That other kind of status

Scott Alexander29 Dec 2009 2:45 UTC
108 points
113 comments4 min readLW link

The 9/​11 Meta-Truther Con­spir­acy Theory

Eliezer Yudkowsky22 Dec 2009 18:59 UTC
100 points
182 comments4 min readLW link

Para­psy­chol­ogy: the con­trol group for science

AllanCrossman5 Dec 2009 22:50 UTC
96 points
188 comments2 min readLW link

A Master-Slave Model of Hu­man Preferences

Wei Dai29 Dec 2009 1:02 UTC
94 points
94 comments3 min readLW link

Fre­quen­tist Statis­tics are Fre­quently Subjective

Eliezer Yudkowsky4 Dec 2009 20:22 UTC
86 points
82 comments8 min readLW link

11 core ra­tio­nal­ist skills

Roko2 Dec 2009 8:09 UTC
72 points
36 comments3 min readLW link

Two Truths and a Lie

Psychohistorian23 Dec 2009 6:34 UTC
71 points
67 comments2 min readLW link

The Con­trar­ian Sta­tus Catch-22

Eliezer Yudkowsky19 Dec 2009 22:40 UTC
70 points
102 comments4 min readLW link

The Cor­rect Con­trar­ian Cluster

Eliezer Yudkowsky21 Dec 2009 22:01 UTC
66 points
255 comments5 min readLW link

The Amanda Knox Test: How an Hour on the In­ter­net Beats a Year in the Courtroom

komponisto13 Dec 2009 4:16 UTC
57 points
649 comments12 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­ity Space & Au­mann Agreement

Wei Dai10 Dec 2009 21:57 UTC
52 points
76 comments5 min readLW link

Fun­da­men­tally Flawed, or Fast and Fru­gal?

Kaj_Sotala20 Dec 2009 15:10 UTC
49 points
86 comments6 min readLW link

What Are Prob­a­bil­ities, Any­way?

Wei Dai11 Dec 2009 0:25 UTC
48 points
89 comments2 min readLW link

Are these cog­ni­tive bi­ases, bi­ases?

Kaj_Sotala23 Dec 2009 17:27 UTC
46 points
24 comments6 min readLW link

You Be the Jury: Sur­vey on a Cur­rent Event

komponisto9 Dec 2009 4:25 UTC
43 points
266 comments3 min readLW link

Call for new SIAI Visit­ing Fel­lows, on a rol­ling basis

AnnaSalamon1 Dec 2009 1:42 UTC
36 points
272 comments2 min readLW link

New Year’s Pre­dic­tions Thread

MichaelVassar30 Dec 2009 21:39 UTC
32 points
446 comments1 min readLW link

Man­dat­ing In­for­ma­tion Dis­clo­sure vs. Ban­ning De­cep­tive Con­tract Terms

David_J_Balan20 Dec 2009 20:55 UTC
30 points
77 comments4 min readLW link

Play­ing the Meta-game

Technologos25 Dec 2009 10:06 UTC
30 points
47 comments2 min readLW link

On the Power of In­tel­li­gence and Rationality

alyssavance23 Dec 2009 10:49 UTC
18 points
193 comments2 min readLW link

Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute $100K Challenge Grant /​ 2009 Dona­tions Reminder

Eliezer Yudkowsky30 Dec 2009 0:36 UTC
16 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Man-with-a-ham­mer syndrome

Shalmanese14 Dec 2009 11:31 UTC
15 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Pre­vi­ous Post Revised

komponisto14 Dec 2009 6:56 UTC
15 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Get­ting Over Dust Theory

jhuffman15 Dec 2009 22:40 UTC
12 points
102 comments1 min readLW link

The per­sua­sive power of false confessions

matt11 Dec 2009 1:54 UTC
12 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

In­tu­itive su­per­goal uncertainty

JustinShovelain4 Dec 2009 5:21 UTC
11 points
27 comments5 min readLW link

The Differ­ence Between Utility and Utility

Matt_Simpson2 Dec 2009 6:16 UTC
11 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

New Year’s Re­s­olu­tions Thread

MichaelVassar30 Dec 2009 21:36 UTC
10 points
41 comments1 min readLW link

Science—Ideal­is­tic Ver­sus Signaling

billswift6 Dec 2009 13:39 UTC
10 points
58 comments2 min readLW link

De­cem­ber 2009 Meta Thread

CarlShulman17 Dec 2009 3:41 UTC
9 points
77 comments1 min readLW link

Suffi­ciently Ad­vanced Sanity

Eliezer Yudkowsky20 Dec 2009 18:11 UTC
9 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Ar­bi­trage of pre­dic­tion markets

taw4 Dec 2009 22:29 UTC
8 points
59 comments1 min readLW link

Any suffi­ciently ad­vanced wis­dom is in­dis­t­in­guish­able from bullshit

Shalmanese20 Dec 2009 10:09 UTC
7 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

Philadelphia LessWrong Meetup, De­cem­ber 16th

Peter_de_Blanc16 Dec 2009 3:13 UTC
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

lessmeta

PlaidX22 Dec 2009 17:57 UTC
6 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Pos­i­tive-af­fect-day-Schel­ling-point-mas Meetup

Marcello23 Dec 2009 19:41 UTC
5 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread: De­cem­ber 2009

CannibalSmith1 Dec 2009 16:25 UTC
5 points
275 comments1 min readLW link

Karma Changes

Eliezer Yudkowsky22 Dec 2009 0:17 UTC
4 points
93 comments1 min readLW link

An ac­count of what I be­lieve to be in­con­sis­tent be­hav­ior on the part of our editor

PeterS17 Dec 2009 1:33 UTC
4 points
66 comments2 min readLW link

New Year’s and New Decade’s Predictions

MichaelVassar30 Dec 2009 21:37 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Against pick­ing up pennies

[deleted]13 Dec 2009 6:07 UTC
1 point
44 comments2 min readLW link

Noth­ing to see here

KatjaGrace5 Dec 2009 9:00 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Why do apho­risms and cyn­i­cism go to­gether?

KatjaGrace1 Dec 2009 7:45 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

A ques­tion of rationality

mormon213 Dec 2009 2:37 UTC
0 points
94 comments3 min readLW link

Bok­sops—An­cient Su­per­in­tel­li­gence?

MBlume30 Dec 2009 11:12 UTC
−1 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

Re­act­ing to Inad­e­quate Data

MrHen18 Dec 2009 16:25 UTC
−2 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

Scal­ing Ev­i­dence and Faith

AndrewKemendo27 Dec 2009 12:30 UTC
−4 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

Help Roko be­come a bet­ter ra­tio­nal­ist!

Roko2 Dec 2009 8:23 UTC
−7 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

Re­bas­ing Ethics

Shalmanese15 Dec 2009 13:56 UTC
−10 points
71 comments2 min readLW link

If rea­son told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?

Shalmanese21 Dec 2009 3:54 UTC
−14 points
42 comments2 min readLW link