The Hid­den Com­plex­ity of Wishes

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 24, 2007, 12:12 AM
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Leaky Generalizations

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 22, 2007, 9:16 PM
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Not for the Sake of Hap­piness (Alone)

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 22, 2007, 3:19 AM
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Truly Part Of You

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 21, 2007, 2:18 AM
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Ar­tifi­cial Addition

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 20, 2007, 7:58 AM
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Con­jur­ing An Evolu­tion To Serve You

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 19, 2007, 5:55 AM
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The Sim­ple Math of Everything

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 17, 2007, 10:42 PM
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No Evolu­tions for Cor­po­ra­tions or Nanodevices

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 17, 2007, 2:24 AM
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Evolv­ing to Extinction

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 16, 2007, 7:18 AM
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Ter­mi­nal Values and In­stru­men­tal Values

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 15, 2007, 7:56 AM
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Thou Art Godshatter

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 13, 2007, 7:38 PM
246 points

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Protein Re­in­force­ment and DNA Consequentialism

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 13, 2007, 1:34 AM
62 points

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Evolu­tion­ary Psychology

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 11, 2007, 8:41 PM
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Adap­ta­tion-Ex­e­cuters, not Fit­ness-Maximizers

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 11, 2007, 6:39 AM
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Fake Op­ti­miza­tion Criteria

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 10, 2007, 12:10 AM
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Why aren’t our prop­erty rights over one an­other more trans­fer­able?

KatjaGraceNov 9, 2007, 4:05 PM
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Fake Morality

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 8, 2007, 9:32 PM
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Fake Selfishness

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 8, 2007, 2:31 AM
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The Tragedy of Group Selectionism

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 7, 2007, 7:47 AM
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Be­ware of Stephen J. Gould

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 6, 2007, 5:22 AM
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Nat­u­ral Selec­tion’s Speed Limit and Com­plex­ity Bound

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 4, 2007, 4:54 PM
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Cor­po­rate ecology

KatjaGraceNov 3, 2007, 10:13 PM
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Evolu­tions Are Stupid (But Work Any­way)

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 3, 2007, 3:45 PM
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Draw­ing lines and tigers

KatjaGraceNov 3, 2007, 1:08 PM
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A way to be more open minded (an ex­per­i­men­tal thought)

KatjaGraceNov 3, 2007, 9:43 AM
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The Won­der of Evolution

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 2, 2007, 8:49 PM
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Some half-se­ri­ous, half-formed thoughts on ex­ist­ing and so on

KatjaGraceNov 2, 2007, 11:20 AM
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An Alien God

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 2, 2007, 6:57 AM
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Fake Justification

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 1, 2007, 3:57 AM
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A Ter­rify­ing Hal­loween Costume

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 1, 2007, 2:54 AM
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A Case Study of Mo­ti­vated Continuation

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 31, 2007, 1:27 AM
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Tor­ture vs. Dust Specks

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 30, 2007, 2:50 AM
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Mo­ti­vated Stop­ping and Mo­ti­vated Continuation

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 28, 2007, 11:10 PM
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Bay Area Bayesi­ans Unite!

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 28, 2007, 12:07 AM
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Why Are In­di­vi­d­ual IQ Differ­ences OK?

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 26, 2007, 9:50 PM
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No One Knows What Science Doesn’t Know

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 25, 2007, 11:47 PM
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Dou­ble Illu­sion of Transparency

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 24, 2007, 11:06 PM
126 points

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Ex­plain­ers Shoot High. Aim Low!

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 24, 2007, 1:13 AM
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Ex­pect­ing Short In­fer­en­tial Distances

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 22, 2007, 11:42 PM
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Self-Anchoring

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 22, 2007, 6:11 AM
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Illu­sion of Trans­parency: Why No One Un­der­stands You

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 20, 2007, 11:49 PM
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Pas­cal’s Mug­ging: Tiny Prob­a­bil­ities of Vast Utilities

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 19, 2007, 11:37 PM
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Con­grat­u­la­tions to Paris Hilton

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 19, 2007, 12:31 AM
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“Can’t Say No” Spending

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 18, 2007, 2:08 AM
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Hold Off On Propos­ing Solutions

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 17, 2007, 3:16 AM
140 points

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The Log­i­cal Fal­lacy of Gen­er­al­iza­tion from Fic­tional Evidence

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 16, 2007, 3:57 AM
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The Mean­ing That Im­mor­tal­ity Gives to Life

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 15, 2007, 3:02 AM
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How to Seem (and Be) Deep

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 14, 2007, 6:13 PM
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Origi­nal Seeing

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 14, 2007, 4:38 AM
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The “Out­side the Box” Box

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 12, 2007, 10:50 PM
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