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Terminal Values and Instrumental Values
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15 Nov 2007 7:56 UTC
107
points
45
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Thou Art Godshatter
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13 Nov 2007 19:38 UTC
218
points
81
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Protein Reinforcement and DNA Consequentialism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13 Nov 2007 1:34 UTC
60
points
20
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Evolutionary Psychology
Eliezer Yudkowsky
11 Nov 2007 20:41 UTC
93
points
42
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Adaptation-Executers, not Fitness-Maximizers
Eliezer Yudkowsky
11 Nov 2007 6:39 UTC
141
points
33
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Fake Optimization Criteria
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10 Nov 2007 0:10 UTC
66
points
21
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Why aren’t our property rights over one another more transferable?
KatjaGrace
9 Nov 2007 16:05 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fake Morality
Eliezer Yudkowsky
8 Nov 2007 21:32 UTC
108
points
105
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Fake Selfishness
Eliezer Yudkowsky
8 Nov 2007 2:31 UTC
70
points
71
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Tragedy of Group Selectionism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
7 Nov 2007 7:47 UTC
109
points
89
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Beware of Stephen J. Gould
Eliezer Yudkowsky
6 Nov 2007 5:22 UTC
60
points
80
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Natural Selection’s Speed Limit and Complexity Bound
Eliezer Yudkowsky
4 Nov 2007 16:54 UTC
11
points
105
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Corporate ecology
KatjaGrace
3 Nov 2007 22:13 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Evolutions Are Stupid (But Work Anyway)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
3 Nov 2007 15:45 UTC
96
points
68
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Drawing lines and tigers
KatjaGrace
3 Nov 2007 13:08 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A way to be more open minded (an experimental thought)
KatjaGrace
3 Nov 2007 9:43 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Wonder of Evolution
Eliezer Yudkowsky
2 Nov 2007 20:49 UTC
85
points
85
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Some half-serious, half-formed thoughts on existing and so on
KatjaGrace
2 Nov 2007 11:20 UTC
1
point
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
An Alien God
Eliezer Yudkowsky
2 Nov 2007 6:57 UTC
202
points
162
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Fake Justification
Eliezer Yudkowsky
1 Nov 2007 3:57 UTC
116
points
59
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A Terrifying Halloween Costume
Eliezer Yudkowsky
1 Nov 2007 2:54 UTC
10
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Case Study of Motivated Continuation
Eliezer Yudkowsky
31 Oct 2007 1:27 UTC
35
points
36
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Torture vs. Dust Specks
Eliezer Yudkowsky
30 Oct 2007 2:50 UTC
81
points
624
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Motivated Stopping and Motivated Continuation
Eliezer Yudkowsky
28 Oct 2007 23:10 UTC
84
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Bay Area Bayesians Unite!
Eliezer Yudkowsky
28 Oct 2007 0:07 UTC
2
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why Are Individual IQ Differences OK?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
26 Oct 2007 21:50 UTC
71
points
515
comments
3
min read
LW
link
No One Knows What Science Doesn’t Know
Eliezer Yudkowsky
25 Oct 2007 23:47 UTC
87
points
107
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Double Illusion of Transparency
Eliezer Yudkowsky
24 Oct 2007 23:06 UTC
112
points
33
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Explainers Shoot High. Aim Low!
Eliezer Yudkowsky
24 Oct 2007 1:13 UTC
98
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Expecting Short Inferential Distances
Eliezer Yudkowsky
22 Oct 2007 23:42 UTC
338
points
106
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Self-Anchoring
Eliezer Yudkowsky
22 Oct 2007 6:11 UTC
45
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Illusion of Transparency: Why No One Understands You
Eliezer Yudkowsky
20 Oct 2007 23:49 UTC
159
points
52
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Pascal’s Mugging: Tiny Probabilities of Vast Utilities
Eliezer Yudkowsky
19 Oct 2007 23:37 UTC
107
points
353
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
31
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hold Off On Proposing Solutions
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17 Oct 2007 3:16 UTC
115
points
51
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16 Oct 2007 3:57 UTC
120
points
62
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Meaning That Immortality Gives to Life
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15 Oct 2007 3:02 UTC
70
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How to Seem (and Be) Deep
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14 Oct 2007 18:13 UTC
108
points
122
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Original Seeing
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14 Oct 2007 4:38 UTC
158
points
29
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The “Outside the Box” Box
Eliezer Yudkowsky
12 Oct 2007 22:50 UTC
89
points
51
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Cached Thoughts
Eliezer Yudkowsky
11 Oct 2007 23:46 UTC
188
points
93
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Do We Believe Everything We’re Told?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10 Oct 2007 23:52 UTC
92
points
40
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Priming and Contamination
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10 Oct 2007 2:23 UTC
57
points
27
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A Priori
Eliezer Yudkowsky
8 Oct 2007 21:02 UTC
80
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
121
points
52
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Singlethink
Eliezer Yudkowsky
6 Oct 2007 19:24 UTC
106
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Meditation on Curiosity
Eliezer Yudkowsky
6 Oct 2007 0:26 UTC
144
points
99
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Avoiding Your Belief’s Real Weak Points
Eliezer Yudkowsky
5 Oct 2007 1:59 UTC
158
points
212
comments
4
min read
LW
link
We Change Our Minds Less Often Than We Think
Eliezer Yudkowsky
3 Oct 2007 18:14 UTC
99
points
119
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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