Dy­ing Outside

HalFinney5 Oct 2009 2:45 UTC
375 points
91 comments2 min readLW link

Do­ing your good deed for the day

Scott Alexander27 Oct 2009 0:45 UTC
152 points
57 comments3 min readLW link

Let them eat cake: In­ter­per­sonal Prob­lems vs Tasks

HughRistik7 Oct 2009 16:35 UTC
96 points
575 comments4 min readLW link

The First Step is to Ad­mit That You Have a Problem

Alicorn6 Oct 2009 20:59 UTC
78 points
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Com­puter bugs and evolution

PhilGoetz26 Oct 2009 22:06 UTC
55 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

I’m Not Say­ing Peo­ple Are Stupid

Eliezer Yudkowsky9 Oct 2009 16:23 UTC
50 points
101 comments1 min readLW link

Ar­row’s The­o­rem is a Lie

alyssavance24 Oct 2009 20:46 UTC
42 points
64 comments5 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tionBook.com—Track your calibration

Eliezer Yudkowsky14 Oct 2009 0:08 UTC
41 points
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The Shadow Question

Alicorn14 Oct 2009 1:40 UTC
40 points
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Scott Aaron­son on Born Probabilities

Wei Dai2 Oct 2009 6:40 UTC
39 points
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‘oy, girls on lw, want to get to­gether some time?’

MBlume2 Oct 2009 10:50 UTC
38 points
184 comments1 min readLW link

What Pro­gram Are You?

RobinHanson12 Oct 2009 0:29 UTC
36 points
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The con­tinued mi­suse of the Pri­soner’s Dilemma

SilasBarta23 Oct 2009 3:48 UTC
34 points
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Bet­ter think­ing through ex­pe­ri­en­tial games

Morendil23 Oct 2009 12:59 UTC
32 points
36 comments3 min readLW link

Why the be­liefs/​val­ues di­chotomy?

Wei Dai20 Oct 2009 16:35 UTC
29 points
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Bik­ing Beyond Mad­ness (link)

hirvinen22 Oct 2009 15:16 UTC
25 points
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Do the ‘un­lucky’ sys­tem­at­i­cally un­der­es­ti­mate high-var­i­ance strate­gies?

MBlume12 Oct 2009 22:27 UTC
25 points
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Near and far skills

cousin_it19 Oct 2009 13:16 UTC
23 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

When Willpower Attacks

jimrandomh3 Oct 2009 3:36 UTC
22 points
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Why Don’t We Ap­ply What We Know About Twins to Every­body Else?

MichaelGR1 Oct 2009 16:23 UTC
20 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­pected util­ity with­out the in­de­pen­dence axiom

Stuart_Armstrong28 Oct 2009 14:40 UTC
20 points
68 comments4 min readLW link

A Less Wrong Q&A with Eliezer (Step 1: The Propo­si­tion)

MichaelGR29 Oct 2009 15:04 UTC
19 points
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How to get that Friendly Sin­gu­lar­ity: a minor­ity view

Mitchell_Porter10 Oct 2009 10:56 UTC
17 points
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Cir­cu­lar Altru­ism vs. Per­sonal Preference

Vladimir_Nesov26 Oct 2009 1:43 UTC
15 points
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Link: PRISMs, Gom Jab­bars, and Con­scious­ness (Peter Watts)

JulianMorrison11 Oct 2009 21:51 UTC
14 points
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Don’t Think Too Hard.

[deleted]5 Oct 2009 3:51 UTC
14 points
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LW Meetup Google Calendar

MBlume7 Oct 2009 22:51 UTC
14 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Less Wrong /​ Over­com­ing Bias meet-up groups

MichaelVassar30 Oct 2009 4:47 UTC
13 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Reg­u­lar NYC Meetups

MBlume1 Oct 2009 12:44 UTC
11 points
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BHTV: Eliezer Yud­kowsky and An­drew Gelman

MichaelGR13 Oct 2009 20:09 UTC
11 points
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Lo­cal­ized the­o­ries and con­di­tional complexity

jimmy19 Oct 2009 7:29 UTC
11 points
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The Value of Na­ture and Old Books

David_J_Balan25 Oct 2009 18:14 UTC
11 points
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An­ti­ci­pa­tion vs. Faith: At What Cost Ra­tion­al­ity?

Wei Dai13 Oct 2009 0:10 UTC
11 points
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Short­ness is now a treat­able condition

taw20 Oct 2009 1:13 UTC
10 points
111 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes: Oc­to­ber 2009

Eliezer Yudkowsky22 Oct 2009 16:06 UTC
10 points
284 comments1 min readLW link

Bos­ton Area Less Wrong Meetup: 2 pm Sun­day Oc­to­ber 11th

CarlShulman7 Oct 2009 21:15 UTC
8 points
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Ex­treme risks: when not to use ex­pected utility

Stuart_Armstrong23 Oct 2009 14:40 UTC
8 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

The Ar­gu­ment from Wit­ness Testimony

Johnicholas10 Oct 2009 14:05 UTC
8 points
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Open Thread: Oc­to­ber 2009

gwern1 Oct 2009 12:49 UTC
8 points
436 comments1 min readLW link

Water­loo, ON, Canada Meetup: 6pm Sun Oct 18 ’09!

Eliezer Yudkowsky15 Oct 2009 4:30 UTC
7 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

David Deutsch: A new way to ex­plain explanation

marc30 Oct 2009 0:05 UTC
7 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

New Haven/​Yale Less Wrong Meetup: 5 pm, Mon­day Oc­to­ber 12

CarlShulman7 Oct 2009 20:35 UTC
7 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Pound of Feathers, Pound of Gold

Annoyance23 Oct 2009 17:48 UTC
5 points
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In­for­ma­tion the­ory and FOOM

PhilGoetz14 Oct 2009 16:52 UTC
5 points
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We’re in dan­ger. I must tell the oth­ers...

AllanCrossman13 Oct 2009 23:06 UTC
5 points
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Ap­ply­ing Dou­ble Stan­dards to ‘‘Divi­sive’’ Ideas

PlaidX19 Oct 2009 12:36 UTC
4 points
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Do­ing Your Good Deed For The Day

Scott Alexander27 Oct 2009 0:28 UTC
4 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

The Pre­sump­tu­ous Philoso­pher’s Pre­sump­tu­ous Friend

PlaidX5 Oct 2009 5:26 UTC
4 points
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Do­ing Your Good Deed For The Day

Scott Alexander27 Oct 2009 0:36 UTC
3 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Choose pain-free utilitarianism

KatjaGrace30 Oct 2009 16:59 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link