readLW link

Godel’s Com­plete­ness and In­com­plete­ness Theorems

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 25, 2012, 1:16 AM
80 points
87 comments11 min readLW link

My workflow

paulfchristianoDec 9, 2012, 9:16 PM
65 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

So you think you un­der­stand Quan­tum Mechanics

ShmiDec 22, 2012, 9:16 PM
65 points
64 comments3 min readLW link

Be­ware Selec­tive Nihilism

Wei DaiDec 20, 2012, 6:53 PM
63 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

UFAI can­not be the Great Filter

ThrasymachusDec 22, 2012, 11:26 AM
62 points
93 comments3 min readLW link

Mixed Refer­ence: The Great Re­duc­tion­ist Project

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 5, 2012, 12:26 AM
61 points
360 comments9 min readLW link

What sci­ence needs

PhilGoetzDec 2, 2012, 10:31 PM
58 points
84 comments7 min readLW link

Three kinds of moral uncertainty

Kaj_SotalaDec 30, 2012, 10:43 AM
57 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Par­ti­ci­pa­tion in the LW Com­mu­nity As­so­ci­ated with Less Bias

UnnamedDec 9, 2012, 12:15 PM
56 points
50 comments12 min readLW link

Ri­tual 2012: A Mo­ment of Darkness

RaemonDec 28, 2012, 9:09 AM
54 points
136 comments10 min readLW link

LessWrong podcasts

LouieDec 3, 2012, 8:44 AM
53 points
99 comments1 min readLW link

Why you must max­i­mize ex­pected utility

BenyaDec 13, 2012, 1:11 AM
50 points
76 comments21 min readLW link

Ra­tional sub­jects and ra­tio­nal practitioners

Richard_KennawayDec 11, 2012, 2:40 PM
50 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

2012 Win­ter Fundraiser for the Sin­gu­lar­ity Institute

lukeprogDec 6, 2012, 10:41 PM
48 points
113 comments3 min readLW link

My ex­pe­rience as an Aus­tralian work-holi­day maker

MileyCyrusDec 9, 2012, 10:09 PM
48 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

Nar­ra­tive, self-image, and self-communication

AcademianDec 19, 2012, 9:42 AM
48 points
51 comments5 min readLW link

Fac­tions, in­equal­ity, and so­cial justice

John_MaxwellDec 3, 2012, 7:37 PM
44 points
173 comments6 min readLW link

New cen­sor­ship: against hy­po­thet­i­cal vi­o­lence against iden­ti­fi­able people

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 23, 2012, 9:00 PM
43 points
448 comments1 min readLW link

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

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

Notes on Psychopathy

gwernDec 19, 2012, 4:02 AM
42 points
100 comments35 min readLW link

Help Re­form A Philos­o­phy Curriculum

JonathanLivengoodDec 8, 2012, 10:45 PM
38 points
24 comments5 min readLW link

Claiming Connotations

ErrorDec 9, 2012, 11:40 PM
37 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Ideal Ad­vi­sor The­o­ries and Per­sonal CEV

lukeprogDec 25, 2012, 1:04 PM
35 points
35 comments10 min readLW link

LessWrong Sur­vey Re­sults: Do Eth­i­cal The­o­ries Affect Be­hav­ior?

Peter WildefordDec 19, 2012, 8:40 AM
35 points
47 comments5 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity Isn’t Logical

Wei DaiDec 26, 2012, 11:08 PM
35 points
86 comments1 min readLW link

Why (an­thropic) prob­a­bil­ity isn’t enough

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 13, 2012, 4:09 PM
33 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

That Thing That Happened

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

The on­go­ing trans­for­ma­tion of quan­tum field theory

Mitchell_PorterDec 29, 2012, 9:45 AM
32 points
19 comments3 min readLW link

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

RaemonDec 23, 2012, 6:56 PM
30 points
200 comments4 min readLW link

Statis­ti­cal checks on some so­cial science

NancyLebovitzDec 17, 2012, 5:23 PM
30 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

More Cry­on­ics Prob­a­bil­ity Estimates

jefftkDec 17, 2012, 8:59 PM
30 points
89 comments3 min readLW link

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

handoflixueDec 24, 2012, 8:31 PM
29 points
112 comments2 min readLW link

META: Dele­tion policy

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 26, 2012, 1:46 AM
28 points
92 comments1 min readLW link

Bound­ing the im­pact of AGI

LouieDec 18, 2012, 7:47 PM
27 points
13 comments5 min readLW link

A util­ity-max­i­miz­ing vari­ent of AIXI

AlexMennenDec 17, 2012, 3:48 AM
26 points
22 comments5 min readLW link

Dy­ing in Many Worlds

GhatanathoahDec 21, 2012, 11:48 AM
25 points
40 comments5 min readLW link

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

[deleted]Dec 2, 2012, 2:43 PM
24 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Par­alleliz­ing Ra­tion­al­ity: How Should Ra­tion­al­ists Think in Groups?

almkglorDec 17, 2012, 4:08 AM
21 points
23 comments11 min readLW link

Akra­sia sur­vey data analysis

John_MaxwellDec 8, 2012, 3:53 AM
20 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Noisy Reasoners

lukeprogDec 13, 2012, 7:53 AM
20 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

What in­for­ma­tion has sur­prised you most re­cently?

FiftyTwoDec 9, 2012, 4:43 AM
20 points
123 comments1 min readLW link

Bad news for uploading

PhilGoetzDec 13, 2012, 11:32 PM
19 points
6 comments1 min readLW link