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Eight Short Studies On Excuses

Scott Alexander20 Apr 2010 23:01 UTC

517 points

237 comments10 min readLW link

Making Vaccine

johnswentworth3 Feb 2021 20:24 UTC

511 points

246 comments6 min readLW link

Preface

Eliezer Yudkowsky11 Mar 2015 19:00 UTC

439 points

12 comments4 min readLW link

The Best Textbooks on Every Subject

lukeprog16 Jan 2011 8:30 UTC

423 points

373 comments7 min readLW link

Rationalism before the Sequences

Eric Raymond30 Mar 2021 14:04 UTC

423 points

77 comments10 min readLW link

Schelling fences on slippery slopes

Scott Alexander16 Mar 2012 23:44 UTC

407 points

204 comments6 min readLW link

Diseased thinking: dissolving questions about disease

Scott Alexander30 May 2010 21:16 UTC

377 points

353 comments9 min readLW link

Generalizing From One Example

Scott Alexander28 Apr 2009 22:00 UTC

350 points

412 comments6 min readLW link

Reason as memetic immune disorder

PhilGoetz19 Sep 2009 21:05 UTC

340 points

177 comments5 min readLW link

Thoughts on the Singularity Institute (SI)

HoldenKarnofsky11 May 2012 4:31 UTC

324 points

1,287 comments29 min readLW link

Bets, Bonds, and Kindergarteners

jefftk3 Jan 2021 21:20 UTC

317 points

28 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Pain is not the unit of Effort

alkjash24 Nov 2020 20:00 UTC

312 points

70 comments5 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Covid 12/24: We’re F***ed, It’s Over

Zvi24 Dec 2020 15:10 UTC

304 points

137 comments30 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Humans are not automatically strategic

AnnaSalamon8 Sep 2010 7:02 UTC

295 points

274 comments4 min readLW link

The noncentral fallacy—the worst argument in the world?

Scott Alexander27 Aug 2012 3:36 UTC

280 points

1,754 comments7 min readLW link

Dying Outside

HalFinney5 Oct 2009 2:45 UTC

275 points

88 comments2 min readLW link

Anti-Aging: State of the Art

JackH31 Dec 2020 19:07 UTC

274 points

162 comments11 min readLW link

Intellectual Hipsters and Meta-Contrarianism

Scott Alexander13 Sep 2010 21:36 UTC

267 points

360 comments8 min readLW link

The Blue-Minimizing Robot

Scott Alexander4 Jul 2011 22:26 UTC

267 points

162 comments4 min readLW link

The Neglected Virtue of Scholarship

lukeprog5 Jan 2011 7:22 UTC

258 points

153 comments3 min readLW link

Attention control is critical for changing/increasing/altering motivation

kalla72411 Apr 2012 0:48 UTC

254 points

99 comments7 min readLW link

100 Tips for a Better Life

Ideopunk22 Dec 2020 14:30 UTC

252 points

116 comments9 min readLW link

To listen well, get curious

benkuhn13 Dec 2020 0:20 UTC

246 points

37 comments4 min readLW link

(www.benkuhn.net)

Great minds might not think alike

UnexpectedValues26 Dec 2020 19:51 UTC

246 points

43 comments11 min readLW link

(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

The Parable of Predict-O-Matic

abramdemski15 Oct 2019 0:49 UTC

245 points

41 comments14 min readLW link 5 nominations 4 reviews

Ugh fields

Roko12 Apr 2010 17:06 UTC

243 points

75 comments3 min readLW link

Leaky Delegation: You are not a Commodity

Darmani25 Jan 2021 2:04 UTC

243 points

31 comments15 min readLW link

Working hurts less than procrastinating, we fear the twinge of starting

Eliezer Yudkowsky2 Jan 2011 0:15 UTC

240 points

144 comments3 min readLW link

What failure looks like

paulfchristiano17 Mar 2019 20:18 UTC

240 points

48 comments8 min readLW link 2 nominations 2 reviews

Why the tails come apart

Thrasymachus1 Aug 2014 22:41 UTC

238 points

100 comments7 min readLW link

Reality-Revealing and Reality-Masking Puzzles

AnnaSalamon16 Jan 2020 16:15 UTC

238 points

57 comments13 min readLW link

Industrial literacy

jasoncrawford30 Sep 2020 16:39 UTC

236 points

125 comments3 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

What Do We Mean By “Rationality”?

Eliezer Yudkowsky16 Mar 2009 22:33 UTC

229 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

Are we in an AI overhang?

Andy Jones27 Jul 2020 12:48 UTC

229 points

92 comments4 min readLW link

RadVac Commercial Antibody Test Results

johnswentworth26 Feb 2021 18:04 UTC

228 points

29 comments3 min readLW link

Is Success the Enemy of Freedom? (Full)

alkjash26 Oct 2020 20:25 UTC

227 points

64 comments9 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Politics is way too meta

Rob Bensinger17 Mar 2021 7:04 UTC

227 points

44 comments11 min readLW link

A Fable of Science and Politics

Eliezer Yudkowsky23 Dec 2006 4:50 UTC

225 points

102 comments5 min readLW link

The Least Convenient Possible World

Scott Alexander14 Mar 2009 2:11 UTC

225 points

200 comments5 min readLW link

Making Beliefs Pay Rent (in Anticipated Experiences)

Eliezer Yudkowsky28 Jul 2007 22:59 UTC

224 points

256 comments4 min readLW link

Heads I Win, Tails?—Never Heard of Her; Or, Selective Reporting and the Tragedy of the Green Rationalists

Zack_M_Davis24 Sep 2019 4:12 UTC

223 points

37 comments8 min readLW link 2 nominations 2 reviews

Book summary: Unlocking the Emotional Brain

Kaj_Sotala8 Oct 2019 19:11 UTC

222 points

32 comments21 min readLW link 2 nominations 3 reviews

CFAR Participant Handbook now available to all

Duncan_Sabien3 Jan 2020 15:43 UTC

221 points

36 comments1 min readLW link

Embedded Interactive Predictions on LessWrong

Amandango20 Nov 2020 18:35 UTC

220 points

82 comments2 min readLW link

How to Beat Procrastination

lukeprog5 Feb 2011 18:49 UTC

219 points

160 comments15 min readLW link

Anti-social Punishment

Martin Sustrik27 Sep 2018 7:08 UTC

219 points

64 comments6 min readLW link

Roles are Martial Arts for Agency

Eneasz8 Aug 2014 3:53 UTC

218 points

59 comments3 min readLW link

A tale from Communist China

Wei_Dai18 Oct 2020 17:37 UTC

218 points

64 comments2 min readLW link

That Alien Message

Eliezer Yudkowsky22 May 2008 5:55 UTC

217 points

171 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] Coronavirus: Justified Practical Advice Thread

Ben Pace and Elizabeth

28 Feb 2020 6:43 UTC

217 points

334 comments1 min readLW link