The prob­lem of pseudofriendliness

Undis­crim­i­nat­ing Skepticism

Mus­ings on probability

Crunch­course—a tool for com­bat­ing learn­ing akrasia

Rea­son­ing isn’t about logic (it’s about ar­gu­ing)

The Im­por­tance of Good­hart’s Law

Ra­tional feel­ings: a cru­cial disambiguation

Addiction

Open Thread: March 2010, part 2

Spring 2010 Meta Thread

Na­ture ed­i­to­rial: Do sci­en­tists re­ally need a PhD?

De­cep­tion and Self-Doubt

Black­mail, Nukes and the Pri­soner’s Dilemma

The Black­mail Equation

Coffee: When it helps, when it hurts

Trade makes you re­spon­si­ble, but why?

Divide in­di­vi­d­u­als for util­i­tar­ian libertarianism

Selfish­ness Sig­nals Status

The strongest sta­tus signals

The strongest sta­tus signals

TED Talks: Daniel Kahneman

Sig­nal­ing Strate­gies and Morality

The fal­lacy of work-life compartmentalization

The Grav­i­ton as Aether

Pri­ors and Surprise

In­ter­est­ing Peter Norvig interview

In­di­vi­d­ual vs. Group Epistemic Rationality

Meetup: Bay Area: Sun­day, March 7th, 7pm

For progress to be by ac­cu­mu­la­tion and not by ran­dom walk, read great books

Ra­tion­al­ity quotes: March 2010

Open Thread: March 2010

Hedg­ing our Bets: The Case for Pur­su­ing Whole Brain Emu­la­tion to Safe­guard Hu­man­ity’s Future

Great Product. Lousy Mar­ket­ing.

Splin­ters and Wooden Beams

Men­tal Crystallography

Su­per­stim­uli, set­points, and obesity

Im­prov­ing The Akra­sia Hypothesis

Creat­ing a Less Wrong pre­dic­tion market

What is Bayesi­anism?

The Last Days of the Sin­gu­lar­ity Challenge

“Out­side View!” as Con­ver­sa­tion-Halter

Fic­ti­tious sentiments

Dignity

Ba­bies and Bun­nies: A Cau­tion About Evo-Psych

Woo!

Case study: abuse of fre­quen­tist statistics

Akra­sia Tac­tics Review

Con­ver­sa­tion Halters

Do­ers or do­ings?

Study: Mak­ing de­ci­sions makes you tired