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We Should In­tro­duce Our­selves Differently

NancyLebovitzMay 18, 2015, 8:48 PM
76 points
80 comments1 min readLW link

Is Scott Alexan­der bad at math?

JonahSMay 4, 2015, 5:11 AM
70 points
220 comments6 min readLW link

The Stamp Collector

So8resMay 1, 2015, 11:11 PM
65 points
14 comments6 min readLW link

Strate­gies and tools for get­ting through a break up

lululuMay 18, 2015, 6:01 PM
63 points
45 comments11 min readLW link

Leav­ing LessWrong for a more ra­tio­nal life

Mark_FriedenbachMay 21, 2015, 7:24 PM
51 points
267 comments6 min readLW link

How my so­cial skills went from hor­rible to mediocre

JonahSMay 19, 2015, 11:29 PM
50 points
199 comments11 min readLW link

The pa­per­clip max­imiser’s perspective

AngelaMay 1, 2015, 12:24 AM
48 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

The File Drawer Effect and Con­for­mity Bias (Elec­tion Edi­tion)

SalemicusMay 8, 2015, 4:51 PM
48 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity is about pat­tern recog­ni­tion, not reasoning

JonahSMay 26, 2015, 7:23 PM
45 points
85 comments4 min readLW link

Brain­storm­ing new senses

lululuMay 20, 2015, 7:53 PM
42 points
92 comments2 min readLW link

Up­date on the Brain Preser­va­tion Foun­da­tion Prize

Andy_McKenzieMay 26, 2015, 1:47 AM
41 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Six Ways To Get Along With Peo­ple Who Are To­tally Wrong*

RobertWiblinMay 27, 2015, 12:37 PM
38 points
43 comments5 min readLW link

[Link] Per­sis­tence of Long-Term Me­mory in Vitrified and Re­vived C. el­e­gans worms

RangiMay 24, 2015, 3:43 AM
35 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Cal­ling all Nige­rian ra­tio­nal­ists and effec­tive altruists

ogeMay 3, 2015, 10:31 PM
33 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Giv­ing What We Can needs your help!

RobertWiblinMay 29, 2015, 4:30 PM
31 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Wild Mo­ral Dilemmas

sixes_and_sevensMay 12, 2015, 12:56 PM
30 points
106 comments1 min readLW link

Guidelines for Upvot­ing and Down­vot­ing?

SableMay 6, 2015, 11:51 AM
29 points
63 comments1 min readLW link

LW sur­vey: Effec­tive Altru­ists and donations

gwernMay 14, 2015, 12:44 AM
28 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

Car­ing about some­thing larger than yourself

So8resMay 10, 2015, 3:00 AM
28 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

“Should” con­sid­ered harmful

So8resMay 25, 2015, 3:00 AM
28 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Thoughts on min­i­miz­ing de­signer baby drama

John_MaxwellMay 12, 2015, 11:22 AM
26 points
195 comments2 min readLW link

You’re al­lowed to fight for something

So8resMay 3, 2015, 3:00 AM
24 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

The Best Pop­u­lar Books on Every Subject

iarwain1May 19, 2015, 1:02 AM
23 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Which ideas from LW would you most like to see spread?

NancyLebovitzMay 18, 2015, 2:12 PM
22 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Re­quest for Ad­vice : A.I. - can I make my­self use­ful?

zslastmanMay 29, 2015, 9:13 AM
22 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Say­ing “Every­one Is Bi­ased” May Create Bias

JQuintonMay 5, 2015, 3:31 PM
22 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Not be­cause you “should”

So8resMay 30, 2015, 7:00 AM
21 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Log-nor­mal Lamentations

ThrasymachusMay 19, 2015, 9:12 PM
20 points
37 comments8 min readLW link

You don’t get to know what you’re fight­ing for

So8resMay 17, 2015, 3:00 AM
20 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

AI Re­searchers On AI Risk

Scott AlexanderMay 22, 2015, 11:16 AM
19 points
0 comments16 min readLW link

[link] Bayesian in­fer­ence with prob­a­bil­is­tic pop­u­la­tion codes

Gunnar_ZarnckeMay 13, 2015, 9:11 PM
17 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

What Would You Do If You Only Had Six Months To Live?

SableMay 20, 2015, 12:52 AM
16 points
44 comments4 min readLW link

Ideas to Im­prove LessWrong

Adam ZernerMay 25, 2015, 10:55 PM
16 points
30 comments5 min readLW link

[Link] Small-game fal­la­cies: a Prob­lem for Pre­dic­tion Markets

AntisujiMay 28, 2015, 3:32 AM
15 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Thread May 2015

VaniverMay 1, 2015, 2:31 PM
15 points
102 comments1 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions May 2015

GondolinianMay 1, 2015, 5:28 PM
15 points
264 comments1 min readLW link

Con­cept Safety: World-mod­els as tools

Kaj_SotalaMay 9, 2015, 12:07 PM
14 points
9 comments8 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group: Fake Beliefs (p43-77)

Mark_FriedenbachMay 7, 2015, 9:07 AM
14 points
34 comments3 min readLW link

Group Brag­ging Thread (May 2015)

ViliamMay 29, 2015, 10:36 PM
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The most im­por­tant meta-skill

NanashiMay 27, 2015, 3:51 PM
14 points
70 comments4 min readLW link

Op­ti­mal and Causal Coun­ter­fac­tual Worlds

Scott GarrabrantMay 12, 2015, 3:16 AM
14 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

The ganch gamble

[deleted]May 18, 2015, 6:43 PM
13 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­prox­i­mat­ing Solomonoff Induction

HoushalterMay 29, 2015, 12:23 PM
13 points
45 comments3 min readLW link

Less Wrong lacks direction

casebashMay 25, 2015, 2:53 PM
13 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

No peace in our time?

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 26, 2015, 2:41 PM
13 points
38 comments2 min readLW link

Group ra­tio­nal­ity di­ary, May 5th − 23rd

philhMay 4, 2015, 11:59 PM
12 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

“Risk” means surprise

PhilGoetzMay 22, 2015, 4:47 AM
12 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

Learn­ing to get things right first time

owencbMay 29, 2015, 10:06 PM
12 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

On de­siring sub­jec­tive states (post 3 of 3)

torekpMay 5, 2015, 2:16 AM
11 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

SSC dis­cus­sion: “bi­cam­eral rea­son­ing”, episte­mol­ogy, and scope insensitivity

togMay 27, 2015, 5:08 AM
11 points
4 comments2 min readLW link