Self-fulfilling correlations

PhilGoetz26 Aug 2010 21:07 UTC
151 points
50 comments3 min readLW link

Prob­lems in evolu­tion­ary psy­chol­ogy

Kaj_Sotala13 Aug 2010 18:57 UTC
85 points
102 comments8 min readLW link

What a re­duc­tion of “could” could look like

cousin_it12 Aug 2010 17:41 UTC
83 points
111 comments2 min readLW link

Tak­ing Ideas Seriously

Will_Newsome13 Aug 2010 16:50 UTC
81 points
260 comments7 min readLW link

Five-minute ra­tio­nal­ity techniques

sketerpot10 Aug 2010 2:24 UTC
72 points
237 comments2 min readLW link

Con­flicts Between Men­tal Subagents: Ex­pand­ing Wei Dai’s Master-Slave Model

Scott Alexander4 Aug 2010 9:16 UTC
67 points
81 comments10 min readLW link

Wel­come to Less Wrong! (2010-2011)

orthonormal12 Aug 2010 1:08 UTC
56 points
805 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Les­sons in the Game of Go

GreenRoot21 Aug 2010 14:33 UTC
49 points
150 comments4 min readLW link

Kevin T. Kelly’s Ock­ham Effi­ciency Theorem

Johnicholas16 Aug 2010 4:46 UTC
43 points
82 comments5 min readLW link

The Threat of Cryonics

lsparrish3 Aug 2010 19:57 UTC
43 points
216 comments4 min readLW link

Ex­is­ten­tial Risk and Public Relations

multifoliaterose15 Aug 2010 7:16 UTC
41 points
628 comments5 min readLW link

Other Ex­is­ten­tial Risks

multifoliaterose17 Aug 2010 21:24 UTC
40 points
124 comments11 min readLW link

Book Recommendations

NancyLebovitz9 Aug 2010 20:03 UTC
35 points
146 comments1 min readLW link

The prior of a hy­poth­e­sis does not de­pend on its complexity

cousin_it26 Aug 2010 13:20 UTC
34 points
69 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity as Parfi­tian-filtered De­ci­sion The­ory?

SilasBarta30 Aug 2010 21:37 UTC
32 points
273 comments8 min readLW link

What should I have for din­ner? (A case study in de­ci­sion mak­ing)

bentarm12 Aug 2010 13:29 UTC
29 points
106 comments3 min readLW link

The Im­por­tance of Self-Doubt

multifoliaterose19 Aug 2010 22:47 UTC
28 points
746 comments10 min readLW link

An in­tro­duc­tion to de­ci­sion theory

[deleted]13 Aug 2010 9:09 UTC
25 points
29 comments6 min readLW link

Tran­shu­man­ism and the de­no­ta­tion-con­no­ta­tion gap

PhilGoetz18 Aug 2010 15:33 UTC
25 points
31 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­ploita­tion and co­op­er­a­tion in ecol­ogy, gov­ern­ment, busi­ness, and AI

PhilGoetz27 Aug 2010 14:27 UTC
24 points
43 comments4 min readLW link

Should I be­lieve what the SIAI claims?

XiXiDu12 Aug 2010 14:33 UTC
22 points
633 comments3 min readLW link

Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 2

dclayh1 Aug 2010 22:58 UTC
20 points
703 comments1 min readLW link

Trans­parency and Accountability

multifoliaterose21 Aug 2010 13:01 UTC
20 points
145 comments5 min readLW link

Lu­minos­ity (Twilight fan­fic) dis­cus­sion thread

FAWS25 Aug 2010 8:49 UTC
19 points
439 comments1 min readLW link

Burn­ing Man Meetup: Bayes Camp

Larks25 Aug 2010 6:14 UTC
19 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

Pur­pose­ful­ness on Mars

JamesAndrix8 Aug 2010 9:23 UTC
18 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

De­sir­able Dis­po­si­tions and Ra­tional Actions

RichardChappell17 Aug 2010 3:20 UTC
18 points
184 comments2 min readLW link

Christo­pher Hitchens and Cryonics

James_Miller8 Aug 2010 20:32 UTC
16 points
75 comments1 min readLW link

Cry­on­ics Questions

James_Miller26 Aug 2010 23:19 UTC
13 points
168 comments2 min readLW link

What a re­duc­tion of “prob­a­bil­ity” prob­a­bly looks like

cousin_it17 Aug 2010 14:58 UTC
12 points
35 comments3 min readLW link

New­comb’s Prob­lem: A prob­lem for Causal De­ci­sion Theories

[deleted]16 Aug 2010 11:25 UTC
11 points
121 comments4 min readLW link

Sin­gu­lar­ity Sum­mit 2010 Less Wrong Meetup

Mycroft6553611 Aug 2010 22:53 UTC
11 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­ested in a Euro­pean less­wrong meetup

MartinB7 Aug 2010 4:43 UTC
11 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity quotes: Au­gust 2010

Cyan3 Aug 2010 0:16 UTC
10 points
216 comments1 min readLW link

Blog­ging­heads: Robert Wright and Eliezer Yudkowsky

Liron7 Aug 2010 6:09 UTC
9 points
129 comments1 min readLW link

Against Cry­on­ics & For Cost-Effec­tive Charity

multifoliaterose10 Aug 2010 3:59 UTC
9 points
189 comments11 min readLW link

How can we com­pare de­ci­sion the­o­ries?

bentarm18 Aug 2010 13:29 UTC
9 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 3

Unnamed30 Aug 2010 5:37 UTC
8 points
570 comments1 min readLW link

Po­si­tion­ing one­self to make a difference

Mitchell_Porter18 Aug 2010 23:54 UTC
7 points
52 comments2 min readLW link

Open Thread, Au­gust 2010

NancyLebovitz1 Aug 2010 13:27 UTC
7 points
706 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Au­gust 2010-- part 2

NancyLebovitz9 Aug 2010 23:18 UTC
5 points
373 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­trater­res­trial pa­per­clip maximizers

multifoliaterose8 Aug 2010 20:35 UTC
5 points
161 comments4 min readLW link

Hu­mor isn’t norm evasion

KatjaGrace12 Aug 2010 17:21 UTC
4 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Dreams of AIXI

jacob_cannell30 Aug 2010 22:15 UTC
4 points
143 comments6 min readLW link

The Smok­ing Le­sion: A prob­lem for ev­i­den­tial de­ci­sion theory

[deleted]23 Aug 2010 9:01 UTC
3 points
101 comments1 min readLW link

Two straw men fighting

JanetK9 Aug 2010 8:53 UTC
2 points
163 comments6 min readLW link

Why is gen­der equal­ity so rude?

KatjaGrace9 Aug 2010 1:00 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Agree­able ways to dis­able your children

KatjaGrace7 Aug 2010 7:26 UTC
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link

On be­half of phys­i­cal things

KatjaGrace17 Aug 2010 15:42 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Discrim­i­na­tion: less is more

KatjaGrace10 Aug 2010 18:32 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link