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Are wire­heads happy?

Scott AlexanderJan 1, 2010, 4:41 PM
184 points
109 comments5 min readLW link

A Suite of Prag­matic Con­sid­er­a­tions in Fa­vor of Niceness

AlicornJan 5, 2010, 9:32 PM
114 points
198 comments3 min readLW link

Log­i­cal Rudeness

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 29, 2010, 6:48 AM
108 points
206 comments4 min readLW link

Nor­mal Cryonics

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 19, 2010, 7:08 PM
102 points
964 comments4 min readLW link

Tips and Tricks for An­swer­ing Hard Questions

Wei DaiJan 17, 2010, 11:56 PM
98 points
54 comments2 min readLW link

That Mag­i­cal Click

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 20, 2010, 4:35 PM
88 points
416 comments5 min readLW link

Sort­ing Out Sticky Brains

AlicornJan 18, 2010, 4:18 AM
74 points
44 comments3 min readLW link

Com­plex­ity of Value ≠ Com­plex­ity of Outcome

Wei DaiJan 30, 2010, 2:50 AM
65 points
223 comments3 min readLW link

Deon­tol­ogy for Consequentialists

AlicornJan 30, 2010, 5:58 PM
61 points
255 comments6 min readLW link

High Sta­tus and Stu­pidity: Why?

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 12, 2010, 4:36 PM
61 points
146 comments3 min readLW link

Fic­tional Ev­i­dence vs. Fic­tional Insight

Wei DaiJan 8, 2010, 1:59 AM
50 points
46 comments2 min readLW link

You can­not be mis­taken about (not) want­ing to wirehead

Kaj_SotalaJan 26, 2010, 12:06 PM
50 points
79 comments3 min readLW link

Less Wrong Q&A with Eliezer Yud­kowsky: Video Answers

MichaelGRJan 7, 2010, 4:40 AM
49 points
100 comments1 min readLW link

Ad­vanc­ing Certainty

komponistoJan 18, 2010, 9:51 AM
44 points
110 comments4 min readLW link

The Wannabe Rational

MrHenJan 15, 2010, 8:09 PM
39 points
305 comments8 min readLW link

The Prefer­ence Utili­tar­ian’s Time In­con­sis­tency Problem

Wei DaiJan 15, 2010, 12:26 AM
35 points
107 comments1 min readLW link

Case study: Melatonin

gwernJan 7, 2010, 6:24 PM
28 points
176 comments1 min readLW link

The Pre­dic­tion Hierarchy

RobinZJan 19, 2010, 3:36 AM
28 points
38 comments3 min readLW link

Wel­come to Heaven

denisbiderJan 25, 2010, 11:22 PM
27 points
246 comments2 min readLW link

Refer­ence class of the unclassreferenceable

tawJan 8, 2010, 4:13 AM
25 points
154 comments1 min readLW link

Max Teg­mark on our place in his­tory: “We’re Not In­signifi­cant After All”

RokoJan 4, 2010, 12:02 AM
23 points
88 comments3 min readLW link

TakeOnIt: Database of Ex­pert Opinions

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 5, 2010, 8:54 PM
21 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

The things we know that we know ain’t so

PhilGoetzJan 11, 2010, 9:59 PM
19 points
149 comments1 min readLW link

Priv­ileged Snuff

rwallaceJan 22, 2010, 5:38 AM
19 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Draw­ing Two Aces

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 3, 2010, 10:33 AM
19 points
92 comments1 min readLW link

Stig­mergy and Pick­er­ing’s Mangle

JohnicholasJan 2, 2010, 7:14 PM
18 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

Self con­trol may be contagious

Psy-KoshJan 14, 2010, 3:41 AM
18 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

In defense of the out­side view

cousin_itJan 15, 2010, 11:01 AM
18 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

Com­mu­ni­cat­ing effec­tively: form and content

MorendilJan 6, 2010, 9:52 AM
17 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Easy Pre­dic­tor Tests

MrHenJan 21, 2010, 6:40 PM
16 points
66 comments1 min readLW link

Adap­tive bias

MorendilJan 25, 2010, 5:45 PM
15 points
31 comments2 min readLW link

Den­nett’s “Con­scious­ness Ex­plained”: Prelude

PhilGoetzJan 10, 2010, 7:31 AM
14 points
100 comments3 min readLW link

Lists of cog­ni­tive bi­ases, com­mon mis­con­cep­tions, and fallacies

KevinJan 23, 2010, 10:47 PM
13 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Value Uncer­tainty and the Sin­gle­ton Scenario

Wei DaiJan 24, 2010, 5:03 AM
13 points
31 comments3 min readLW link

What big goals do we have?

cousin_itJan 19, 2010, 4:35 PM
13 points
95 comments1 min readLW link

Far & Near /​ Ru­n­away Trol­leys /​ The Prox­im­ity Of (Fat) Strangers

botogolJan 23, 2010, 10:13 PM
12 points
47 comments2 min readLW link

When does an in­sight count as ev­i­dence?

Alex FlintJan 4, 2010, 9:09 AM
11 points
38 comments3 min readLW link

Bizarre Illusions

MrHenJan 27, 2010, 6:25 PM
11 points
310 comments1 min readLW link

Play for a Cause

brian_jaressJan 28, 2010, 8:52 PM
10 points
57 comments2 min readLW link

Ad­vice for AI makers

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 14, 2010, 11:32 AM
10 points
211 comments1 min readLW link

Lon­don meetup: “The Friendly AI Prob­lem”

RokoJan 19, 2010, 11:35 PM
10 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Will rea­son ever out­run faith?

ABrancoJan 7, 2010, 2:00 PM
9 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

Dis­clo­sure vs. Bans: Re­ply to Robin Hanson

David_J_BalanJan 4, 2010, 1:09 AM
9 points
58 comments3 min readLW link

Den­nett’s heterophenomenology

Richard_KennawayJan 16, 2010, 8:40 PM
9 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

Less­wrong UK plan­ning thread

whpearsonJan 24, 2010, 12:33 AM
9 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

Consciousness

Mitchell_PorterJan 8, 2010, 12:18 PM
8 points
232 comments6 min readLW link

Costs to (po­ten­tially) eter­nal life

bgrah449Jan 21, 2010, 9:46 PM
7 points
111 comments2 min readLW link

Open Thread: Jan­uary 2010

Kaj_SotalaJan 1, 2010, 5:02 PM
7 points
761 comments1 min readLW link

Savulescu: “Ge­net­i­cally en­hance hu­man­ity or face ex­tinc­tion”

RokoJan 10, 2010, 12:26 AM
7 points
235 comments1 min readLW link

Back of the en­velope calcu­la­tions around the sin­gu­lar­ity.

whpearsonJan 15, 2010, 12:14 AM
6 points
26 comments2 min readLW link