A quick note on weird­ness points and Sols­tices [And also ran­dom other Sols­tice dis­cus­sion]

RaemonDec 21, 2016, 5:29 PM
38 points
85 comments1 min readLW link

JFK was not as­sas­si­nated: prior prob­a­bil­ity zero events

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 27, 2016, 11:47 AM
38 points
38 comments3 min readLW link

At­ten­tion! Fi­nan­cial scam tar­get­ing Less Wrong users

Viliam_BurMay 14, 2016, 5:38 PM
38 points
92 comments2 min readLW link

How did my baby die and what is the prob­a­bil­ity that my next one will?

deprimita_patroJan 19, 2016, 6:24 AM
37 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

Post­ing to Main cur­rently disabled

VaniverFeb 19, 2016, 3:55 AM
37 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Less Wrong Karma Chart Website

ScottLFeb 15, 2016, 12:36 PM
36 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

The Pink Sparkly Ball Thing (Use unique, non-ob­vi­ous terms for nu­anced con­cepts)

MalcolmOceanFeb 20, 2016, 11:25 PM
36 points
14 comments5 min readLW link

The 12 Se­cond Rule (i.e. think be­fore an­swer­ing) and other Epistemic Norms

RaemonSep 5, 2016, 11:08 PM
35 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

The en­g­ineer and the diplomat

BenquoDec 27, 2016, 8:49 PM
35 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Astro­biol­ogy, Astron­omy, and the Fermi Para­dox II: Space & Time Revisited

CellBioGuyMar 10, 2016, 5:19 AM
35 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Age of Em

Scott AlexanderMay 28, 2016, 8:42 PM
34 points
6 comments29 min readLW link

It’s Bayes All The Way Up

Scott AlexanderSep 12, 2016, 1:35 PM
34 points
0 comments12 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Albion’s Seed

Scott AlexanderApr 27, 2016, 8:40 AM
34 points
1 comment32 min readLW link

MIRI’s 2016 Fundraiser

So8resSep 25, 2016, 4:55 PM
34 points
13 comments6 min readLW link

Sam­ple means, how do they work?

BenquoNov 20, 2016, 9:04 PM
34 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Re­vi­tal­iz­ing Less Wrong seems like a lost pur­pose, but here are some other ideas

John_MaxwellJun 12, 2016, 7:38 AM
34 points
34 comments6 min readLW link

Now is the time to elimi­nate mosquitoes

James_MillerAug 6, 2016, 7:10 PM
33 points
89 comments1 min readLW link

Deep­mind Plans for Rat-Level AI

moridinamaelAug 18, 2016, 4:26 PM
33 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Link: Ev­i­dence-Based Medicine Has Been Hijacked

Anders_HMar 16, 2016, 7:57 PM
33 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Cir­cles of discussion

Paul CrowleyDec 16, 2016, 4:35 AM
33 points
42 comments3 min readLW link

Look for Lone Cor­rect Contrarians

Gram_StoneMar 13, 2016, 4:11 PM
33 points
27 comments4 min readLW link

Triag­ing men­tal phe­nom­ena or: lev­el­ing up the stack trace skill

RomeoStevensDec 23, 2016, 12:15 AM
32 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

A Child’s Petrov Day Speech

James_MillerSep 28, 2016, 2:27 AM
32 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

On Try­ing Not To Be Wrong

sarahconstantinNov 11, 2016, 7:25 PM
31 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

2016 LessWrong Di­as­pora Sur­vey Anal­y­sis: Part One (Meta and De­mo­graph­ics)

namespaceMay 14, 2016, 6:09 AM
31 points
17 comments6 min readLW link

Happy No­tice Your Sur­prise Day!

VaniverApr 1, 2016, 1:02 PM
30 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Two kinds of Ex­pec­ta­tions, *one* of which is helpful for ra­tio­nal thinking

MalcolmOceanJun 20, 2016, 4:04 PM
30 points
13 comments10 min readLW link

Less costly signaling

paulfchristianoNov 22, 2016, 9:11 PM
30 points
38 comments1 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

The in­creas­ing use­less­ness of Promoted

PhilGoetzMar 19, 2016, 6:23 PM
30 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

AlphaGo ver­sus Lee Sedol

gjmMar 9, 2016, 12:22 PM
30 points
183 comments1 min readLW link

Guns And States

Scott AlexanderJan 7, 2016, 2:29 AM
30 points
1 comment15 min readLW link

Up­date­less­ness and Son of X

Scott GarrabrantNov 4, 2016, 10:58 PM
29 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

2016: a year in re­view in science

EloDec 11, 2016, 5:01 AM
29 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

Tonic Judo

Gram_StoneApr 2, 2016, 9:19 PM
29 points
17 comments4 min readLW link

The Par­tial Con­trol Fallacy

DarmaniDec 14, 2016, 2:57 AM
29 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

What’s wrong with this pic­ture?

CronoDASJan 28, 2016, 1:30 PM
29 points
81 comments1 min readLW link

Sev­eral free CFAR sum­mer pro­grams on ra­tio­nal­ity and AI safety

AnnaSalamonApr 14, 2016, 2:35 AM
29 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

The call of the void

EloAug 28, 2016, 1:17 PM
28 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Where does our com­mu­nity dis­agree about mean­ingful is­sues?

ChristianKlFeb 12, 2016, 11:34 AM
28 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

The challenge of writ­ing Utopia

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 24, 2016, 5:35 PM
27 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Down­votes tem­porar­ily disabled

VaniverDec 1, 2016, 5:31 PM
27 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

A differ­ent ar­gu­ment against Univer­sal Ba­sic Income

chaosmageDec 28, 2016, 10:35 PM
27 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Astro­biol­ogy III: Why Earth?

CellBioGuyOct 4, 2016, 9:59 PM
27 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Less­wrong Po­ten­tial Changes

EloMar 19, 2016, 12:24 PM
27 points
88 comments4 min readLW link

Con­sider hav­ing sparse insides

AnnaSalamonApr 1, 2016, 12:07 AM
27 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Yud­kowsky vs Trump: the nu­clear show­down.

MrMindNov 11, 2016, 11:30 AM
27 points
162 comments2 min readLW link

[LINK] Con­crete prob­lems in AI safety

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 5, 2016, 9:33 PM
26 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

The lad­der of ab­strac­tion and giv­ing ex­am­ples

EloAug 16, 2016, 5:31 AM
26 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Ad­ver­sity to Success

EloJun 15, 2016, 10:24 PM
26 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Another view of quan­tiliz­ers: avoid­ing Good­hart’s Law

jessicataJan 9, 2016, 4:02 AM
26 points
2 comments2 min readLW link