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A quick note on weirdness points and Solstices [And also random other Solstice discussion]
Raemon
Dec 21, 2016, 5:29 PM
38
points
85
comments
1
min read
LW
link
JFK was not assassinated: prior probability zero events
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 27, 2016, 11:47 AM
38
points
38
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Attention! Financial scam targeting Less Wrong users
Viliam_Bur
May 14, 2016, 5:38 PM
38
points
92
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How did my baby die and what is the probability that my next one will?
deprimita_patro
Jan 19, 2016, 6:24 AM
37
points
23
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Posting to Main currently disabled
Vaniver
Feb 19, 2016, 3:55 AM
37
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong Karma Chart Website
ScottL
Feb 15, 2016, 12:36 PM
36
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Pink Sparkly Ball Thing (Use unique, non-obvious terms for nuanced concepts)
MalcolmOcean
Feb 20, 2016, 11:25 PM
36
points
14
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The 12 Second Rule (i.e. think before answering) and other Epistemic Norms
Raemon
Sep 5, 2016, 11:08 PM
35
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The engineer and the diplomat
Benquo
Dec 27, 2016, 8:49 PM
35
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
Astrobiology, Astronomy, and the Fermi Paradox II: Space & Time Revisited
CellBioGuy
Mar 10, 2016, 5:19 AM
35
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Age of Em
Scott Alexander
May 28, 2016, 8:42 PM
34
points
6
comments
29
min read
LW
link
It’s Bayes All The Way Up
Scott Alexander
Sep 12, 2016, 1:35 PM
34
points
0
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Albion’s Seed
Scott Alexander
Apr 27, 2016, 8:40 AM
34
points
1
comment
32
min read
LW
link
MIRI’s 2016 Fundraiser
So8res
Sep 25, 2016, 4:55 PM
34
points
13
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Sample means, how do they work?
Benquo
Nov 20, 2016, 9:04 PM
34
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Revitalizing Less Wrong seems like a lost purpose, but here are some other ideas
John_Maxwell
Jun 12, 2016, 7:38 AM
34
points
34
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Now is the time to eliminate mosquitoes
James_Miller
Aug 6, 2016, 7:10 PM
33
points
89
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Deepmind Plans for Rat-Level AI
moridinamael
Aug 18, 2016, 4:26 PM
33
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Link: Evidence-Based Medicine Has Been Hijacked
Anders_H
Mar 16, 2016, 7:57 PM
33
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Circles of discussion
Paul Crowley
Dec 16, 2016, 4:35 AM
33
points
42
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Look for Lone Correct Contrarians
Gram_Stone
Mar 13, 2016, 4:11 PM
33
points
27
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Triaging mental phenomena or: leveling up the stack trace skill
RomeoStevens
Dec 23, 2016, 12:15 AM
32
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Child’s Petrov Day Speech
James_Miller
Sep 28, 2016, 2:27 AM
32
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
On Trying Not To Be Wrong
sarahconstantin
Nov 11, 2016, 7:25 PM
31
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
2016 LessWrong Diaspora Survey Analysis: Part One (Meta and Demographics)
namespace
May 14, 2016, 6:09 AM
31
points
17
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Happy Notice Your Surprise Day!
Vaniver
Apr 1, 2016, 1:02 PM
30
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Two kinds of Expectations, *one* of which is helpful for rational thinking
MalcolmOcean
Jun 20, 2016, 4:04 PM
30
points
13
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Less costly signaling
paulfchristiano
Nov 22, 2016, 9:11 PM
30
points
38
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(sideways-view.com)
The increasing uselessness of Promoted
PhilGoetz
Mar 19, 2016, 6:23 PM
30
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol
gjm
Mar 9, 2016, 12:22 PM
30
points
183
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Guns And States
Scott Alexander
Jan 7, 2016, 2:29 AM
30
points
1
comment
15
min read
LW
link
Updatelessness and Son of X
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 4, 2016, 10:58 PM
29
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2016: a year in review in science
Elo
Dec 11, 2016, 5:01 AM
29
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Tonic Judo
Gram_Stone
Apr 2, 2016, 9:19 PM
29
points
17
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Partial Control Fallacy
Darmani
Dec 14, 2016, 2:57 AM
29
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What’s wrong with this picture?
CronoDAS
Jan 28, 2016, 1:30 PM
29
points
81
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Several free CFAR summer programs on rationality and AI safety
AnnaSalamon
Apr 14, 2016, 2:35 AM
29
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The call of the void
Elo
Aug 28, 2016, 1:17 PM
28
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Where does our community disagree about meaningful issues?
ChristianKl
Feb 12, 2016, 11:34 AM
28
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The challenge of writing Utopia
Stuart_Armstrong
Dec 24, 2016, 5:35 PM
27
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Downvotes temporarily disabled
Vaniver
Dec 1, 2016, 5:31 PM
27
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A different argument against Universal Basic Income
chaosmage
Dec 28, 2016, 10:35 PM
27
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Astrobiology III: Why Earth?
CellBioGuy
Oct 4, 2016, 9:59 PM
27
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Lesswrong Potential Changes
Elo
Mar 19, 2016, 12:24 PM
27
points
88
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Consider having sparse insides
AnnaSalamon
Apr 1, 2016, 12:07 AM
27
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Yudkowsky vs Trump: the nuclear showdown.
MrMind
Nov 11, 2016, 11:30 AM
27
points
162
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Concrete problems in AI safety
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 5, 2016, 9:33 PM
26
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The ladder of abstraction and giving examples
Elo
Aug 16, 2016, 5:31 AM
26
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Adversity to Success
Elo
Jun 15, 2016, 10:24 PM
26
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Another view of quantilizers: avoiding Goodhart’s Law
jessicata
Jan 9, 2016, 4:02 AM
26
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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