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The noncentral fallacy—the worst argument in the world?
Scott Alexander
Aug 27, 2012, 3:36 AM
425
points
1,768
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Bayes for Schizophrenics: Reasoning in Delusional Disorders
Scott Alexander
Aug 13, 2012, 7:22 PM
153
points
155
comments
11
min read
LW
link
What are the optimal biases to overcome?
aaronsw
Aug 4, 2012, 3:04 PM
103
points
70
comments
2
min read
LW
link
AI timeline predictions: are we getting better?
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 17, 2012, 7:07 AM
79
points
81
comments
4
min read
LW
link
“Epiphany addiction”
cousin_it
Aug 3, 2012, 5:52 PM
69
points
90
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LessWrong could grow a lot, but we’re doing it wrong.
Epiphany
Aug 20, 2012, 5:21 AM
66
points
107
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A model of UDT with a concrete prior over logical statements
Benya
Aug 28, 2012, 9:45 PM
62
points
24
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Who Wants To Start An Important Startup?
ShannonFriedman
Aug 16, 2012, 8:02 PM
59
points
413
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Why Don’t People Help Others More?
Peter Wildeford
Aug 13, 2012, 11:34 PM
54
points
85
comments
10
min read
LW
link
The High Impact Network (THINK) - Launching Now
Raemon
Aug 8, 2012, 2:29 AM
51
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Self-skepticism: the first principle of rationality
aaronsw
Aug 6, 2012, 12:51 AM
50
points
86
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Decision Theories, Part 3.5: Halt, Melt and Catch Fire
orthonormal
Aug 26, 2012, 10:40 PM
49
points
35
comments
5
min read
LW
link
An angle of attack on Open Problem #1
Benya
Aug 18, 2012, 12:08 PM
48
points
85
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Solving the two envelopes problem
rstarkov
Aug 9, 2012, 1:42 PM
45
points
33
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Issue 301 shipped: Show parent comments on /comments
matt
Aug 3, 2012, 6:14 AM
43
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anyone know of empirically driven lobbying efforts?
palladias
Aug 27, 2012, 10:02 PM
37
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mike Darwin on animal research, moral cowardice, and reasoning in an uncaring universe
Synaptic
Aug 25, 2012, 4:38 PM
36
points
15
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Let’s be friendly to our allies
JGWeissman
Aug 15, 2012, 4:02 AM
35
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Counterfactual resiliency test for non-causal models
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 30, 2012, 5:30 PM
34
points
78
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Link] Social interventions gone wrong
[deleted]
Aug 20, 2012, 9:24 AM
34
points
77
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Natural Laws Are Descriptions, not Rules
pragmatist
Aug 8, 2012, 4:27 AM
33
points
237
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Can we teach Rationality at the University of Reddit?
Lightwave
Aug 20, 2012, 9:59 PM
32
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cynical explanations of FAI critics (including myself)
Wei Dai
Aug 13, 2012, 9:19 PM
31
points
49
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Fallacy of Large Numbers
dspeyer
Aug 12, 2012, 6:39 PM
30
points
31
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] Reddit, help me find some peace I’m dying young
[deleted]
Aug 18, 2012, 3:17 PM
29
points
182
comments
5
min read
LW
link
How to get cryocrastinators to actually sign up for cryonics
JGWeissman
Aug 18, 2012, 5:57 PM
29
points
94
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Risk aversion does not explain people’s betting behaviours
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 20, 2012, 12:38 PM
29
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What are your questions about making a difference?
Benjamin_Todd
Aug 12, 2012, 11:14 PM
28
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A cynical explanation for why rationalists worry about FAI
aaronsw
Aug 4, 2012, 12:27 PM
28
points
172
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[META] Karma for last 30 days?
ArisKatsaris
Aug 30, 2012, 10:33 AM
28
points
179
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Luke is doing an AMA on Reddit
Spurlock
Aug 15, 2012, 5:38 PM
26
points
41
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI timeline prediction data
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 22, 2012, 11:49 AM
26
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Competence in experts: summary
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 16, 2012, 2:53 PM
25
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Friendly AI and the limits of computational epistemology
Mitchell_Porter
Aug 8, 2012, 1:16 PM
25
points
148
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Strong AI Startup Raises $15M
olalonde
Aug 21, 2012, 8:47 PM
24
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Proposed rewrites of LW home page, about page, and FAQ
John_Maxwell
Aug 17, 2012, 10:41 PM
24
points
35
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What’s Wrong with Evidential Decision Theory?
aaronde
Aug 23, 2012, 12:09 AM
24
points
54
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Smart non-reductionists, philosophical vs. engineering mindsets, and religion
Kaj_Sotala
Aug 4, 2012, 10:48 AM
22
points
48
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The weakest arguments for and against human level AI
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 15, 2012, 11:04 AM
22
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Doubling Box
Mestroyer
Aug 6, 2012, 5:50 AM
22
points
84
comments
3
min read
LW
link
UPDATE: Society of Venturism is spearheading Kim Suozzi’s cryopreservation charity
dblch
Aug 27, 2012, 6:51 AM
22
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Admitting to Bias
GLaDOS
Aug 10, 2012, 8:13 AM
22
points
131
comments
5
min read
LW
link
What is the evidence in favor of paleo?
jsteinhardt
Aug 27, 2012, 7:07 AM
21
points
97
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to cheat Löb’s Theorem: my second try
Benya
Aug 22, 2012, 6:21 PM
21
points
26
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Suber, “The Ethics of Deep Self-Modification”
lukeprog
Aug 6, 2012, 6:37 AM
20
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A rationalist My Little Pony fanfic
DataPacRat
Aug 10, 2012, 8:53 PM
20
points
102
comments
1
min read
LW
link
PM system is not working
jsteinhardt
Aug 2, 2012, 4:09 PM
19
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Four major problems with neuroscience
NancyLebovitz
Aug 22, 2012, 5:25 AM
19
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What’s the Value of Information?
johnlawrenceaspden
Aug 29, 2012, 4:20 PM
19
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
11 minute TED talk is about instrumental rationality
JamesAndrix
Aug 29, 2012, 7:33 AM
17
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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