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Philosophical Landmines
[deleted]
Feb 8, 2013, 9:22 PM
165
points
146
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Argument
palladias
Feb 18, 2013, 5:05 PM
124
points
96
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A brief history of ethically concerned scientists
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 9, 2013, 5:50 AM
104
points
143
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Official LW uncensored thread (on Reddit)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Feb 5, 2013, 8:04 PM
97
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Pinpointing Utility
[deleted]
Feb 1, 2013, 3:58 AM
94
points
156
comments
13
min read
LW
link
The Singularity Wars
JoshuaFox
Feb 14, 2013, 9:44 AM
82
points
25
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rationalist Lent
Qiaochu_Yuan
Feb 14, 2013, 6:32 AM
65
points
82
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Memetic Tribalism
[deleted]
Feb 14, 2013, 3:03 AM
62
points
62
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Fundamental Question—Rationality computer game design
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 13, 2013, 1:45 PM
61
points
68
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Learning critical thinking: a personal example
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Feb 14, 2013, 8:43 PM
59
points
28
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Naturalism versus unbounded (or unmaximisable) utility options
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 1, 2013, 5:45 PM
55
points
74
comments
6
min read
LW
link
An attempt to dissolve subjective expectation and personal identity
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 22, 2013, 8:44 PM
53
points
69
comments
11
min read
LW
link
S.E.A.R.L.E’s COBOL room
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 1, 2013, 8:29 PM
52
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Three Axes of Prohibitions
daenerys
Feb 15, 2013, 7:34 AM
47
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Think Like a Supervillain
Qiaochu_Yuan
Feb 20, 2013, 8:34 AM
46
points
111
comments
2
min read
LW
link
LW Women: LW Online
daenerys
Feb 15, 2013, 1:43 AM
46
points
596
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Great rationality posts by LWers not posted to LW
lukeprog
Feb 16, 2013, 12:31 AM
40
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Power of Suggestion
GLaDOS
Feb 6, 2013, 10:04 AM
38
points
12
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Visual Mental Imagery Training
SarahNibs
Feb 19, 2013, 10:21 PM
36
points
51
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Link] The Stanford Superman Experiment: Anchoring Empathy?
Shmi
Feb 1, 2013, 5:31 PM
32
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[suggestion] New Meetup Tab
JMiller
Feb 3, 2013, 11:40 PM
32
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Wrongness Iceberg
alfredmacdonald
Feb 4, 2013, 9:02 AM
30
points
27
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What are your rules of thumb?
DataPacRat
Feb 15, 2013, 3:59 PM
29
points
76
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] False memories of fabricated political events
gjm
Feb 10, 2013, 10:25 PM
28
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Offer: I’ll match donations to the Against Malaria Foundation
jefftk
Feb 4, 2013, 4:47 PM
27
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“What-the-hell” Cognitive Failure Mode: a Separate Bias or a Combination of Other Biases?
Shmi
Feb 22, 2013, 9:44 PM
27
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
VNM agents and lotteries involving an infinite number of possible outcomes
AlexMennen
Feb 21, 2013, 9:58 PM
26
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Save the princess: A tale of AIXI and utility functions
Anja
Feb 1, 2013, 3:38 PM
24
points
11
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Memory, nutrition, motivation, and genes
PhilGoetz
Feb 26, 2013, 5:25 AM
24
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Open Source Software Developer with Terminal Illness Hopes to Opt Out of Death
lsparrish
Feb 13, 2013, 5:57 AM
22
points
18
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[LINK] The Cryopreservation of Kim Suozzi
[deleted]
Feb 1, 2013, 5:39 AM
22
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Self-assessment in expert AI predictions
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 26, 2013, 4:30 PM
22
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cryo: Legal fees of $2500
DataPacRat
Feb 15, 2013, 6:43 PM
20
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Link: blog on effective altruism
paulfchristiano
Feb 8, 2013, 6:18 AM
20
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] “Scott and Scurvy”: a reminder of the messiness of scientific progress
hesperidia
Feb 14, 2013, 2:02 AM
20
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Tomasik’s “Quantify with Care”
Pablo
Feb 23, 2013, 1:52 PM
20
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Westerners may be terrible experimental psychology subjects
David_Gerard
Feb 26, 2013, 12:46 PM
20
points
52
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Idea: Self-Improving Task Management Software
rlp10
Feb 27, 2013, 1:04 PM
19
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why Bayes? A Wise Ruling
Vaniver
Feb 25, 2013, 3:52 PM
18
points
117
comments
2
min read
LW
link
CEA does not seem to be credibly high impact
Joanna Morningstar
Feb 21, 2013, 10:29 AM
18
points
32
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Call for discussion: Signalling and/vs. accomplishment
NancyLebovitz
Feb 23, 2013, 4:12 PM
17
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does evolution select for mortality?
DanArmak
Feb 23, 2013, 7:33 PM
17
points
56
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Series of Increasingly Perverse and Destructive Games
nigerweiss
Feb 14, 2013, 9:22 AM
17
points
33
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Feature request: Green glow for “continue this thread”
NancyLebovitz
Feb 27, 2013, 6:00 PM
17
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Higher than the most high
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 13, 2013, 4:10 PM
17
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to offend a rationalist (who hasn’t thought about it yet): a life lesson
mszegedy
Feb 6, 2013, 7:22 AM
17
points
113
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Humor: GURPS Friendly AI
hankx7787
Feb 4, 2013, 4:38 PM
16
points
28
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Improving Human Rationality Through Cognitive Change (intro)
lukeprog
Feb 24, 2013, 4:49 AM
16
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Need help with an MLP fanfiction with a transhumanist theme.
Salivanth
Feb 27, 2013, 11:57 AM
15
points
74
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Givewell Survey—Opportunity to influence their research
Raemon
Feb 26, 2013, 5:20 PM
14
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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