Gen­er­al­iz­ing From One Example

Scott Alexander28 Apr 2009 22:00 UTC
430 points
422 comments6 min readLW link

Re-for­mal­iz­ing PD

cousin_it28 Apr 2009 12:10 UTC
32 points
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What is con­trol the­ory, and why do you need to know about it?

Richard_Kennaway28 Apr 2009 9:25 UTC
55 points
48 comments9 min readLW link

Epistemic vs. In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity: Approximations

Peter_de_Blanc28 Apr 2009 3:12 UTC
30 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

How Not to be Stupid: Know What You Want, What You Really Really Want

Psy-Kosh28 Apr 2009 1:11 UTC
2 points
39 comments4 min readLW link

How Not to be Stupid: Start­ing Up

Psy-Kosh28 Apr 2009 0:23 UTC
13 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ver­bal Over­shad­ow­ing and The Art of Rationality

pangloss27 Apr 2009 23:39 UTC
69 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

Bayesian Cabaret

Scott Alexander27 Apr 2009 22:29 UTC
26 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Fi­nal Words

Eliezer Yudkowsky27 Apr 2009 21:12 UTC
173 points
62 comments9 min readLW link

The End (of Se­quences)

Eliezer Yudkowsky27 Apr 2009 21:07 UTC
45 points
36 comments5 min readLW link

Theism, Wed­nes­day, and Not Be­ing Adopted

Alicorn27 Apr 2009 16:49 UTC
59 points
342 comments3 min readLW link

Should we be bi­ased?

James_Miller27 Apr 2009 15:42 UTC
−12 points
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Ex­cuse me, would you like to take a sur­vey?

Scott Alexander26 Apr 2009 21:23 UTC
14 points
132 comments1 min readLW link

The Craft and the Community

Eliezer Yudkowsky26 Apr 2009 17:52 UTC
45 points
10 comments12 min readLW link

SIAI call for skil­led vol­un­teers and po­ten­tial interns

AnnaSalamon26 Apr 2009 5:56 UTC
20 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Less Meta

Eliezer Yudkowsky26 Apr 2009 5:38 UTC
17 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Where’s Your Sense of Mys­tery?

Scott Alexander26 Apr 2009 0:45 UTC
40 points
55 comments5 min readLW link

“Self-pre­tend­ing” is not as use­ful as we think

pwno25 Apr 2009 23:01 UTC
3 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup Re­minder: UC Santa Bar­bara, To­day @6pm

Eliezer Yudkowsky25 Apr 2009 19:19 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Prac­ti­cal Ad­vice Backed By Deep Theories

Eliezer Yudkowsky25 Apr 2009 18:52 UTC
68 points
114 comments4 min readLW link

Cached Procrastination

jimrandomh25 Apr 2009 16:22 UTC
42 points
49 comments3 min readLW link

Pro­gram­matic Pre­dic­tion markets

whpearson25 Apr 2009 9:29 UTC
7 points
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In­stru­men­tal vs. Epistemic—A Bardic Perspective

MBlume25 Apr 2009 7:41 UTC
89 points
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Ra­tional Groups Kick Ass

talisman25 Apr 2009 2:37 UTC
33 points
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A puzzle

Thomas25 Apr 2009 2:33 UTC
−11 points
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What’s in a name? That which we call a ra­tio­nal­ist…

badger24 Apr 2009 23:53 UTC
8 points
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Less Wrong: Progress Report

Eliezer Yudkowsky24 Apr 2009 23:49 UTC
5 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

Just a bit of hu­mor...

CronoDAS24 Apr 2009 4:21 UTC
−8 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

This Didn’t Have To Happen

Eliezer Yudkowsky23 Apr 2009 19:07 UTC
27 points
189 comments1 min readLW link

Fix it and tell us what you did

JulianMorrison23 Apr 2009 14:54 UTC
49 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

Go Forth and Create the Art!

Eliezer Yudkowsky23 Apr 2009 1:37 UTC
84 points
114 comments5 min readLW link

Es­cap­ing Your Past

Z_M_Davis22 Apr 2009 21:15 UTC
28 points
51 comments3 min readLW link

Pro­posal: Use the Wiki for Concepts

Eliezer Yudkowsky22 Apr 2009 5:21 UTC
40 points
67 comments3 min readLW link

LessWrong Boo Vote (Stochas­tic Down­vot­ing)

Vladimir_Nesov22 Apr 2009 1:18 UTC
4 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

UC Santa Bar­bara Ra­tion­al­ists Unite—Satur­day, 6PM

MBlume22 Apr 2009 0:23 UTC
3 points
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Well-Kept Gar­dens Die By Pacifism

Eliezer Yudkowsky21 Apr 2009 2:44 UTC
226 points
324 comments5 min readLW link

Masochism vs. Self-defeat

Psychohistorian20 Apr 2009 21:20 UTC
2 points
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The Sin of Underconfidence

Eliezer Yudkowsky20 Apr 2009 6:30 UTC
99 points
187 comments6 min readLW link

Evan­gel­i­cal Rationality

CannibalSmith20 Apr 2009 4:51 UTC
44 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

The ideas you’re not ready to post

JulianMorrison19 Apr 2009 21:23 UTC
29 points
264 comments1 min readLW link

Spread­ing the word?

Paul Crowley19 Apr 2009 19:25 UTC
7 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

The True Epistemic Pri­soner’s Dilemma

MBlume19 Apr 2009 8:57 UTC
24 points
72 comments2 min readLW link

Weekly Wiki Work­shop and sug­gested articles

badger19 Apr 2009 1:13 UTC
3 points
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Great Books of Failure

Eliezer Yudkowsky19 Apr 2009 0:59 UTC
32 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

Athe­ist or Ag­nos­tic?

byrnema18 Apr 2009 21:25 UTC
7 points
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How a patholog­i­cal pro­cras­tinor can lose weight [Anti-akra­sia]

dreeves18 Apr 2009 20:05 UTC
28 points
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The Epistemic Pri­soner’s Dilemma

MBlume18 Apr 2009 5:36 UTC
101 points
46 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes—April 2009

Eliezer Yudkowsky18 Apr 2009 1:26 UTC
17 points
144 comments1 min readLW link

Just for fun—let’s play a game.

CronoDAS17 Apr 2009 23:13 UTC
12 points
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My main prob­lem with utilitarianism

taw17 Apr 2009 20:26 UTC
−1 points
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