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Generalizing From One Example
Scott Alexander
Apr 28, 2009, 10:00 PM
438
points
423
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Re-formalizing PD
cousin_it
Apr 28, 2009, 12:10 PM
32
points
63
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What is control theory, and why do you need to know about it?
Richard_Kennaway
Apr 28, 2009, 9:25 AM
58
points
48
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Epistemic vs. Instrumental Rationality: Approximations
Peter_de_Blanc
Apr 28, 2009, 3:12 AM
30
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How Not to be Stupid: Know What You Want, What You Really Really Want
Psy-Kosh
Apr 28, 2009, 1:11 AM
2
points
39
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How Not to be Stupid: Starting Up
Psy-Kosh
Apr 28, 2009, 12:23 AM
13
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Verbal Overshadowing and The Art of Rationality
pangloss
Apr 27, 2009, 11:39 PM
68
points
24
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Bayesian Cabaret
Scott Alexander
Apr 27, 2009, 10:29 PM
26
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Final Words
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 27, 2009, 9:12 PM
182
points
64
comments
9
min read
LW
link
The End (of Sequences)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 27, 2009, 9:07 PM
46
points
36
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Theism, Wednesday, and Not Being Adopted
Alicorn
Apr 27, 2009, 4:49 PM
60
points
342
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Should we be biased?
James_Miller
Apr 27, 2009, 3:42 PM
−12
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Excuse me, would you like to take a survey?
Scott Alexander
Apr 26, 2009, 9:23 PM
14
points
132
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Craft and the Community
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 26, 2009, 5:52 PM
44
points
11
comments
12
min read
LW
link
SIAI call for skilled volunteers and potential interns
AnnaSalamon
Apr 26, 2009, 5:56 AM
20
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Less Meta
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 26, 2009, 5:38 AM
17
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Where’s Your Sense of Mystery?
Scott Alexander
Apr 26, 2009, 12:45 AM
40
points
55
comments
5
min read
LW
link
“Self-pretending” is not as useful as we think
pwno
Apr 25, 2009, 11:01 PM
4
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup Reminder: UC Santa Barbara, Today @6pm
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 25, 2009, 7:19 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Practical Advice Backed By Deep Theories
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 25, 2009, 6:52 PM
71
points
114
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Cached Procrastination
jimrandomh
Apr 25, 2009, 4:22 PM
44
points
49
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Programmatic Prediction markets
whpearson
Apr 25, 2009, 9:29 AM
7
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Instrumental vs. Epistemic—A Bardic Perspective
MBlume
Apr 25, 2009, 7:41 AM
95
points
189
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rational Groups Kick Ass
talisman
Apr 25, 2009, 2:37 AM
33
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A puzzle
Thomas
Apr 25, 2009, 2:33 AM
−11
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What’s in a name? That which we call a rationalist…
badger
Apr 24, 2009, 11:53 PM
8
points
92
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong: Progress Report
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 24, 2009, 11:49 PM
5
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Just a bit of humor...
CronoDAS
Apr 24, 2009, 4:21 AM
−8
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
This Didn’t Have To Happen
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 23, 2009, 7:07 PM
27
points
189
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fix it and tell us what you did
JulianMorrison
Apr 23, 2009, 2:54 PM
49
points
38
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Go Forth and Create the Art!
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 23, 2009, 1:37 AM
90
points
114
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Escaping Your Past
Z_M_Davis
Apr 22, 2009, 9:15 PM
28
points
51
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Proposal: Use the Wiki for Concepts
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 22, 2009, 5:21 AM
40
points
67
comments
3
min read
LW
link
LessWrong Boo Vote (Stochastic Downvoting)
Vladimir_Nesov
Apr 22, 2009, 1:18 AM
4
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
UC Santa Barbara Rationalists Unite—Saturday, 6PM
MBlume
Apr 22, 2009, 12:23 AM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Well-Kept Gardens Die By Pacifism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 21, 2009, 2:44 AM
254
points
324
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Masochism vs. Self-defeat
Psychohistorian
Apr 20, 2009, 9:20 PM
2
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Sin of Underconfidence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 20, 2009, 6:30 AM
107
points
187
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Evangelical Rationality
CannibalSmith
Apr 20, 2009, 4:51 AM
44
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The ideas you’re not ready to post
JulianMorrison
Apr 19, 2009, 9:23 PM
29
points
264
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Spreading the word?
Paul Crowley
Apr 19, 2009, 7:25 PM
7
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The True Epistemic Prisoner’s Dilemma
MBlume
Apr 19, 2009, 8:57 AM
25
points
72
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Weekly Wiki Workshop and suggested articles
badger
Apr 19, 2009, 1:13 AM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Great Books of Failure
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 19, 2009, 12:59 AM
32
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Atheist or Agnostic?
byrnema
Apr 18, 2009, 9:25 PM
7
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How a pathological procrastinor can lose weight [Anti-akrasia]
dreeves
Apr 18, 2009, 8:05 PM
34
points
31
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Epistemic Prisoner’s Dilemma
MBlume
Apr 18, 2009, 5:36 AM
121
points
46
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes—April 2009
Eliezer Yudkowsky
18 Apr 2009 1:26 UTC
17
points
144
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Just for fun—let’s play a game.
CronoDAS
17 Apr 2009 23:13 UTC
12
points
69
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My main problem with utilitarianism
taw
17 Apr 2009 20:26 UTC
−1
points
84
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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