Op­ti­mal Exercise

RomeoStevensMar 10, 2014, 3:37 AM
150 points
148 comments9 min readLW link

Strate­gic choice of identity

VikaMar 8, 2014, 4:27 PM
124 points
58 comments2 min readLW link

Poli­ti­cal Skills which In­crease Income

XodarapMar 2, 2014, 5:56 PM
103 points
19 comments4 min readLW link

A vote against spaced repetition

ancientcampusMar 10, 2014, 7:27 PM
75 points
76 comments2 min readLW link

Self-Con­grat­u­la­tory Rationalism

ChrisHallquistMar 1, 2014, 8:52 AM
75 points
395 comments10 min readLW link

Less Wrong Study Hall—Year 1 Retrospective

ErrorMar 18, 2014, 1:54 AM
69 points
30 comments12 min readLW link

Two ar­gu­ments for not think­ing about ethics (too much)

Kaj_SotalaMar 27, 2014, 2:15 PM
61 points
32 comments7 min readLW link

On not get­ting a job as an option

diegocaleiroMar 11, 2014, 2:44 AM
51 points
190 comments2 min readLW link

Solomonoff Cartesianism

Rob BensingerMar 2, 2014, 5:56 PM
51 points
51 comments25 min readLW link

Don’t teach peo­ple how to reach the top of a hill

PhilGoetzMar 4, 2014, 9:38 PM
51 points
37 comments6 min readLW link

The Prob­lem with AIXI

Rob BensingerMar 18, 2014, 1:55 AM
44 points
80 comments23 min readLW link

The Prob­lem of “Win-More”

katydeeMar 26, 2014, 6:32 PM
40 points
58 comments1 min readLW link

Gun­shot vic­tims to be sus­pended be­tween life and death [link]

Dr_ManhattanMar 27, 2014, 4:33 PM
37 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

What we learned about Less Wrong from Cog­nito Men­tor­ing advising

VipulNaikMar 6, 2014, 9:40 PM
37 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

How my math skills im­proved dramatically

JonahSMar 5, 2014, 8:27 PM
35 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

Dis­cov­er­ing Your Se­cretly Se­cret Sen­sory Experiences

seezMar 18, 2014, 10:12 AM
34 points
75 comments3 min readLW link

Is my view con­trar­ian?

lukeprogMar 11, 2014, 5:42 PM
33 points
96 comments9 min readLW link

Chan­nel factors

benkuhnMar 12, 2014, 4:52 AM
27 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

Eng­ineer­ing ar­chae­ol­ogy

NancyLebovitzMar 20, 2014, 4:38 PM
26 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Effec­tive Altru­ism Sum­mit 2014

Ben_LandauTaylorMar 21, 2014, 8:30 PM
25 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing Skil­lshare.im

Peter WildefordMar 28, 2014, 9:27 PM
24 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Ter­ror­ist baby down the well: a look at in­sti­tu­tional forces

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 18, 2014, 2:30 PM
22 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Over­com­ing the Loe­bian ob­sta­cle us­ing ev­i­dence logic

SquarkMar 14, 2014, 6:34 PM
22 points
17 comments6 min readLW link

On Ir­ra­tional The­ory of Identity

SilentCalMar 19, 2014, 12:06 AM
22 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

On the con­cept of “tal­ent-con­strained” organizations

VipulNaikMar 14, 2014, 4:42 PM
21 points
28 comments3 min readLW link

In favour of terseness

SophroniusMar 8, 2014, 6:01 PM
20 points
58 comments1 min readLW link

To what ex­tent does im­proved ra­tio­nal­ity lead to effec­tive al­tru­ism?

JonahSMar 20, 2014, 7:08 AM
19 points
156 comments4 min readLW link

Why are Har­vard’s alumni so wealthy?

JonahSMar 15, 2014, 6:47 PM
19 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

Amanda Knox Re­dux: is Satoshi Nakamoto the real Satoshi Nakamoto?

CosmosMar 6, 2014, 11:33 PM
18 points
55 comments1 min readLW link

What at­tracts smart and cu­ri­ous young peo­ple to physics? Should this be en­couraged?

VipulNaikMar 13, 2014, 5:22 PM
17 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

High school stu­dents and effec­tive altruism

VipulNaikMar 14, 2014, 7:04 PM
17 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Pro­cras­ti­nat­ing be­cause of uncertainty

JonahSMar 21, 2014, 12:14 AM
16 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

How can Cog­nito Men­tor­ing do the most good?

JonahSMar 23, 2014, 6:06 PM
16 points
53 comments6 min readLW link

Ir­ra­tional­ity Game III

CellBioGuyMar 12, 2014, 1:51 PM
15 points
209 comments4 min readLW link

Academia as a ca­reer op­tion, its so­cial value, and alternatives

VipulNaikMar 10, 2014, 6:32 PM
15 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

One Med­i­cal? Ex­pan­sion of MIRI?

RHollerithMar 18, 2014, 2:38 PM
15 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

A ca­pa­bil­ities ap­proach to per­sonal development

StabilizerMar 21, 2014, 11:03 AM
15 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

Pro­por­tional Giving

gjmMar 2, 2014, 9:09 PM
14 points
88 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist fic­tion: a Slice of Life IN HELL

RitalinMar 25, 2014, 5:02 PM
13 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

The ecolog­i­cal ra­tio­nal­ity of the bad old fallacies

velisarMar 19, 2014, 11:39 AM
13 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

How much wealth is pro­duced by high IQ peo­ple?

JonahSMar 14, 2014, 8:23 AM
13 points
39 comments2 min readLW link

Solu­tions and Open Problems

ManfredMar 15, 2014, 6:53 AM
13 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Agents with Carte­sian child­hood and Phys­i­cal­ist adulthood

SquarkMar 22, 2014, 8:20 PM
12 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

Up­date­less In­tel­li­gence Met­rics in the Multiverse

SquarkMar 8, 2014, 12:25 AM
12 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

Out­line Sum­mary: The Pro­cras­ti­na­tion Equation

iarwain1Mar 26, 2014, 11:55 PM
12 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Mak­ing LessWrong no­table enough for its own Wikipe­dia page

VipulNaikMar 13, 2014, 6:17 PM
11 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

En­trepreneur­ship and col­lege attendance

JonahSMar 22, 2014, 7:32 PM
11 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­posal: LW courses

iarwain1Mar 5, 2014, 4:18 PM
11 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

Open thread, 24-30 March 2014

MetusMar 25, 2014, 7:42 AM
11 points
158 comments1 min readLW link

What are some sci­ence mis­takes you made in col­lege?

aarongertlerMar 23, 2014, 5:28 AM
10 points
32 comments1 min readLW link