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Real-Life Anthropic Weirdness
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 5, 2009, 10:26 PM
33
points
90
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rational Groups Kick Ass
talisman
Apr 25, 2009, 2:37 AM
33
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Of Lies and Black Swan Blowups
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 7, 2009, 6:26 PM
33
points
8
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
Rationalists should beware rationalism
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 6, 2009, 2:16 PM
32
points
32
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Re-formalizing PD
cousin_it
Apr 28, 2009, 12:10 PM
32
points
63
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Supporting the underdog is explained by Hanson’s Near/Far distinction
Roko
Apr 5, 2009, 8:22 PM
31
points
27
comments
4
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
“Playing to Win”
CronoDAS
Apr 9, 2009, 3:45 PM
29
points
16
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
Rationality Toughness Tests
RobinHanson
Apr 6, 2009, 1:12 AM
28
points
17
comments
1
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
This Didn’t Have To Happen
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 23, 2009, 7:07 PM
27
points
189
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to come up with verbal probabilities
jimmy
Apr 29, 2009, 8:35 AM
27
points
20
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
Metauncertainty
jimmy
Apr 10, 2009, 11:41 PM
26
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Declare your signaling and hidden agendas
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 13, 2009, 12:01 PM
25
points
21
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Tell it to someone who doesn’t care
PhilGoetz
Apr 14, 2009, 6:15 PM
25
points
34
comments
3
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
Where are we?
Paul Crowley
Apr 2, 2009, 9:51 PM
24
points
313
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Secret Identities vs. Groupthink
Swimmy
Apr 9, 2009, 8:26 PM
23
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Practical rationality questionnaire
AnnaSalamon
Apr 16, 2009, 11:21 PM
22
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Formalizing Newcomb’s
cousin_it
Apr 5, 2009, 3:39 PM
22
points
117
comments
1
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
E-Prime
CannibalSmith
Apr 8, 2009, 1:01 PM
19
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Brooklyn Society For Ethical Culture
MBlume
Apr 3, 2009, 8:06 AM
19
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
That Crisis thing seems pretty useful
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 10, 2009, 5:10 PM
18
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Proverbs and Cached Judgments: the Rolling Stone
Annoyance
Apr 1, 2009, 3:40 PM
18
points
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality, Cryonics and Pascal’s Wager
Roko
Apr 8, 2009, 8:28 PM
18
points
58
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Less Meta
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 26, 2009, 5:38 AM
17
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes—April 2009
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Apr 18, 2009, 1:26 AM
17
points
144
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Marketing rationalism
PhilGoetz
Apr 12, 2009, 9:41 PM
16
points
65
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Toxic Truth
MichaelHoward
Apr 11, 2009, 11:25 AM
16
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Extreme Rationality: It Could Be Great
badger
Apr 9, 2009, 10:00 PM
16
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
On dollars, utility, and crack cocaine
PhilGoetz
Apr 4, 2009, 12:00 AM
16
points
100
comments
2
min read
LW
link
I Changed My Mind Today—Canned Laughter
pre
Apr 15, 2009, 11:59 PM
15
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The First London Rationalist Meetup
taw
Apr 4, 2009, 5:49 PM
15
points
14
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Fiction of interest
dclayh
Apr 29, 2009, 6:47 PM
14
points
16
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
Newcomb’s Problem vs. One-Shot Prisoner’s Dilemma
Wei Dai
Apr 7, 2009, 5:32 AM
14
points
16
comments
1
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
Voting etiquette
gjm
Apr 5, 2009, 2:28 PM
13
points
37
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationalist wiki, redux
Paul Crowley
Apr 6, 2009, 7:24 PM
12
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Just for fun—let’s play a game.
CronoDAS
Apr 17, 2009, 11:13 PM
12
points
69
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Instrumental Rationality is a Chimera
Tom_Talbot
Apr 16, 2009, 11:15 PM
12
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Anti-rationality quotes
PhilGoetz
Apr 17, 2009, 5:55 PM
12
points
53
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Fighting Akrasia: Incentivising Action
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Apr 29, 2009, 1:48 PM
12
points
58
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Heuristic is not a bad word
HughRistik
Apr 6, 2009, 6:55 AM
12
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Aumann voting; or, How to vote when you’re ignorant
PhilGoetz
Apr 2, 2009, 6:54 PM
12
points
37
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Accuracy Versus Winning
John_Maxwell
Apr 2, 2009, 4:47 AM
12
points
77
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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