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Are wire­heads happy?

Scott Alexander1 Jan 2010 16:41 UTC
181 points
109 comments5 min readLW link

A Suite of Prag­matic Con­sid­er­a­tions in Fa­vor of Niceness

Alicorn5 Jan 2010 21:32 UTC
111 points
198 comments3 min readLW link

Log­i­cal Rudeness

Eliezer Yudkowsky29 Jan 2010 6:48 UTC
107 points
206 comments4 min readLW link

Nor­mal Cryonics

Eliezer Yudkowsky19 Jan 2010 19:08 UTC
104 points
964 comments4 min readLW link

Tips and Tricks for An­swer­ing Hard Questions

Wei Dai17 Jan 2010 23:56 UTC
97 points
54 comments2 min readLW link

That Mag­i­cal Click

Eliezer Yudkowsky20 Jan 2010 16:35 UTC
86 points
416 comments5 min readLW link

Sort­ing Out Sticky Brains

Alicorn18 Jan 2010 4:18 UTC
69 points
44 comments3 min readLW link

Com­plex­ity of Value ≠ Com­plex­ity of Outcome

Wei Dai30 Jan 2010 2:50 UTC
65 points
223 comments3 min readLW link

Deon­tol­ogy for Consequentialists

Alicorn30 Jan 2010 17:58 UTC
61 points
255 comments6 min readLW link

High Sta­tus and Stu­pidity: Why?

Eliezer Yudkowsky12 Jan 2010 16:36 UTC
60 points
146 comments3 min readLW link

Fic­tional Ev­i­dence vs. Fic­tional Insight

Wei Dai8 Jan 2010 1:59 UTC
50 points
46 comments2 min readLW link

Less Wrong Q&A with Eliezer Yud­kowsky: Video Answers

MichaelGR7 Jan 2010 4:40 UTC
48 points
100 comments1 min readLW link

You can­not be mis­taken about (not) want­ing to wirehead

Kaj_Sotala26 Jan 2010 12:06 UTC
46 points
79 comments3 min readLW link

Ad­vanc­ing Certainty

komponisto18 Jan 2010 9:51 UTC
44 points
110 comments4 min readLW link

The Wannabe Rational

MrHen15 Jan 2010 20:09 UTC
39 points
305 comments8 min readLW link

The Prefer­ence Utili­tar­ian’s Time In­con­sis­tency Problem

Wei Dai15 Jan 2010 0:26 UTC
34 points
107 comments1 min readLW link

The Pre­dic­tion Hierarchy

RobinZ19 Jan 2010 3:36 UTC
28 points
38 comments3 min readLW link

Case study: Melatonin

gwern7 Jan 2010 18:24 UTC
27 points
176 comments1 min readLW link

Wel­come to Heaven

denisbider25 Jan 2010 23:22 UTC
26 points
246 comments2 min readLW link

Refer­ence class of the unclassreferenceable

taw8 Jan 2010 4:13 UTC
25 points
154 comments1 min readLW link

Max Teg­mark on our place in his­tory: “We’re Not In­signifi­cant After All”

Roko4 Jan 2010 0:02 UTC
23 points
88 comments3 min readLW link

TakeOnIt: Database of Ex­pert Opinions

Eliezer Yudkowsky5 Jan 2010 20:54 UTC
21 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

The things we know that we know ain’t so

PhilGoetz11 Jan 2010 21:59 UTC
19 points
149 comments1 min readLW link

Priv­ileged Snuff

rwallace22 Jan 2010 5:38 UTC
19 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Draw­ing Two Aces

Eliezer Yudkowsky3 Jan 2010 10:33 UTC
19 points
92 comments1 min readLW link

In defense of the out­side view

cousin_it15 Jan 2010 11:01 UTC
18 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

Stig­mergy and Pick­er­ing’s Mangle

Johnicholas2 Jan 2010 19:14 UTC
18 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

Self con­trol may be contagious

Psy-Kosh14 Jan 2010 3:41 UTC
18 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

Com­mu­ni­cat­ing effec­tively: form and content

Morendil6 Jan 2010 9:52 UTC
17 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Easy Pre­dic­tor Tests

MrHen21 Jan 2010 18:40 UTC
16 points
66 comments1 min readLW link

Adap­tive bias

Morendil25 Jan 2010 17:45 UTC
15 points
31 comments2 min readLW link

Den­nett’s “Con­scious­ness Ex­plained”: Prelude

PhilGoetz10 Jan 2010 7:31 UTC
14 points
100 comments3 min readLW link

What big goals do we have?

cousin_it19 Jan 2010 16:35 UTC
13 points
95 comments1 min readLW link

Lists of cog­ni­tive bi­ases, com­mon mis­con­cep­tions, and fallacies

Kevin23 Jan 2010 22:47 UTC
13 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Far & Near /​ Ru­n­away Trol­leys /​ The Prox­im­ity Of (Fat) Strangers

botogol23 Jan 2010 22:13 UTC
12 points
47 comments2 min readLW link

When does an in­sight count as ev­i­dence?

Alex Flint4 Jan 2010 9:09 UTC
11 points
38 comments3 min readLW link

Bizarre Illusions

MrHen27 Jan 2010 18:25 UTC
11 points
310 comments1 min readLW link

Lon­don meetup: “The Friendly AI Prob­lem”

Roko19 Jan 2010 23:35 UTC
10 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Value Uncer­tainty and the Sin­gle­ton Scenario

Wei Dai24 Jan 2010 5:03 UTC
10 points
31 comments3 min readLW link

Ad­vice for AI makers

Stuart_Armstrong14 Jan 2010 11:32 UTC
10 points
211 comments1 min readLW link

Play for a Cause

brian_jaress28 Jan 2010 20:52 UTC
10 points
57 comments2 min readLW link

Will rea­son ever out­run faith?

ABranco7 Jan 2010 14:00 UTC
9 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

Less­wrong UK plan­ning thread

whpearson24 Jan 2010 0:33 UTC
9 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

Dis­clo­sure vs. Bans: Re­ply to Robin Hanson

David_J_Balan4 Jan 2010 1:09 UTC
9 points
58 comments3 min readLW link

Consciousness

Mitchell_Porter8 Jan 2010 12:18 UTC
8 points
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Den­nett’s heterophenomenology

Richard_Kennaway16 Jan 2010 20:40 UTC
8 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

Open Thread: Jan­uary 2010

Kaj_Sotala1 Jan 2010 17:02 UTC
7 points
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Savulescu: “Ge­net­i­cally en­hance hu­man­ity or face ex­tinc­tion”

Roko10 Jan 2010 0:26 UTC
7 points
235 comments1 min readLW link

Costs to (po­ten­tially) eter­nal life

bgrah44921 Jan 2010 21:46 UTC
7 points
111 comments2 min readLW link

Back of the en­velope calcu­la­tions around the sin­gu­lar­ity.

whpearson15 Jan 2010 0:14 UTC
6 points
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