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Expecting Short Inferential Distances
Eliezer Yudkowsky
22 Oct 2007 23:42 UTC
444
points
107
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Self-Anchoring
Eliezer Yudkowsky
22 Oct 2007 6:11 UTC
49
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Illusion of Transparency: Why No One Understands You
Eliezer Yudkowsky
20 Oct 2007 23:49 UTC
201
points
52
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Pascal’s Mugging: Tiny Probabilities of Vast Utilities
Eliezer Yudkowsky
19 Oct 2007 23:37 UTC
129
points
355
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Congratulations to Paris Hilton
Eliezer Yudkowsky
19 Oct 2007 0:31 UTC
3
points
97
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Can’t Say No” Spending
Eliezer Yudkowsky
18 Oct 2007 2:08 UTC
32
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hold Off On Proposing Solutions
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17 Oct 2007 3:16 UTC
162
points
52
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16 Oct 2007 3:57 UTC
149
points
64
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Meaning That Immortality Gives to Life
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15 Oct 2007 3:02 UTC
75
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How to Seem (and Be) Deep
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14 Oct 2007 18:13 UTC
133
points
123
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Original Seeing
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14 Oct 2007 4:38 UTC
211
points
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The “Outside the Box” Box
Eliezer Yudkowsky
12 Oct 2007 22:50 UTC
98
points
53
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Cached Thoughts
Eliezer Yudkowsky
11 Oct 2007 23:46 UTC
262
points
94
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Do We Believe Everything We’re Told?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10 Oct 2007 23:52 UTC
117
points
41
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Priming and Contamination
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10 Oct 2007 2:23 UTC
78
points
27
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A Priori
Eliezer Yudkowsky
8 Oct 2007 21:02 UTC
99
points
133
comments
4
min read
LW
link
No One Can Exempt You From Rationality’s Laws
Eliezer Yudkowsky
7 Oct 2007 17:24 UTC
145
points
53
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Singlethink
Eliezer Yudkowsky
6 Oct 2007 19:24 UTC
129
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Meditation on Curiosity
Eliezer Yudkowsky
6 Oct 2007 0:26 UTC
231
points
102
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Avoiding Your Belief’s Real Weak Points
Eliezer Yudkowsky
5 Oct 2007 1:59 UTC
211
points
216
comments
4
min read
LW
link
We Change Our Minds Less Often Than We Think
Eliezer Yudkowsky
3 Oct 2007 18:14 UTC
128
points
120
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Probability is the oil of rationalisation
KatjaGrace
3 Oct 2007 2:28 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Rational Argument
Eliezer Yudkowsky
2 Oct 2007 18:35 UTC
118
points
41
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Recommended Rationalist Reading
Eliezer Yudkowsky
1 Oct 2007 18:36 UTC
21
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationalization
Eliezer Yudkowsky
30 Sep 2007 19:29 UTC
151
points
29
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What Evidence Filtered Evidence?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
29 Sep 2007 23:10 UTC
141
points
43
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Is outdoing monkeys while imagining free will the only way you can feel like a man?
KatjaGrace
29 Sep 2007 0:34 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Bottom Line
Eliezer Yudkowsky
28 Sep 2007 17:47 UTC
237
points
17
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How to Convince Me That 2 + 2 = 3
Eliezer Yudkowsky
27 Sep 2007 23:00 UTC
175
points
410
comments
3
min read
LW
link
9/26 is Petrov Day
Eliezer Yudkowsky
26 Sep 2007 16:14 UTC
295
points
64
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Occam’s Razor
Eliezer Yudkowsky
26 Sep 2007 6:36 UTC
163
points
55
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Einstein’s Arrogance
Eliezer Yudkowsky
25 Sep 2007 1:29 UTC
217
points
92
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How Much Evidence Does It Take?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
24 Sep 2007 4:06 UTC
200
points
34
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Lens That Sees Its Flaws
Eliezer Yudkowsky
23 Sep 2007 0:10 UTC
508
points
53
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What is Evidence?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
22 Sep 2007 6:43 UTC
256
points
63
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Burdensome Details
Eliezer Yudkowsky
20 Sep 2007 23:46 UTC
303
points
51
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Conjunction Controversy (Or, How They Nail It Down)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
20 Sep 2007 2:41 UTC
63
points
25
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Conjunction Fallacy
Eliezer Yudkowsky
19 Sep 2007 1:54 UTC
56
points
46
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Kahneman’s Planning Anecdote
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17 Sep 2007 16:39 UTC
40
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Planning Fallacy
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17 Sep 2007 7:06 UTC
232
points
44
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Why I’m Blooking
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15 Sep 2007 17:49 UTC
52
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Doublethink (Choosing to be Biased)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14 Sep 2007 20:05 UTC
120
points
169
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Human Evil and Muddled Thinking
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13 Sep 2007 23:43 UTC
167
points
144
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rationality and the English Language
Eliezer Yudkowsky
12 Sep 2007 22:55 UTC
160
points
33
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Applause Lights
Eliezer Yudkowsky
11 Sep 2007 18:31 UTC
444
points
100
comments
2
min read
LW
link
We Don’t Really Want Your Participation
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10 Sep 2007 19:53 UTC
63
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Radical Honesty
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10 Sep 2007 6:09 UTC
47
points
37
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Crackpot Offer
Eliezer Yudkowsky
8 Sep 2007 14:32 UTC
145
points
73
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Anchoring and Adjustment
Eliezer Yudkowsky
7 Sep 2007 21:33 UTC
95
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why is the Future So Absurd?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
7 Sep 2007 8:42 UTC
62
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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