Priv­ileg­ing the Question

Qiaochu_YuanApr 29, 2013, 6:30 PM
228 points
312 comments2 min readLW link

On learn­ing difficult things

So8resNov 11, 2013, 11:35 PM
208 points
47 comments6 min readLW link

Max­i­miz­ing Your Dona­tions via a Job

AlexeiMay 5, 2013, 11:19 PM
177 points
58 comments22 min readLW link

Three ways CFAR has changed my view of rationality

Julia_GalefSep 10, 2013, 6:24 PM
172 points
59 comments5 min readLW link

Philo­soph­i­cal Landmines

[deleted]Feb 8, 2013, 9:22 PM
165 points
146 comments3 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity is Awesome

[deleted]Jan 6, 2013, 3:21 PM
146 points
437 comments3 min readLW link

Use Your Iden­tity Carefully

Ben_LandauTaylorAug 22, 2013, 1:14 AM
145 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

How to Be­come a 1000 Year Old Vampire

[deleted]Oct 2, 2013, 5:07 AM
145 points
129 comments8 min readLW link

A Vot­ing Puz­zle, Some Poli­ti­cal Science, and a Nerd Failure Mode

ChrisHallquistOct 10, 2013, 2:10 AM
142 points
181 comments17 min readLW link

How I Be­came More Ambitious

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Jul 4, 2013, 11:34 PM
132 points
48 comments8 min readLW link

Tran­shu­man­ist Fables

Scott AlexanderMay 28, 2013, 1:55 AM
129 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Wait vs In­ter­rupt Culture

BenquoNov 27, 2013, 3:38 PM
129 points
72 comments3 min readLW link

The Virtue of Silence

Scott AlexanderJun 14, 2013, 7:00 PM
129 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Ro­bust Co­op­er­a­tion in the Pri­soner’s Dilemma

orthonormalJun 7, 2013, 8:30 AM
124 points
147 comments7 min readLW link

Imi­ta­tion is the Sincer­est Form of Argument

palladiasFeb 18, 2013, 5:05 PM
124 points
96 comments2 min readLW link

Hu­mans are util­ity monsters

PhilGoetzAug 16, 2013, 9:05 PM
123 points
216 comments2 min readLW link

Prov­ing Too Much

Scott AlexanderApr 14, 2013, 12:05 AM
123 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

The ge­nie knows, but doesn’t care

Rob BensingerSep 6, 2013, 6:42 AM
121 points
495 comments8 min readLW link

How to Mea­sure Anything

lukeprogAug 7, 2013, 4:05 AM
121 points
55 comments22 min readLW link

Fermi Estimates

lukeprogApr 11, 2013, 5:52 PM
120 points
110 comments13 min readLW link

Farewell Aaron Swartz (1986-2013)

KawoombaJan 12, 2013, 10:09 AM
120 points
117 comments1 min readLW link

A New In­ter­pre­ta­tion of the Marsh­mal­low Test

elharoJul 5, 2013, 12:22 PM
119 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­ory FAQ

lukeprogFeb 28, 2013, 2:15 PM
119 points
487 comments58 min readLW link

All De­bates Are Brav­ery Debates

Scott AlexanderJun 9, 2013, 7:00 PM
118 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

What Bayesi­anism taught me

Tyrrell_McAllisterAug 12, 2013, 6:59 AM
114 points
204 comments3 min readLW link

Bor­ing Ad­vice Repository

Qiaochu_YuanMar 7, 2013, 4:33 AM
113 points
575 comments1 min readLW link

Me­taMed: Ev­i­dence-Based Healthcare

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 5, 2013, 1:16 PM
112 points
193 comments6 min readLW link

Ac­cord­ing to Dale Carnegie, You Can’t Win an Ar­gu­ment—and He Has a Point

ChrisHallquistNov 30, 2013, 6:23 AM
112 points
80 comments5 min readLW link

2013 Less Wrong Cen­sus/​Survey

Scott AlexanderNov 22, 2013, 9:26 AM
112 points
620 comments2 min readLW link

Reflec­tion in Prob­a­bil­is­tic Logic

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 24, 2013, 4:37 PM
112 points
168 comments3 min readLW link

Men­tal Con­text for Model Theory

So8resOct 30, 2013, 6:35 AM
112 points
47 comments8 min readLW link

Sys­tem Ad­minis­tra­tor Ap­pre­ci­a­tion Day—Thanks Trike!

John_MaxwellJul 26, 2013, 5:57 PM
110 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Why CFAR?

AnnaSalamonDec 28, 2013, 11:25 PM
110 points
117 comments15 min readLW link

A brief his­tory of eth­i­cally con­cerned scientists

Kaj_SotalaFeb 9, 2013, 5:50 AM
104 points
143 comments14 min readLW link

Co­op­er­at­ing with agents with differ­ent ideas of fair­ness, while re­sist­ing exploitation

Eliezer YudkowskySep 16, 2013, 8:27 AM
103 points
42 comments4 min readLW link

Model Com­bi­na­tion and Adjustment

lukeprogJul 17, 2013, 8:31 PM
102 points
41 comments5 min readLW link

A cri­tique of effec­tive altruism

benkuhnDec 2, 2013, 4:53 PM
100 points
153 comments12 min readLW link

How habits work and how you may con­trol them

Kaj_SotalaOct 12, 2013, 12:17 PM
99 points
76 comments13 min readLW link

Just One Sentence

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 5, 2013, 1:27 AM
97 points
143 comments1 min readLW link

Offi­cial LW un­cen­sored thread (on Red­dit)

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 5, 2013, 8:04 PM
97 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Assess­ing Kurzweil: the results

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 16, 2013, 4:51 PM
96 points
64 comments2 min readLW link

My sim­ple hack for in­creased alert­ness and im­proved cog­ni­tive func­tion­ing: very bright light

chaosmageJan 18, 2013, 1:43 PM
96 points
130 comments2 min readLW link

Course recom­men­da­tions for Friendli­ness researchers

LouieJan 9, 2013, 2:33 PM
96 points
112 comments10 min readLW link

Yes, Virginia, You Can Be 99.99% (Or More!) Cer­tain That 53 Is Prime

ChrisHallquistNov 7, 2013, 7:45 AM
95 points
70 comments6 min readLW link

Build­ing Phenomenolog­i­cal Bridges

Rob BensingerDec 23, 2013, 7:57 PM
95 points
115 comments11 min readLW link

After crit­i­cal event W hap­pens, they still won’t be­lieve you

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 13, 2013, 9:59 PM
95 points
107 comments3 min readLW link

Pin­point­ing Utility

[deleted]Feb 1, 2013, 3:58 AM
94 points
156 comments13 min readLW link

The Robots, AI, and Unem­ploy­ment Anti-FAQ

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 25, 2013, 6:46 PM
92 points
259 comments19 min readLW link

Prob­lems in Education

ThinkOfTheChildrenApr 8, 2013, 9:29 PM
92 points
321 comments1 min readLW link

Re­cent up­dates to gw­ern.net (2012-2013)

gwernMar 18, 2013, 7:54 PM
92 points
34 comments3 min readLW link