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Optimal Exercise
RomeoStevens
Mar 10, 2014, 3:37 AM
150
points
148
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Strategic choice of identity
Vika
Mar 8, 2014, 4:27 PM
124
points
58
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Political Skills which Increase Income
Xodarap
Mar 2, 2014, 5:56 PM
103
points
19
comments
4
min read
LW
link
A vote against spaced repetition
ancientcampus
Mar 10, 2014, 7:27 PM
75
points
76
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Self-Congratulatory Rationalism
ChrisHallquist
Mar 1, 2014, 8:52 AM
75
points
395
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong Study Hall—Year 1 Retrospective
Error
Mar 18, 2014, 1:54 AM
69
points
30
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Two arguments for not thinking about ethics (too much)
Kaj_Sotala
Mar 27, 2014, 2:15 PM
61
points
32
comments
7
min read
LW
link
On not getting a job as an option
diegocaleiro
Mar 11, 2014, 2:44 AM
51
points
190
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Solomonoff Cartesianism
Rob Bensinger
Mar 2, 2014, 5:56 PM
51
points
51
comments
25
min read
LW
link
Don’t teach people how to reach the top of a hill
PhilGoetz
Mar 4, 2014, 9:38 PM
51
points
37
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Problem with AIXI
Rob Bensinger
Mar 18, 2014, 1:55 AM
44
points
80
comments
23
min read
LW
link
The Problem of “Win-More”
katydee
Mar 26, 2014, 6:32 PM
40
points
58
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Gunshot victims to be suspended between life and death [link]
Dr_Manhattan
Mar 27, 2014, 4:33 PM
37
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What we learned about Less Wrong from Cognito Mentoring advising
VipulNaik
Mar 6, 2014, 9:40 PM
37
points
27
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How my math skills improved dramatically
JonahS
Mar 5, 2014, 8:27 PM
35
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Discovering Your Secretly Secret Sensory Experiences
seez
Mar 18, 2014, 10:12 AM
34
points
75
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Is my view contrarian?
lukeprog
Mar 11, 2014, 5:42 PM
33
points
96
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Channel factors
benkuhn
Mar 12, 2014, 4:52 AM
27
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Engineering archaeology
NancyLebovitz
Mar 20, 2014, 4:38 PM
26
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Effective Altruism Summit 2014
Ben_LandauTaylor
Mar 21, 2014, 8:30 PM
25
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Introducing Skillshare.im
Peter Wildeford
Mar 28, 2014, 9:27 PM
24
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Terrorist baby down the well: a look at institutional forces
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 18, 2014, 2:30 PM
22
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Overcoming the Loebian obstacle using evidence logic
Squark
Mar 14, 2014, 6:34 PM
22
points
17
comments
6
min read
LW
link
On Irrational Theory of Identity
SilentCal
Mar 19, 2014, 12:06 AM
22
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
On the concept of “talent-constrained” organizations
VipulNaik
Mar 14, 2014, 4:42 PM
21
points
28
comments
3
min read
LW
link
In favour of terseness
Sophronius
Mar 8, 2014, 6:01 PM
20
points
58
comments
1
min read
LW
link
To what extent does improved rationality lead to effective altruism?
JonahS
Mar 20, 2014, 7:08 AM
19
points
156
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Why are Harvard’s alumni so wealthy?
JonahS
Mar 15, 2014, 6:47 PM
19
points
51
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Amanda Knox Redux: is Satoshi Nakamoto the real Satoshi Nakamoto?
Cosmos
Mar 6, 2014, 11:33 PM
18
points
55
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What attracts smart and curious young people to physics? Should this be encouraged?
VipulNaik
Mar 13, 2014, 5:22 PM
17
points
37
comments
2
min read
LW
link
High school students and effective altruism
VipulNaik
Mar 14, 2014, 7:04 PM
17
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Procrastinating because of uncertainty
JonahS
Mar 21, 2014, 12:14 AM
16
points
14
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How can Cognito Mentoring do the most good?
JonahS
Mar 23, 2014, 6:06 PM
16
points
53
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Irrationality Game III
CellBioGuy
Mar 12, 2014, 1:51 PM
15
points
209
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Academia as a career option, its social value, and alternatives
VipulNaik
Mar 10, 2014, 6:32 PM
15
points
29
comments
2
min read
LW
link
One Medical? Expansion of MIRI?
RHollerith
Mar 18, 2014, 2:38 PM
15
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A capabilities approach to personal development
Stabilizer
Mar 21, 2014, 11:03 AM
15
points
11
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Proportional Giving
gjm
Mar 2, 2014, 9:09 PM
14
points
88
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationalist fiction: a Slice of Life IN HELL
Ritalin
Mar 25, 2014, 5:02 PM
13
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The ecological rationality of the bad old fallacies
velisar
Mar 19, 2014, 11:39 AM
13
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How much wealth is produced by high IQ people?
JonahS
Mar 14, 2014, 8:23 AM
13
points
39
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Solutions and Open Problems
Manfred
Mar 15, 2014, 6:53 AM
13
points
8
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Agents with Cartesian childhood and Physicalist adulthood
Squark
Mar 22, 2014, 8:20 PM
12
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Updateless Intelligence Metrics in the Multiverse
Squark
Mar 8, 2014, 12:25 AM
12
points
5
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Outline Summary: The Procrastination Equation
iarwain1
Mar 26, 2014, 11:55 PM
12
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Making LessWrong notable enough for its own Wikipedia page
VipulNaik
Mar 13, 2014, 6:17 PM
11
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Entrepreneurship and college attendance
JonahS
Mar 22, 2014, 7:32 PM
11
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Proposal: LW courses
iarwain1
Mar 5, 2014, 4:18 PM
11
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Open thread, 24-30 March 2014
Metus
Mar 25, 2014, 7:42 AM
11
points
158
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What are some science mistakes you made in college?
aarongertler
Mar 23, 2014, 5:28 AM
10
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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