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Diseased think­ing: dis­solv­ing ques­tions about disease

Scott AlexanderMay 30, 2010, 9:16 PM
540 points
356 comments9 min readLW link

The Psy­cholog­i­cal Diver­sity of Mankind

Kaj_SotalaMay 9, 2010, 5:53 AM
144 points
162 comments7 min readLW link

Ab­nor­mal Cryonics

Will_NewsomeMay 26, 2010, 7:43 AM
79 points
420 comments5 min readLW link

Blue- and Yel­low-Tinted Choices

Scott AlexanderMay 13, 2010, 10:35 PM
75 points
57 comments4 min readLW link

On En­joy­ing Disagree­able Company

AlicornMay 26, 2010, 1:47 AM
68 points
254 comments7 min readLW link

The Tragedy of the So­cial Episte­mol­ogy Commons

RokoMay 21, 2010, 12:42 PM
66 points
91 comments4 min readLW link

Is Google Paper­clip­ping the Web? The Per­ils of Op­ti­miza­tion by Proxy in So­cial Systems

AlexandrosMay 10, 2010, 1:25 PM
56 points
105 comments10 min readLW link

What is Wei Dai’s Up­date­less De­ci­sion The­ory?

AlephNeilMay 19, 2010, 10:16 AM
53 points
70 comments7 min readLW link

An­tag­o­niz­ing Opi­oid Re­cep­tors for (Preven­tion of) Fun and Profit

Scott AlexanderMay 5, 2010, 2:40 PM
52 points
35 comments4 min readLW link

Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread

UnnamedMay 27, 2010, 12:10 AM
44 points
883 comments1 min readLW link

Tak­ing the awk­ward­ness out of a Prenup—A Game The­o­retic solution

VijayKrishnanMay 22, 2010, 12:45 AM
42 points
111 comments4 min readLW link

To sig­nal effec­tively, use a non-hu­man, non-stop­pable enforcer

ClippyMay 22, 2010, 10:03 PM
39 points
167 comments2 min readLW link

Shock Level 5: Big Wor­lds and Mo­dal Realism

RokoMay 25, 2010, 11:19 PM
39 points
158 comments4 min readLW link

But Some­body Would Have Noticed

AlicornMay 4, 2010, 6:56 PM
38 points
258 comments4 min readLW link

Be a Visit­ing Fel­low at the Sin­gu­lar­ity Institute

AnnaSalamonMay 19, 2010, 8:00 AM
38 points
171 comments2 min readLW link

Q&A with Harpend­ing and Cochran

MBlumeMay 10, 2010, 11:01 PM
34 points
112 comments1 min readLW link

The So­cial Co­pro­ces­sor Model

RokoMay 14, 2010, 5:10 PM
33 points
625 comments3 min readLW link

Study: En­courag­ing Obe­di­ence Con­sid­ered Harmful

MBlumeMay 14, 2010, 6:11 PM
30 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

This is your brain on ambiguity

MorendilMay 28, 2010, 3:47 PM
28 points
60 comments5 min readLW link

Hu­man val­ues differ as much as val­ues can differ

PhilGoetzMay 3, 2010, 7:35 PM
27 points
220 comments7 min readLW link

What is bunk?

[deleted]May 8, 2010, 6:06 PM
26 points
108 comments4 min readLW link

Do you have High-Func­tion­ing Asperger’s Syn­drome?

RokoMay 10, 2010, 11:55 PM
26 points
345 comments3 min readLW link

LessWrong down­time 2010-05-11, and other re­cent out­ages and instability

mattMay 22, 2010, 1:33 AM
25 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Phys­i­cal­ism: con­scious­ness as the last sense

AcademianMay 19, 2010, 4:31 PM
25 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

Beyond Op­ti­miza­tion by Proxy

AlexandrosMay 27, 2010, 1:16 PM
24 points
17 comments7 min readLW link

30th Soar workshop

JohnicholasMay 23, 2010, 1:33 PM
24 points
18 comments8 min readLW link

Backchain­ing causes wish­ful thinking

PhilGoetzMay 19, 2010, 7:01 PM
23 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

Asperg­ers Poll Re­sults: LW is nerdier than the Math Olympiad?

RokoMay 13, 2010, 2:24 PM
19 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

Com­post­ing fruitless debates

AcademianMay 29, 2010, 4:59 PM
18 points
27 comments4 min readLW link

Beauty quips, “I’d shut up and mul­ti­ply!”

neq1May 7, 2010, 2:34 PM
18 points
358 comments6 min readLW link

Chicago Meetup

AiredaleMay 20, 2010, 8:42 PM
17 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Up­dat­ing, part 1: When can you change your mind? The bi­nary model

PhilGoetzMay 13, 2010, 5:55 PM
14 points
156 comments5 min readLW link

Link: Strong Inference

Daniel_BurfootMay 23, 2010, 2:49 AM
14 points
54 comments2 min readLW link

The Math of When to Self-Improve

John_MaxwellMay 15, 2010, 8:35 PM
14 points
72 comments2 min readLW link

Blame Theory

cousin_itMay 19, 2010, 9:49 PM
13 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Devel­op­ment of Com­pres­sion Rate Method

Daniel_BurfootMay 20, 2010, 5:11 PM
12 points
21 comments12 min readLW link

Con­di­tion­ing on Observers

Joanna MorningstarMay 11, 2010, 5:15 AM
12 points
121 comments8 min readLW link

Mul­ti­ple Choice

AlicornMay 17, 2010, 10:26 PM
11 points
35 comments4 min readLW link

Asperg­ers Sur­vey Re-results

RokoMay 29, 2010, 4:58 PM
11 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong meetup, Lon­don UK, 2010-06-06 16:00

Paul CrowleyMay 23, 2010, 1:46 PM
10 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity quotes: May 2010

ataMay 1, 2010, 5:48 AM
8 points
301 comments1 min readLW link

The Cameron Todd Willing­ham test

KevinMay 5, 2010, 12:11 AM
7 points
86 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread: May 2010, Part 2

KevinMay 20, 2010, 7:30 PM
6 points
358 comments1 min readLW link

Sig­nifi­cance of Com­pres­sion Rate Method

Daniel_BurfootMay 30, 2010, 3:50 AM
4 points
60 comments5 min readLW link

Open Thread: May 2010

JackMay 1, 2010, 5:29 AM
4 points
558 comments1 min readLW link

Bay Area Less­wrong Meet up Sun­day May 16

LucasSloanMay 14, 2010, 5:37 AM
4 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Cam­bridge Less Wrong meetup this Sun­day, May 16

jimrandomhMay 14, 2010, 4:34 AM
3 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­face to a Pro­posal for a New Mode of Inquiry

Daniel_BurfootMay 17, 2010, 2:11 AM
2 points
85 comments5 min readLW link

Another way to look at consciousness

JanetKMay 20, 2010, 1:58 PM
2 points
18 comments5 min readLW link

Why not fake height?

KatjaGraceMay 9, 2010, 11:59 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link