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Dying Outside
HalFinney
Oct 5, 2009, 2:45 AM
401
points
91
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Doing your good deed for the day
Scott Alexander
Oct 27, 2009, 12:45 AM
152
points
57
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Let them eat cake: Interpersonal Problems vs Tasks
HughRistik
Oct 7, 2009, 4:35 PM
96
points
575
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The First Step is to Admit That You Have a Problem
Alicorn
Oct 6, 2009, 8:59 PM
87
points
87
comments
3
min read
LW
link
I’m Not Saying People Are Stupid
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 9, 2009, 4:23 PM
61
points
101
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Computer bugs and evolution
PhilGoetz
Oct 26, 2009, 10:06 PM
55
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Arrow’s Theorem is a Lie
alyssavance
Oct 24, 2009, 8:46 PM
43
points
64
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Shadow Question
Alicorn
Oct 14, 2009, 1:40 AM
41
points
44
comments
4
min read
LW
link
PredictionBook.com—Track your calibration
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 14, 2009, 12:08 AM
41
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Scott Aaronson on Born Probabilities
Wei Dai
Oct 2, 2009, 6:40 AM
39
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Better thinking through experiential games
Morendil
Oct 23, 2009, 12:59 PM
39
points
36
comments
3
min read
LW
link
‘oy, girls on lw, want to get together some time?’
MBlume
Oct 2, 2009, 10:50 AM
38
points
184
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What Program Are You?
RobinHanson
Oct 12, 2009, 12:29 AM
36
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The continued misuse of the Prisoner’s Dilemma
SilasBarta
Oct 23, 2009, 3:48 AM
34
points
70
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why the beliefs/values dichotomy?
Wei Dai
Oct 20, 2009, 4:35 PM
29
points
156
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Biking Beyond Madness (link)
hirvinen
Oct 22, 2009, 3:16 PM
25
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Do the ‘unlucky’ systematically underestimate high-variance strategies?
MBlume
Oct 12, 2009, 10:27 PM
25
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Near and far skills
cousin_it
Oct 19, 2009, 1:16 PM
23
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
When Willpower Attacks
jimrandomh
Oct 3, 2009, 3:36 AM
22
points
77
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Expected utility without the independence axiom
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 28, 2009, 2:40 PM
20
points
68
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Why Don’t We Apply What We Know About Twins to Everybody Else?
MichaelGR
Oct 1, 2009, 4:23 PM
20
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Less Wrong Q&A with Eliezer (Step 1: The Proposition)
MichaelGR
Oct 29, 2009, 3:04 PM
19
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to get that Friendly Singularity: a minority view
Mitchell_Porter
Oct 10, 2009, 10:56 AM
17
points
69
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Circular Altruism vs. Personal Preference
Vladimir_Nesov
Oct 26, 2009, 1:43 AM
15
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
LW Meetup Google Calendar
MBlume
Oct 7, 2009, 10:51 PM
14
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Link: PRISMs, Gom Jabbars, and Consciousness (Peter Watts)
JulianMorrison
Oct 11, 2009, 9:51 PM
14
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Don’t Think Too Hard.
[deleted]
Oct 5, 2009, 3:51 AM
14
points
36
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong / Overcoming Bias meet-up groups
MichaelVassar
Oct 30, 2009, 4:47 AM
13
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anticipation vs. Faith: At What Cost Rationality?
Wei Dai
Oct 13, 2009, 12:10 AM
12
points
106
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Value of Nature and Old Books
David_J_Balan
Oct 25, 2009, 6:14 PM
11
points
68
comments
3
min read
LW
link
BHTV: Eliezer Yudkowsky and Andrew Gelman
MichaelGR
Oct 13, 2009, 8:09 PM
11
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Regular NYC Meetups
MBlume
Oct 1, 2009, 12:44 PM
11
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Localized theories and conditional complexity
jimmy
Oct 19, 2009, 7:29 AM
11
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Shortness is now a treatable condition
taw
Oct 20, 2009, 1:13 AM
10
points
111
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes: October 2009
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 22, 2009, 4:06 PM
10
points
284
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread: October 2009
gwern
Oct 1, 2009, 12:49 PM
8
points
436
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Boston Area Less Wrong Meetup: 2 pm Sunday October 11th
CarlShulman
Oct 7, 2009, 9:15 PM
8
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Extreme risks: when not to use expected utility
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 23, 2009, 2:40 PM
8
points
37
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Argument from Witness Testimony
Johnicholas
Oct 10, 2009, 2:05 PM
8
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
New Haven/Yale Less Wrong Meetup: 5 pm, Monday October 12
CarlShulman
Oct 7, 2009, 8:35 PM
7
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
David Deutsch: A new way to explain explanation
marc
Oct 30, 2009, 12:05 AM
7
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Waterloo, ON, Canada Meetup: 6pm Sun Oct 18 ’09!
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 15, 2009, 4:30 AM
7
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
We’re in danger. I must tell the others...
AllanCrossman
Oct 13, 2009, 11:06 PM
5
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Information theory and FOOM
PhilGoetz
Oct 14, 2009, 4:52 PM
5
points
95
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Pound of Feathers, Pound of Gold
Annoyance
Oct 23, 2009, 5:48 PM
5
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Presumptuous Philosopher’s Presumptuous Friend
PlaidX
Oct 5, 2009, 5:26 AM
4
points
82
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Doing Your Good Deed For The Day
Scott Alexander
Oct 27, 2009, 12:28 AM
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Applying Double Standards to ‘‘Divisive’’ Ideas
PlaidX
Oct 19, 2009, 12:36 PM
4
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Doing Your Good Deed For The Day
Scott Alexander
Oct 27, 2009, 12:36 AM
3
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Natural cultural relativists?
KatjaGrace
Oct 25, 2009, 9:53 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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