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The noncentral fallacy—the worst argument in the world?
Scott Alexander
27 Aug 2012 3:36 UTC
418
points
1,768
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Bayes for Schizophrenics: Reasoning in Delusional Disorders
Scott Alexander
13 Aug 2012 19:22 UTC
151
points
155
comments
11
min read
LW
link
What are the optimal biases to overcome?
aaronsw
4 Aug 2012 15:04 UTC
103
points
70
comments
2
min read
LW
link
AI timeline predictions: are we getting better?
Stuart_Armstrong
17 Aug 2012 7:07 UTC
79
points
81
comments
4
min read
LW
link
“Epiphany addiction”
cousin_it
3 Aug 2012 17:52 UTC
69
points
90
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LessWrong could grow a lot, but we’re doing it wrong.
Epiphany
20 Aug 2012 5:21 UTC
66
points
107
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A model of UDT with a concrete prior over logical statements
Benya
28 Aug 2012 21:45 UTC
62
points
24
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Who Wants To Start An Important Startup?
ShannonFriedman
16 Aug 2012 20:02 UTC
59
points
413
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Why Don’t People Help Others More?
Peter Wildeford
13 Aug 2012 23:34 UTC
54
points
85
comments
10
min read
LW
link
The High Impact Network (THINK) - Launching Now
Raemon
8 Aug 2012 2:29 UTC
51
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Self-skepticism: the first principle of rationality
aaronsw
6 Aug 2012 0:51 UTC
50
points
86
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Decision Theories, Part 3.5: Halt, Melt and Catch Fire
orthonormal
26 Aug 2012 22:40 UTC
49
points
35
comments
5
min read
LW
link
An angle of attack on Open Problem #1
Benya
18 Aug 2012 12:08 UTC
48
points
85
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Solving the two envelopes problem
rstarkov
9 Aug 2012 13:42 UTC
45
points
33
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Issue 301 shipped: Show parent comments on /comments
matt
3 Aug 2012 6:14 UTC
43
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anyone know of empirically driven lobbying efforts?
palladias
27 Aug 2012 22:02 UTC
37
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mike Darwin on animal research, moral cowardice, and reasoning in an uncaring universe
Synaptic
25 Aug 2012 16:38 UTC
36
points
15
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Let’s be friendly to our allies
JGWeissman
15 Aug 2012 4:02 UTC
35
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Counterfactual resiliency test for non-causal models
Stuart_Armstrong
30 Aug 2012 17:30 UTC
34
points
78
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Link] Social interventions gone wrong
[deleted]
20 Aug 2012 9:24 UTC
34
points
77
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Natural Laws Are Descriptions, not Rules
pragmatist
8 Aug 2012 4:27 UTC
33
points
237
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Can we teach Rationality at the University of Reddit?
Lightwave
20 Aug 2012 21:59 UTC
32
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cynical explanations of FAI critics (including myself)
Wei Dai
13 Aug 2012 21:19 UTC
31
points
49
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Fallacy of Large Numbers
dspeyer
12 Aug 2012 18:39 UTC
30
points
31
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How to get cryocrastinators to actually sign up for cryonics
JGWeissman
18 Aug 2012 17:57 UTC
29
points
94
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Risk aversion does not explain people’s betting behaviours
Stuart_Armstrong
20 Aug 2012 12:38 UTC
29
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What are your questions about making a difference?
Benjamin_Todd
12 Aug 2012 23:14 UTC
28
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Reddit, help me find some peace I’m dying young
[deleted]
18 Aug 2012 15:17 UTC
28
points
182
comments
5
min read
LW
link
A cynical explanation for why rationalists worry about FAI
aaronsw
4 Aug 2012 12:27 UTC
28
points
172
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[META] Karma for last 30 days?
ArisKatsaris
30 Aug 2012 10:33 UTC
28
points
179
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Luke is doing an AMA on Reddit
Spurlock
15 Aug 2012 17:38 UTC
26
points
41
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI timeline prediction data
Stuart_Armstrong
22 Aug 2012 11:49 UTC
26
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Competence in experts: summary
Stuart_Armstrong
16 Aug 2012 14:53 UTC
25
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Friendly AI and the limits of computational epistemology
Mitchell_Porter
8 Aug 2012 13:16 UTC
25
points
148
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Strong AI Startup Raises $15M
olalonde
21 Aug 2012 20:47 UTC
24
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Proposed rewrites of LW home page, about page, and FAQ
John_Maxwell
17 Aug 2012 22:41 UTC
24
points
35
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What’s Wrong with Evidential Decision Theory?
aaronde
23 Aug 2012 0:09 UTC
24
points
54
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The weakest arguments for and against human level AI
Stuart_Armstrong
15 Aug 2012 11:04 UTC
22
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Doubling Box
Mestroyer
6 Aug 2012 5:50 UTC
22
points
84
comments
3
min read
LW
link
UPDATE: Society of Venturism is spearheading Kim Suozzi’s cryopreservation charity
dblch
27 Aug 2012 6:51 UTC
22
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Admitting to Bias
GLaDOS
10 Aug 2012 8:13 UTC
22
points
131
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Smart non-reductionists, philosophical vs. engineering mindsets, and religion
Kaj_Sotala
4 Aug 2012 10:48 UTC
21
points
48
comments
4
min read
LW
link
What is the evidence in favor of paleo?
jsteinhardt
27 Aug 2012 7:07 UTC
21
points
97
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to cheat Löb’s Theorem: my second try
Benya
22 Aug 2012 18:21 UTC
21
points
26
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Suber, “The Ethics of Deep Self-Modification”
lukeprog
6 Aug 2012 6:37 UTC
20
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A rationalist My Little Pony fanfic
DataPacRat
10 Aug 2012 20:53 UTC
20
points
102
comments
1
min read
LW
link
PM system is not working
jsteinhardt
2 Aug 2012 16:09 UTC
19
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Four major problems with neuroscience
NancyLebovitz
22 Aug 2012 5:25 UTC
19
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What’s the Value of Information?
johnlawrenceaspden
29 Aug 2012 16:20 UTC
19
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
11 minute TED talk is about instrumental rationality
JamesAndrix
29 Aug 2012 7:33 UTC
17
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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