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Mo­ti­va­tional In­tro Posts

TagLast edit: Apr 5, 2021, 5:40 PM by jimrandomh

Posts which (we theorize) are good to show to new users, to get them excited about rationality. Posts listed here should be high-quality classics, should be accessible without having previously read the Sequences or anything else on LessWrong, and should somehow convince a certain sort of reader that rationality is important, and they want to read more about it. A good motivational intro post might argue the value of rationality directly, or it might point out a reasoning flaw which people recognize strongly in themselves, or it might introduce a rationality concept which is particularly sticky.

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On Caring

So8resOct 15, 2014, 1:59 AM
242 points
276 comments10 min readLW link

The non­cen­tral fal­lacy—the worst ar­gu­ment in the world?

Scott AlexanderAug 27, 2012, 3:36 AM
423 points
1,768 comments7 min readLW link

The Mar­tial Art of Rationality

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 22, 2006, 8:00 PM
302 points
48 comments3 min readLW link

Tsuyoku Nar­i­tai! (I Want To Be­come Stronger)

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 27, 2007, 5:49 PM
328 points
82 comments3 min readLW link

Diseased think­ing: dis­solv­ing ques­tions about disease

Scott AlexanderMay 30, 2010, 9:16 PM
532 points
356 comments9 min readLW link

What Do We Mean By “Ra­tion­al­ity”?

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 16, 2009, 10:33 PM
378 points
19 comments6 min readLW link

Effi­cient Char­ity: Do Unto Others...

Scott AlexanderDec 24, 2010, 9:26 PM
207 points
322 comments6 min readLW link

Know­ing About Bi­ases Can Hurt People

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 4, 2007, 6:01 PM
223 points
82 comments2 min readLW link

Hu­mans are not au­to­mat­i­cally strategic

AnnaSalamonSep 8, 2010, 7:02 AM
571 points
278 comments4 min readLW link

Wikipe­dia as an in­tro­duc­tion to the al­ign­ment problem

SoerenMindMay 29, 2023, 6:43 PM
83 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
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