Pos­i­tive Bias Test (C++ pro­gram)

MBlumeMay 19, 2009, 9:32 PM
30 points
79 comments4 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity quotes—May 2009

Kaj_SotalaMay 19, 2009, 7:30 PM
9 points
101 comments1 min readLW link

Su­per­nat­u­ral Math

saturnMay 19, 2009, 11:31 AM
5 points
58 comments1 min readLW link

Bad rea­sons for a ra­tio­nal­ist to lose

mattMay 18, 2009, 10:57 PM
34 points
83 comments3 min readLW link

“What Is Wrong With Our Thoughts”

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 17, 2009, 7:24 AM
41 points
109 comments1 min readLW link

Want­ing to Want

AlicornMay 16, 2009, 3:08 AM
30 points
199 comments2 min readLW link

Share Your Anti-Akra­sia Tricks

Vladimir_GolovinMay 15, 2009, 7:06 PM
25 points
120 comments1 min readLW link

Be Log­i­cally Informative

steven0461May 15, 2009, 1:23 PM
4 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Out­ward Change Drives In­ward Change

cousin_itMay 15, 2009, 12:45 PM
28 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Es­say-Ques­tion Poll: Voting

AlicornMay 15, 2009, 5:04 AM
7 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

Chee­rios: An “Un­tested New Drug”

MBlumeMay 15, 2009, 2:26 AM
9 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Reli­gion, Mys­tery, and Warm, Soft Fuzzies

PsychohistorianMay 14, 2009, 11:41 PM
21 points
125 comments3 min readLW link

“Open-Mind­ed­ness”—the video

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 14, 2009, 6:17 AM
21 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

A Parable On Ob­so­lete Ideologies

Scott AlexanderMay 13, 2009, 10:51 PM
185 points
288 comments7 min readLW link

Sur­vey Results

Scott AlexanderMay 12, 2009, 10:09 PM
62 points
212 comments7 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity in the Me­dia: Don’t (New Yorker, May 2009)

May 12, 2009, 1:32 PM
7 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Willpower Hax #487: Ex­e­cute by Default

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 12, 2009, 6:46 AM
84 points
59 comments1 min readLW link

No One Knows Stuff

talismanMay 12, 2009, 5:11 AM
9 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Just mak­ing sure posts can be written

wmooreMay 12, 2009, 1:11 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

You Are A Brain

LironMay 9, 2009, 9:53 PM
131 points
64 comments1 min readLW link

Step Back

Andy_McKenzieMay 9, 2009, 6:07 PM
18 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

How Not to be Stupid: Brew­ing a Nice Cup of Utilitea

Psy-KoshMay 9, 2009, 8:14 AM
2 points
17 comments6 min readLW link

A Re­quest for Open Problems

MrHenMay 8, 2009, 1:33 PM
28 points
103 comments1 min readLW link

Fram­ing Consciousness

cousin_itMay 8, 2009, 10:27 AM
−3 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

Re­play­ing History

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMay 8, 2009, 5:35 AM
7 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Epistemic vs. In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity: Case of the Leaky Agent

Wei DaiMay 7, 2009, 11:09 PM
18 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

The First Koan: Drink­ing the Hot Iron Ball

AnnoyanceMay 7, 2009, 5:41 PM
0 points
57 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity is win­ning—or is it?

tawMay 7, 2009, 2:51 PM
−8 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

On the Fence? Ma­jor in CS

talismanMay 7, 2009, 4:26 AM
20 points
54 comments2 min readLW link

Be­ware Triv­ial Inconveniences

Scott AlexanderMay 6, 2009, 10:04 PM
284 points
107 comments4 min readLW link

Har­dened Prob­lems Make Brit­tle Models

cousin_itMay 6, 2009, 6:31 PM
58 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

Wiki.less­wrong.com Is Live

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 6, 2009, 5:17 AM
11 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

No Univer­sal Prob­a­bil­ity Space

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMay 6, 2009, 2:58 AM
2 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

Con­sider Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Data Sets

Vladimir_NesovMay 6, 2009, 1:49 AM
12 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­tion Thread: May 2009

MBlumeMay 5, 2009, 8:39 PM
5 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Off Topic Thread: May 2009

MBlumeMay 5, 2009, 8:36 PM
2 points
72 comments1 min readLW link

How to use “philo­soph­i­cal ma­jori­tar­i­anism”

jimmyMay 5, 2009, 6:49 AM
13 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

How David Beats Goliath

JulianMorrisonMay 5, 2009, 1:25 AM
25 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Spe­cial Sta­tus Needs Spe­cial Support

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 4, 2009, 10:59 PM
30 points
75 comments2 min readLW link

Bead Jar Guesses

AlicornMay 4, 2009, 6:59 PM
22 points
134 comments2 min readLW link

Without models

Richard_KennawayMay 4, 2009, 11:31 AM
23 points
55 comments7 min readLW link

Allais Hack—Trans­form Your De­ci­sions!

MBlumeMay 3, 2009, 10:37 PM
22 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Es­say-Ques­tion Poll: Die­tary Choices

AlicornMay 3, 2009, 3:27 PM
17 points
244 comments1 min readLW link

Re­turn of the Survey

Scott AlexanderMay 3, 2009, 2:10 AM
16 points
61 comments1 min readLW link

What I Tell You Three Times Is True

Scott AlexanderMay 2, 2009, 11:47 PM
60 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

The mind-killer

Paul CrowleyMay 2, 2009, 4:49 PM
29 points
160 comments2 min readLW link

TED Talks for Less Wrong

CyanMay 2, 2009, 3:32 AM
15 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Se­cond Lon­don Ra­tion­al­ist Meet­ing up­com­ing—Sun­day 14:00

tawMay 2, 2009, 12:17 AM
3 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread: May 2009

steven0461May 1, 2009, 4:16 PM
7 points
210 comments1 min readLW link

Con­ven­tions and Con­fus­ing Con­ti­nu­ity Conundrums

Psy-KoshMay 1, 2009, 1:41 AM
5 points
9 comments1 min readLW link