Su­per­hero Bias

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 1, 2007, 3:14 AM
124 points
43 comments3 min readLW link

The Halo Effect

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 30, 2007, 12:58 AM
80 points
57 comments3 min readLW link

Un­bounded Scales, Huge Jury Awards, & Futurism

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 29, 2007, 7:45 AM
84 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Evalua­bil­ity (And Cheap Holi­day Shop­ping)

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 28, 2007, 12:37 AM
88 points
63 comments4 min readLW link

The Affect Heuristic

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 27, 2007, 7:58 AM
79 points
70 comments3 min readLW link

Pur­pose and Pragmatism

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 26, 2007, 6:51 AM
25 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Lost Purposes

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 25, 2007, 9:01 AM
186 points
79 comments6 min readLW link

The Hid­den Com­plex­ity of Wishes

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 24, 2007, 12:12 AM
179 points
199 comments8 min readLW link

Leaky Generalizations

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 22, 2007, 9:16 PM
59 points
31 comments3 min readLW link

Not for the Sake of Hap­piness (Alone)

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 22, 2007, 3:19 AM
108 points
109 comments3 min readLW link

Truly Part Of You

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 21, 2007, 2:18 AM
191 points
61 comments4 min readLW link

Ar­tifi­cial Addition

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 20, 2007, 7:58 AM
90 points
128 comments6 min readLW link

Con­jur­ing An Evolu­tion To Serve You

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 19, 2007, 5:55 AM
76 points
26 comments4 min readLW link

The Sim­ple Math of Everything

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 17, 2007, 10:42 PM
95 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

No Evolu­tions for Cor­po­ra­tions or Nanodevices

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 17, 2007, 2:24 AM
111 points
32 comments6 min readLW link

Evolv­ing to Extinction

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 16, 2007, 7:18 AM
136 points
44 comments6 min readLW link

Ter­mi­nal Values and In­stru­men­tal Values

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 15, 2007, 7:56 AM
116 points
46 comments10 min readLW link

Thou Art Godshatter

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 13, 2007, 7:38 PM
237 points
83 comments5 min readLW link

Protein Re­in­force­ment and DNA Consequentialism

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 13, 2007, 1:34 AM
62 points
20 comments4 min readLW link

Evolu­tion­ary Psychology

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 11, 2007, 8:41 PM
106 points
42 comments5 min readLW link

Adap­ta­tion-Ex­e­cuters, not Fit­ness-Maximizers

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 11, 2007, 6:39 AM
168 points
33 comments3 min readLW link

Fake Op­ti­miza­tion Criteria

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 10, 2007, 12:10 AM
74 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

Why aren’t our prop­erty rights over one an­other more trans­fer­able?

KatjaGraceNov 9, 2007, 4:05 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Fake Morality

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 8, 2007, 9:32 PM
117 points
105 comments2 min readLW link

Fake Selfishness

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 8, 2007, 2:31 AM
76 points
72 comments2 min readLW link

The Tragedy of Group Selectionism

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 7, 2007, 7:47 AM
121 points
89 comments5 min readLW link

Be­ware of Stephen J. Gould

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 6, 2007, 5:22 AM
60 points
80 comments6 min readLW link

Nat­u­ral Selec­tion’s Speed Limit and Com­plex­ity Bound

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 4, 2007, 4:54 PM
11 points
105 comments5 min readLW link

Cor­po­rate ecology

KatjaGraceNov 3, 2007, 10:13 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Evolu­tions Are Stupid (But Work Any­way)

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 3, 2007, 3:45 PM
105 points
68 comments4 min readLW link

Draw­ing lines and tigers

KatjaGraceNov 3, 2007, 1:08 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

A way to be more open minded (an ex­per­i­men­tal thought)

KatjaGraceNov 3, 2007, 9:43 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Won­der of Evolution

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 2, 2007, 8:49 PM
102 points
85 comments4 min readLW link

Some half-se­ri­ous, half-formed thoughts on ex­ist­ing and so on

KatjaGraceNov 2, 2007, 11:20 AM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link

An Alien God

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 2, 2007, 6:57 AM
226 points
162 comments8 min readLW link

Fake Justification

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 1, 2007, 3:57 AM
128 points
59 comments3 min readLW link

A Ter­rify­ing Hal­loween Costume

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 1, 2007, 2:54 AM
11 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

A Case Study of Mo­ti­vated Continuation

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 31, 2007, 1:27 AM
35 points
36 comments3 min readLW link

Tor­ture vs. Dust Specks

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 30, 2007, 2:50 AM
84 points
630 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ti­vated Stop­ping and Mo­ti­vated Continuation

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 28, 2007, 11:10 PM
94 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Bay Area Bayesi­ans Unite!

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 28, 2007, 12:07 AM
2 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Why Are In­di­vi­d­ual IQ Differ­ences OK?

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 26, 2007, 9:50 PM
76 points
515 comments3 min readLW link

No One Knows What Science Doesn’t Know

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 25, 2007, 11:47 PM
94 points
107 comments3 min readLW link

Dou­ble Illu­sion of Transparency

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 24, 2007, 11:06 PM
123 points
33 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­plain­ers Shoot High. Aim Low!

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 24, 2007, 1:13 AM
102 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­pect­ing Short In­fer­en­tial Distances

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 22, 2007, 11:42 PM
392 points
106 comments3 min readLW link

Self-Anchoring

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 22, 2007, 6:11 AM
48 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Illu­sion of Trans­parency: Why No One Un­der­stands You

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 20, 2007, 11:49 PM
178 points
52 comments3 min readLW link

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