The Im­por­tance of Self-Doubt

multifoliateroseAug 19, 2010, 10:47 PM
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Po­si­tion­ing one­self to make a difference

Mitchell_PorterAug 18, 2010, 11:54 PM
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Tran­shu­man­ism and the de­no­ta­tion-con­no­ta­tion gap

PhilGoetzAug 18, 2010, 3:33 PM
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How can we com­pare de­ci­sion the­o­ries?

bentarmAug 18, 2010, 1:29 PM
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Other Ex­is­ten­tial Risks

multifoliateroseAug 17, 2010, 9:24 PM
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On be­half of phys­i­cal things

KatjaGraceAug 17, 2010, 3:42 PM
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What a re­duc­tion of “prob­a­bil­ity” prob­a­bly looks like

cousin_itAug 17, 2010, 2:58 PM
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Should hu­man­ity give birth to a galac­tic civ­i­liza­tion?

XiXiDuAug 17, 2010, 1:07 PM
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De­sir­able Dis­po­si­tions and Ra­tional Actions

RichardChappellAug 17, 2010, 3:20 AM
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New­comb’s Prob­lem: A prob­lem for Causal De­ci­sion Theories

[deleted]Aug 16, 2010, 11:25 AM
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Kevin T. Kelly’s Ock­ham Effi­ciency Theorem

JohnicholasAug 16, 2010, 4:46 AM
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Statis­ti­cal dis­crim­i­na­tion is ex­ter­nal­ity deliniation

KatjaGraceAug 15, 2010, 10:00 AM
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Ex­is­ten­tial Risk and Public Relations

multifoliateroseAug 15, 2010, 7:16 AM
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Why you don’t seek friends dat­ing site style

KatjaGraceAug 14, 2010, 10:00 AM
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Prob­lems in evolu­tion­ary psy­chol­ogy

Kaj_SotalaAug 13, 2010, 6:57 PM
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Tak­ing Ideas Seriously

Will_NewsomeAug 13, 2010, 4:50 PM
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How the ab­strac­tion shield works

KatjaGraceAug 13, 2010, 11:00 AM
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An in­tro­duc­tion to de­ci­sion theory

[deleted]Aug 13, 2010, 9:09 AM
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De­ci­sion the­ory ques­tion: Alpha and omega play pa­per scis­sor rock

PlaidXAug 12, 2010, 8:55 PM
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What a re­duc­tion of “could” could look like

cousin_itAug 12, 2010, 5:41 PM
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Hu­mor isn’t norm evasion

KatjaGraceAug 12, 2010, 5:21 PM
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Should I be­lieve what the SIAI claims?

XiXiDuAug 12, 2010, 2:33 PM
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What should I have for din­ner? (A case study in de­ci­sion mak­ing)

bentarmAug 12, 2010, 1:29 PM
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Wel­come to Less Wrong! (2010-2011)

orthonormalAug 12, 2010, 1:08 AM
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Sin­gu­lar­ity Sum­mit 2010 Less Wrong Meetup

Mycroft65536Aug 11, 2010, 10:53 PM
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Is it ra­tio­nal to be re­li­gious? Si­mu­la­tions are re­quired for an­swer.

Aleksei_RiikonenAug 11, 2010, 3:20 PM
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Discrim­i­na­tion: less is more

KatjaGraceAug 10, 2010, 6:32 PM
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A Proof of Oc­cam’s Razor

UnknownsAug 10, 2010, 2:20 PM
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Against Cry­on­ics & For Cost-Effec­tive Charity

multifoliateroseAug 10, 2010, 3:59 AM
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Five-minute ra­tio­nal­ity techniques

sketerpotAug 10, 2010, 2:24 AM
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Open Thread, Au­gust 2010-- part 2

NancyLebovitzAug 9, 2010, 11:18 PM
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Book Recommendations

NancyLebovitzAug 9, 2010, 8:05 PM
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Book Recommendations

NancyLebovitzAug 9, 2010, 8:03 PM
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Two straw men fighting

JanetKAug 9, 2010, 8:53 AM
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Why is gen­der equal­ity so rude?

KatjaGraceAug 9, 2010, 1:00 AM
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Ex­trater­res­trial pa­per­clip maximizers

multifoliateroseAug 8, 2010, 8:35 PM
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Christo­pher Hitchens and Cryonics

James_MillerAug 8, 2010, 8:32 PM
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Pur­pose­ful­ness on Mars

JamesAndrixAug 8, 2010, 9:23 AM
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Why do ‘re­spectable’ women want dead hus­bands?

KatjaGraceAug 8, 2010, 4:15 AM
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Agree­able ways to dis­able your children

KatjaGraceAug 7, 2010, 7:26 AM
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Blog­ging­heads: Robert Wright and Eliezer Yudkowsky

LironAug 7, 2010, 6:09 AM
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In­ter­ested in a Euro­pean less­wrong meetup

MartinBAug 7, 2010, 4:43 AM
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Con­flicts Between Men­tal Subagents: Ex­pand­ing Wei Dai’s Master-Slave Model

Scott AlexanderAug 4, 2010, 9:16 AM
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The Threat of Cryonics

lsparrishAug 3, 2010, 7:57 PM
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Ra­tion­al­ity quotes: Au­gust 2010

CyanAug 3, 2010, 12:16 AM
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Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 2

dclayhAug 1, 2010, 10:58 PM
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Open Thread, Au­gust 2010

NancyLebovitzAug 1, 2010, 1:27 PM
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AI co­op­er­a­tion in practice

cousin_itJul 30, 2010, 4:21 PM
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For­ager Anthropology

WrongBotJul 28, 2010, 5:48 AM
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Alien par­a­site tech­ni­cal guy

PhilGoetzJul 27, 2010, 4:51 PM
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