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That Alien Message
Eliezer Yudkowsky
22 May 2008 5:55 UTC
287
points
173
comments
10
min read
LW
link
The Fallacy of Gray
Eliezer Yudkowsky
7 Jan 2008 6:24 UTC
221
points
79
comments
5
min read
LW
link
How An Algorithm Feels From Inside
Eliezer Yudkowsky
11 Feb 2008 2:35 UTC
211
points
82
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Mundane Magic
Eliezer Yudkowsky
31 Oct 2008 16:00 UTC
183
points
97
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Use the Try Harder, Luke
Eliezer Yudkowsky
2 Oct 2008 10:52 UTC
181
points
45
comments
2
min read
LW
link
37 Ways That Words Can Be Wrong
Eliezer Yudkowsky
6 Mar 2008 5:09 UTC
180
points
82
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Taboo Your Words
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15 Feb 2008 22:53 UTC
170
points
131
comments
3
min read
LW
link
You Only Live Twice
Eliezer Yudkowsky
12 Dec 2008 19:14 UTC
166
points
183
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Beyond the Reach of God
Eliezer Yudkowsky
4 Oct 2008 15:42 UTC
164
points
280
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Sorting Pebbles Into Correct Heaps
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10 Aug 2008 1:00 UTC
163
points
109
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Trying to Try
Eliezer Yudkowsky
1 Oct 2008 8:58 UTC
160
points
58
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The True Prisoner’s Dilemma
Eliezer Yudkowsky
3 Sep 2008 21:34 UTC
158
points
117
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Parable of the Dagger
Eliezer Yudkowsky
1 Feb 2008 20:53 UTC
153
points
104
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Disguised Queries
Eliezer Yudkowsky
9 Feb 2008 0:05 UTC
147
points
107
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Leave a Line of Retreat
Eliezer Yudkowsky
25 Feb 2008 23:57 UTC
144
points
75
comments
4
min read
LW
link
If You Demand Magic, Magic Won’t Help
Eliezer Yudkowsky
22 Mar 2008 18:10 UTC
144
points
128
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Something to Protect
Eliezer Yudkowsky
30 Jan 2008 17:52 UTC
141
points
78
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Zombies: The Movie
Eliezer Yudkowsky
20 Apr 2008 5:53 UTC
138
points
79
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Crisis of Faith
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10 Oct 2008 22:08 UTC
131
points
252
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Newcomb’s Problem and Regret of Rationality
Eliezer Yudkowsky
31 Jan 2008 19:36 UTC
126
points
611
comments
10
min read
LW
link
The Second Law of Thermodynamics, and Engines of Cognition
Eliezer Yudkowsky
27 Feb 2008 0:48 UTC
125
points
71
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Joy in the Merely Real
Eliezer Yudkowsky
20 Mar 2008 6:18 UTC
125
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Ends Don’t Justify Means (Among Humans)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14 Oct 2008 21:00 UTC
120
points
94
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Probability is in the Mind
Eliezer Yudkowsky
12 Mar 2008 4:08 UTC
116
points
194
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Thou Art Physics
Eliezer Yudkowsky
6 Jun 2008 6:37 UTC
115
points
88
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Cluster Structure of Thingspace
Eliezer Yudkowsky
8 Feb 2008 0:07 UTC
112
points
27
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Dissolving the Question
Eliezer Yudkowsky
8 Mar 2008 3:17 UTC
107
points
122
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Is That Your True Rejection?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
6 Dec 2008 14:26 UTC
105
points
100
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Initiation Ceremony
Eliezer Yudkowsky
28 Mar 2008 20:40 UTC
105
points
98
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Zombies! Zombies?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
4 Apr 2008 9:55 UTC
101
points
156
comments
22
min read
LW
link
The Level Above Mine
Eliezer Yudkowsky
26 Sep 2008 9:18 UTC
100
points
393
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Righting a Wrong Question
Eliezer Yudkowsky
9 Mar 2008 13:00 UTC
100
points
111
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Disputing Definitions
Eliezer Yudkowsky
12 Feb 2008 0:15 UTC
100
points
46
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Make an Extraordinary Effort
Eliezer Yudkowsky
7 Oct 2008 15:15 UTC
99
points
48
comments
5
min read
LW
link
2-Place and 1-Place Words
Eliezer Yudkowsky
27 Jun 2008 7:39 UTC
97
points
38
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Competent Elites
Eliezer Yudkowsky
27 Sep 2008 0:07 UTC
96
points
110
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Einstein’s Superpowers
Eliezer Yudkowsky
30 May 2008 6:40 UTC
93
points
93
comments
5
min read
LW
link
But There’s Still A Chance, Right?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
6 Jan 2008 1:56 UTC
93
points
58
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Where Recursive Justification Hits Bottom
Eliezer Yudkowsky
8 Jul 2008 10:16 UTC
92
points
78
comments
10
min read
LW
link
0 And 1 Are Not Probabilities
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10 Jan 2008 6:58 UTC
92
points
144
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Explaining vs. Explaining Away
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17 Mar 2008 1:59 UTC
92
points
101
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Reductionism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16 Mar 2008 6:26 UTC
92
points
165
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Simple Truth
Eliezer Yudkowsky
1 Jan 2008 20:00 UTC
90
points
6
comments
22
min read
LW
link
On Doing the Impossible
Eliezer Yudkowsky
6 Oct 2008 15:13 UTC
87
points
38
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The Failures of Eld Science
Eliezer Yudkowsky
12 May 2008 10:32 UTC
86
points
57
comments
9
min read
LW
link
The Gift We Give To Tomorrow
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17 Jul 2008 6:07 UTC
86
points
99
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Chaotic Inversion
Eliezer Yudkowsky
29 Nov 2008 10:57 UTC
85
points
67
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dark Side Epistemology
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17 Oct 2008 23:55 UTC
85
points
148
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Shut up and do the impossible!
Eliezer Yudkowsky
8 Oct 2008 21:24 UTC
85
points
162
comments
12
min read
LW
link
The Ritual
Eliezer Yudkowsky
11 Oct 2008 23:52 UTC
84
points
19
comments
5
min read
LW
link
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