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The Relation Projection Fallacy and the purpose of life
Academian
28 Dec 2012 4:14 UTC
129
points
42
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2012 Survey Results
Scott Alexander
7 Dec 2012 21:04 UTC
120
points
653
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Train Philosophers with Pearl and Kahneman, not Plato and Kant
lukeprog
6 Dec 2012 0:42 UTC
116
points
515
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Lifeism in the midst of death
TobyBartels
9 Dec 2012 13:28 UTC
97
points
19
comments
4
min read
LW
link
By Which It May Be Judged
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10 Dec 2012 4:26 UTC
95
points
941
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Against NHST
gwern
21 Dec 2012 4:45 UTC
94
points
66
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Ontological Crisis in Humans
Wei Dai
18 Dec 2012 17:32 UTC
89
points
69
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Standard and Nonstandard Numbers
Eliezer Yudkowsky
20 Dec 2012 3:23 UTC
82
points
89
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Godel’s Completeness and Incompleteness Theorems
Eliezer Yudkowsky
25 Dec 2012 1:16 UTC
80
points
87
comments
11
min read
LW
link
So you think you understand Quantum Mechanics
Shmi
22 Dec 2012 21:16 UTC
65
points
64
comments
3
min read
LW
link
My workflow
paulfchristiano
9 Dec 2012 21:16 UTC
64
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Beware Selective Nihilism
Wei Dai
20 Dec 2012 18:53 UTC
62
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
UFAI cannot be the Great Filter
Thrasymachus
22 Dec 2012 11:26 UTC
61
points
93
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Mixed Reference: The Great Reductionist Project
Eliezer Yudkowsky
5 Dec 2012 0:26 UTC
61
points
358
comments
9
min read
LW
link
What science needs
PhilGoetz
2 Dec 2012 22:31 UTC
58
points
84
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Three kinds of moral uncertainty
Kaj_Sotala
30 Dec 2012 10:43 UTC
57
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Participation in the LW Community Associated with Less Bias
Unnamed
9 Dec 2012 12:15 UTC
56
points
50
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Ritual 2012: A Moment of Darkness
Raemon
28 Dec 2012 9:09 UTC
54
points
136
comments
10
min read
LW
link
LessWrong podcasts
Louie
3 Dec 2012 8:44 UTC
53
points
99
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why you must maximize expected utility
Benya
13 Dec 2012 1:11 UTC
50
points
76
comments
21
min read
LW
link
Rational subjects and rational practitioners
Richard_Kennaway
11 Dec 2012 14:40 UTC
50
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
2012 Winter Fundraiser for the Singularity Institute
lukeprog
6 Dec 2012 22:41 UTC
48
points
113
comments
3
min read
LW
link
My experience as an Australian work-holiday maker
MileyCyrus
9 Dec 2012 22:09 UTC
48
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Narrative, self-image, and self-communication
Academian
19 Dec 2012 9:42 UTC
48
points
51
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Factions, inequality, and social justice
John_Maxwell
3 Dec 2012 19:37 UTC
44
points
173
comments
6
min read
LW
link
New censorship: against hypothetical violence against identifiable people
Eliezer Yudkowsky
23 Dec 2012 21:00 UTC
43
points
448
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S.
[deleted]
2 Dec 2012 12:50 UTC
43
points
44
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Notes on Psychopathy
gwern
19 Dec 2012 4:02 UTC
42
points
100
comments
35
min read
LW
link
Help Reform A Philosophy Curriculum
JonathanLivengood
8 Dec 2012 22:45 UTC
38
points
24
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Claiming Connotations
Error
9 Dec 2012 23:40 UTC
37
points
23
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Ideal Advisor Theories and Personal CEV
lukeprog
25 Dec 2012 13:04 UTC
35
points
35
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Morality Isn’t Logical
Wei Dai
26 Dec 2012 23:08 UTC
35
points
86
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LessWrong Survey Results: Do Ethical Theories Affect Behavior?
Peter Wildeford
19 Dec 2012 8:40 UTC
35
points
47
comments
5
min read
LW
link
That Thing That Happened
[deleted]
18 Dec 2012 12:29 UTC
33
points
85
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why (anthropic) probability isn’t enough
Stuart_Armstrong
13 Dec 2012 16:09 UTC
33
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The ongoing transformation of quantum field theory
Mitchell_Porter
29 Dec 2012 9:45 UTC
32
points
19
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Ritual Report 2012: Life, Death, Light, Darkness, and Love.
Raemon
23 Dec 2012 18:56 UTC
30
points
200
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Statistical checks on some social science
NancyLebovitz
17 Dec 2012 17:23 UTC
30
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
More Cryonics Probability Estimates
jefftk
17 Dec 2012 20:59 UTC
30
points
89
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What if “status” IS a terminal value for most people?
handoflixue
24 Dec 2012 20:31 UTC
29
points
112
comments
2
min read
LW
link
META: Deletion policy
Eliezer Yudkowsky
26 Dec 2012 1:46 UTC
28
points
92
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bounding the impact of AGI
Louie
18 Dec 2012 19:47 UTC
27
points
13
comments
5
min read
LW
link
A utility-maximizing varient of AIXI
AlexMennen
17 Dec 2012 3:48 UTC
26
points
20
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Dying in Many Worlds
Ghatanathoah
21 Dec 2012 11:48 UTC
25
points
40
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Link] Ideology, Motivated Reasoning, and Cognitive Reflection: An Experimental Study
[deleted]
2 Dec 2012 14:43 UTC
24
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Parallelizing Rationality: How Should Rationalists Think in Groups?
almkglor
17 Dec 2012 4:08 UTC
21
points
23
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Akrasia survey data analysis
John_Maxwell
8 Dec 2012 3:53 UTC
20
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Noisy Reasoners
lukeprog
13 Dec 2012 7:53 UTC
20
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What information has surprised you most recently?
FiftyTwo
9 Dec 2012 4:43 UTC
20
points
123
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bad news for uploading
PhilGoetz
13 Dec 2012 23:32 UTC
19
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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