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Eight Short Studies On Excuses
Scott Alexander
20 Apr 2010 23:01 UTC
301
points
229
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Diseased thinking: dissolving questions about disease
Scott Alexander
30 May 2010 21:16 UTC
265
points
351
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Intellectual Hipsters and Meta-Contrarianism
Scott Alexander
13 Sep 2010 21:36 UTC
181
points
353
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Ugh fields
Roko
12 Apr 2010 17:06 UTC
171
points
73
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Humans are not automatically strategic
AnnaSalamon
8 Sep 2010 7:02 UTC
167
points
270
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Confidence levels inside and outside an argument
Scott Alexander
16 Dec 2010 3:06 UTC
142
points
189
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Efficient Charity: Do Unto Others...
Scott Alexander
24 Dec 2010 21:26 UTC
140
points
322
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Bayes’ Theorem Illustrated (My Way)
komponisto
3 Jun 2010 4:40 UTC
135
points
195
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Ureshiku Naritai
Alicorn
8 Apr 2010 20:08 UTC
125
points
153
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Are wireheads happy?
Scott Alexander
1 Jan 2010 16:41 UTC
120
points
104
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The AI in a box boxes you
Stuart_Armstrong
2 Feb 2010 10:10 UTC
119
points
387
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Self-Improvement or Shiny Distraction: Why Less Wrong is anti-Instrumental Rationality
patrissimo
14 Sep 2010 16:17 UTC
110
points
259
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Yes, a blog.
Academian
19 Nov 2010 1:53 UTC
109
points
108
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Seven Shiny Stories
Alicorn
1 Jun 2010 0:43 UTC
108
points
34
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Self-fulfilling correlations
PhilGoetz
26 Aug 2010 21:07 UTC
103
points
50
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The scourge of perverse-mindedness
simplicio
21 Mar 2010 7:08 UTC
100
points
256
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Undiscriminating Skepticism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14 Mar 2010 23:23 UTC
99
points
1,357
comments
9
min read
LW
link
References & Resources for LessWrong
XiXiDu
10 Oct 2010 14:54 UTC
99
points
104
comments
20
min read
LW
link
Break your habits: be more empirical
Academian
2 Oct 2010 21:04 UTC
95
points
31
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Even if you have a nail, not all hammers are the same
PhilGoetz
29 Mar 2010 18:09 UTC
95
points
126
comments
6
min read
LW
link
If a tree falls on Sleeping Beauty...
ata
12 Nov 2010 1:14 UTC
93
points
27
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Too busy to think about life
Academian
22 Apr 2010 15:14 UTC
88
points
62
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Have no heroes, and no villains
PhilGoetz
7 Nov 2010 21:15 UTC
88
points
73
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Defecting by Accident—A Flaw Common to Analytical People
lionhearted
1 Dec 2010 8:25 UTC
87
points
431
comments
15
min read
LW
link
A Suite of Pragmatic Considerations in Favor of Niceness
Alicorn
5 Jan 2010 21:32 UTC
85
points
197
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What I’ve learned from Less Wrong
Louie
20 Nov 2010 12:47 UTC
84
points
235
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Something’s Wrong
SarahC
5 Sep 2010 18:08 UTC
84
points
163
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What is Bayesianism?
Kaj_Sotala
26 Feb 2010 7:43 UTC
82
points
217
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Making your explicit reasoning trustworthy
AnnaSalamon
29 Oct 2010 0:00 UTC
82
points
95
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Importance of Goodhart’s Law
blogospheroid
13 Mar 2010 8:19 UTC
81
points
121
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A survey of anti-cryonics writing
Paul Crowley
7 Feb 2010 23:26 UTC
81
points
325
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The Psychological Diversity of Mankind
Kaj_Sotala
9 May 2010 5:53 UTC
79
points
162
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Compartmentalization in epistemic and instrumental rationality
AnnaSalamon
17 Sep 2010 7:02 UTC
79
points
123
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Memetic Hazards in Videogames
jimrandomh
10 Sep 2010 2:22 UTC
78
points
160
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Epistemic Luck
Alicorn
8 Feb 2010 0:02 UTC
76
points
133
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How to Save the World
Louie
1 Dec 2010 17:17 UTC
75
points
135
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Ask and Guess
SarahC
1 Dec 2010 17:54 UTC
73
points
65
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Understanding your understanding
SilasBarta
22 Mar 2010 22:33 UTC
72
points
78
comments
3
min read
LW
link
More art, less stink: Taking the PU out of PUA
XFrequentist
10 Sep 2010 0:25 UTC
72
points
636
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The mathematical universe: the map that is the territory
ata
26 Mar 2010 9:26 UTC
72
points
122
comments
11
min read
LW
link
“Nahh, that wouldn’t work”
lionhearted
28 Nov 2010 21:32 UTC
71
points
50
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Improving The Akrasia Hypothesis
pjeby
26 Feb 2010 20:45 UTC
71
points
71
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Tips and Tricks for Answering Hard Questions
Wei_Dai
17 Jan 2010 23:56 UTC
69
points
55
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Shut Up and Divide?
Wei_Dai
9 Feb 2010 20:09 UTC
68
points
274
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Affect Heuristic, Sentiment, and Art
SarahC
13 Sep 2010 23:05 UTC
68
points
58
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Living Luminously
Alicorn
17 Mar 2010 1:17 UTC
67
points
28
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Your intuitions are not magic
Kaj_Sotala
10 Jun 2010 0:11 UTC
67
points
33
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Dark Arts 101: Using presuppositions
PhilGoetz
27 Dec 2010 17:16 UTC
65
points
87
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Defeating Ugh Fields In Practice
Psychohistorian
19 Jun 2010 19:37 UTC
65
points
95
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Normal Cryonics
Eliezer Yudkowsky
19 Jan 2010 19:08 UTC
65
points
963
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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