Pas­cal’s Mug­ging: Tiny Prob­a­bil­ities of Vast Utilities

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 19, 2007, 11:37 PM
112 points
354 comments4 min readLW link

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Paris Hilton

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 19, 2007, 12:31 AM
3 points
97 comments1 min readLW link

“Can’t Say No” Spending

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 18, 2007, 2:08 AM
32 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

Hold Off On Propos­ing Solutions

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 17, 2007, 3:16 AM
135 points
52 comments3 min readLW link

The Log­i­cal Fal­lacy of Gen­er­al­iza­tion from Fic­tional Evidence

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 16, 2007, 3:57 AM
132 points
62 comments6 min readLW link

The Mean­ing That Im­mor­tal­ity Gives to Life

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 15, 2007, 3:02 AM
71 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

How to Seem (and Be) Deep

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 14, 2007, 6:13 PM
120 points
122 comments4 min readLW link

Origi­nal Seeing

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 14, 2007, 4:38 AM
184 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

The “Out­side the Box” Box

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 12, 2007, 10:50 PM
94 points
51 comments2 min readLW link

Cached Thoughts

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 11, 2007, 11:46 PM
223 points
94 comments3 min readLW link

Do We Believe Every­thing We’re Told?

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 10, 2007, 11:52 PM
107 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Prim­ing and Contamination

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 10, 2007, 2:23 AM
67 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

A Priori

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 8, 2007, 9:02 PM
87 points
133 comments4 min readLW link

No One Can Ex­empt You From Ra­tion­al­ity’s Laws

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 7, 2007, 5:24 PM
133 points
53 comments3 min readLW link

Singlethink

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 6, 2007, 7:24 PM
113 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

The Med­i­ta­tion on Curiosity

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 6, 2007, 12:26 AM
187 points
101 comments4 min readLW link

Avoid­ing Your Belief’s Real Weak Points

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 5, 2007, 1:59 AM
187 points
214 comments4 min readLW link

We Change Our Minds Less Often Than We Think

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 3, 2007, 6:14 PM
113 points
120 comments1 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­ity is the oil of rationalisation

KatjaGraceOct 3, 2007, 2:28 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Ra­tional Argument

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 2, 2007, 6:35 PM
103 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Recom­mended Ra­tion­al­ist Reading

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 1, 2007, 6:36 PM
20 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Rationalization

Eliezer YudkowskySep 30, 2007, 7:29 PM
126 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

What Ev­i­dence Filtered Ev­i­dence?

Eliezer YudkowskySep 29, 2007, 11:10 PM
124 points
43 comments4 min readLW link

Is out­do­ing mon­keys while imag­in­ing free will the only way you can feel like a man?

KatjaGraceSep 29, 2007, 12:34 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Bot­tom Line

Eliezer YudkowskySep 28, 2007, 5:47 PM
210 points
16 comments4 min readLW link

How to Con­vince Me That 2 + 2 = 3

Eliezer YudkowskySep 27, 2007, 11:00 PM
156 points
410 comments3 min readLW link

9/​26 is Petrov Day

Eliezer YudkowskySep 26, 2007, 4:14 PM
277 points
64 comments2 min readLW link

Oc­cam’s Razor

Eliezer YudkowskySep 26, 2007, 6:36 AM
136 points
55 comments5 min readLW link

Ein­stein’s Arrogance

Eliezer YudkowskySep 25, 2007, 1:29 AM
184 points
90 comments3 min readLW link

How Much Ev­i­dence Does It Take?

Eliezer YudkowskySep 24, 2007, 4:06 AM
168 points
33 comments4 min readLW link

The Lens That Sees Its Flaws

Eliezer YudkowskySep 23, 2007, 12:10 AM
391 points
48 comments3 min readLW link

What is Ev­i­dence?

Eliezer YudkowskySep 22, 2007, 6:43 AM
199 points
62 comments3 min readLW link

Bur­den­some Details

Eliezer YudkowskySep 20, 2007, 11:46 PM
256 points
46 comments4 min readLW link

Con­junc­tion Con­tro­versy (Or, How They Nail It Down)

Eliezer YudkowskySep 20, 2007, 2:41 AM
62 points
25 comments8 min readLW link

Con­junc­tion Fallacy

Eliezer YudkowskySep 19, 2007, 1:54 AM
56 points
46 comments3 min readLW link

Kah­ne­man’s Plan­ning Anecdote

Eliezer YudkowskySep 17, 2007, 4:39 PM
38 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Plan­ning Fallacy

Eliezer YudkowskySep 17, 2007, 7:06 AM
196 points
44 comments3 min readLW link

Why I’m Blooking

Eliezer YudkowskySep 15, 2007, 5:49 PM
49 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Dou­ble­think (Choos­ing to be Bi­ased)

Eliezer YudkowskySep 14, 2007, 8:05 PM
103 points
169 comments4 min readLW link

Hu­man Evil and Mud­dled Thinking

Eliezer YudkowskySep 13, 2007, 11:43 PM
150 points
144 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity and the English Language

Eliezer YudkowskySep 12, 2007, 10:55 PM
144 points
33 comments4 min readLW link

Ap­plause Lights

Eliezer YudkowskySep 11, 2007, 6:31 PM
379 points
99 comments2 min readLW link

We Don’t Really Want Your Participation

Eliezer YudkowskySep 10, 2007, 7:53 PM
64 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Rad­i­cal Honesty

Eliezer YudkowskySep 10, 2007, 6:09 AM
43 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

The Crack­pot Offer

Eliezer YudkowskySep 8, 2007, 2:32 PM
120 points
73 comments3 min readLW link

An­chor­ing and Adjustment

Eliezer YudkowskySep 7, 2007, 9:33 PM
84 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

Why is the Fu­ture So Ab­surd?

Eliezer YudkowskySep 7, 2007, 8:42 AM
52 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

So much for the fac­tual pub­lic de­bate that democ­ra­cies com­pletely fail to be built on

KatjaGraceSep 6, 2007, 3:07 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Availability

Eliezer YudkowskySep 6, 2007, 6:55 AM
193 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Ab­sur­dity Heuris­tic, Ab­sur­dity Bias

Eliezer YudkowskySep 5, 2007, 3:20 AM
58 points
10 comments2 min readLW link