Three ways CFAR has changed my view of rationality

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

The ge­nie knows, but doesn’t care

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

In­fer­en­tial silence

Kaj_SotalaSep 25, 2013, 12:45 PM
81 points
58 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Brain­wash­ing & ‘Cults’

gwernSep 13, 2013, 8:49 PM
79 points
106 comments16 min readLW link

I at­tempted the AI Box Ex­per­i­ment again! (And won—Twice!)

TuxedageSep 5, 2013, 4:49 AM
79 points
168 comments12 min readLW link

A map of Bay Area memespace

Julia_GalefSep 23, 2013, 5:34 PM
76 points
31 comments7 min readLW link

Polypha­sic Sleep Seed Study: Reprise

LoganStrohlSep 21, 2013, 10:29 PM
72 points
69 comments2 min readLW link

The Anti-Placebo Effect

ShannonFriedmanSep 28, 2013, 5:44 AM
65 points
39 comments3 min readLW link

In­stinc­tive Fre­quen­tists, the Out­side View, and de-Biasing

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 20, 2013, 8:19 PM
63 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

I played the AI Box Ex­per­i­ment again! (and lost both games)

TuxedageSep 27, 2013, 2:32 AM
62 points
123 comments11 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­ity, knowl­edge, and meta-probability

David_ChapmanSep 17, 2013, 12:02 AM
60 points
73 comments5 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Ba­sic Cat­e­gory The­ory for Com­puter Scien­tists (MIRI course list)

So8resSep 19, 2013, 3:06 AM
51 points
23 comments4 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Heuris­tics and Bi­ases (MIRI course list)

So8resSep 2, 2013, 3:37 PM
49 points
22 comments20 min readLW link

Mak­ing Fun of Things is Easy

katydeeSep 27, 2013, 3:10 AM
48 points
76 comments1 min readLW link

The Ul­ti­mate New­comb’s Problem

Eliezer YudkowskySep 10, 2013, 2:03 AM
47 points
116 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Cog­ni­tive Science (MIRI course list)

So8resSep 9, 2013, 4:39 PM
44 points
8 comments15 min readLW link

The Up-Goer Five Game: Ex­plain­ing hard ideas with sim­ple words

Rob BensingerSep 5, 2013, 5:54 AM
44 points
82 comments2 min readLW link

Win­ter Sols­tice 2013 Kick­starter—The Big One.

RaemonSep 15, 2013, 10:26 AM
42 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

Bed time sto­ries with clear concepts

Gunnar_ZarnckeSep 1, 2013, 12:26 PM
41 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

Mis­takes repository

DorikkaSep 9, 2013, 3:32 AM
39 points
197 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­ac­tive In­fo­graphic on Simp­son’s Paradox

AntisujiSep 20, 2013, 5:37 PM
39 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Larry = Harry sans magic? Google vs. Death

ShmiSep 18, 2013, 4:49 PM
36 points
55 comments1 min readLW link

Mili­tary Ra­tion­al­ities and Irrationalities

pscheyerSep 9, 2013, 11:48 PM
35 points
58 comments1 min readLW link

Which sub­red­dits should we cre­ate on Less Wrong?

lukeprogSep 4, 2013, 5:56 PM
34 points
78 comments1 min readLW link

How valuable is it to learn math deeply?

JonahSSep 2, 2013, 6:01 PM
33 points
79 comments3 min readLW link

Notes on log­i­cal pri­ors from the MIRI workshop

cousin_itSep 15, 2013, 10:43 PM
32 points
47 comments7 min readLW link

Read­ing habits/​tech­niques/​strate­gies (sec­ond post on the topic)

TorelloSep 29, 2013, 12:55 PM
28 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

MIRI course list book re­views, part 1: Gödel, Escher, Bach

So8resSep 1, 2013, 5:40 PM
27 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Happy Petrov Day

EneaszSep 26, 2013, 3:08 PM
25 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

How well will policy-mak­ers han­dle AGI? (ini­tial find­ings)

lukeprogSep 12, 2013, 7:21 AM
25 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

LINK: Study demon­strates poli­ti­cally mo­ti­vated innumeracy

Alejandro1Sep 4, 2013, 6:14 PM
24 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Types of recursion

AnthonyCSep 4, 2013, 5:48 PM
23 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Bayesian prob­a­bil­ity as an ap­prox­i­mate the­ory of un­cer­tainty?

cousin_itSep 26, 2013, 9:16 AM
23 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

What makes us think _any_ of our ter­mi­nal val­ues aren’t based on a mi­s­un­der­stand­ing of re­al­ity?

bokovSep 25, 2013, 11:09 PM
22 points
89 comments1 min readLW link

How effec­tively can we plan for fu­ture decades? (ini­tial find­ings)

lukeprogSep 4, 2013, 10:42 PM
21 points
18 comments6 min readLW link

Reflec­tive Control

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Sep 2, 2013, 5:45 PM
21 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

The Belief Sig­nal­ing Trilemma

Scott GarrabrantSep 20, 2013, 12:50 AM
21 points
49 comments2 min readLW link

In­tel­li­gence Am­plifi­ca­tion and Friendly AI

lukeprogSep 27, 2013, 1:09 AM
21 points
26 comments4 min readLW link

Why aren’t there more fo­rum-blogs like LW?

StabilizerSep 27, 2013, 7:28 AM
20 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

P/​S/​A—Sam Har­ris offer­ing money for a lit­tle good philosophy

Ben PaceSep 1, 2013, 6:36 PM
19 points
79 comments1 min readLW link

Hop­ing to start a dis­cus­sion about over­com­ing insecurity

ILikeLogicSep 22, 2013, 8:53 PM
19 points
53 comments5 min readLW link

Pri­soner’s Dilemma vs the Afterlife

DataPacRatSep 24, 2013, 4:59 PM
19 points
69 comments2 min readLW link

Un­der­stand­ing Simp­son’s Paradox

VaniverSep 18, 2013, 7:07 PM
19 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

High School, Hu­man Cap­i­tal, Sig­nal­ing and Col­lege Admissions

JonahSSep 8, 2013, 7:45 PM
18 points
62 comments5 min readLW link

Tor­ture vs. Shampoo

ChrisHallquistSep 23, 2013, 4:34 AM
18 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Help us Op­ti­mize the Con­tents of the Se­quences eBook

lukeprogSep 19, 2013, 4:31 AM
18 points
73 comments3 min readLW link

Should We Tell Peo­ple That Giv­ing Makes Them Hap­pier?

Peter WildefordSep 4, 2013, 9:22 PM
17 points
27 comments5 min readLW link

Ig­no­rance in parenting

Gunnar_ZarnckeSep 3, 2013, 10:00 AM
17 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

Course se­lec­tion based on instructor

VipulNaikSep 8, 2013, 7:13 PM
16 points
28 comments10 min readLW link