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Humans are not automatically strategic
AnnaSalamon
Sep 8, 2010, 7:02 AM
588
points
278
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Intellectual Hipsters and Meta-Contrarianism
Scott Alexander
Sep 13, 2010, 9:36 PM
378
points
367
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Self-Improvement or Shiny Distraction: Why Less Wrong is anti-Instrumental Rationality
patrissimo
Sep 14, 2010, 4:17 PM
154
points
261
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Memetic Hazards in Videogames
jimrandomh
Sep 10, 2010, 2:22 AM
137
points
164
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Something’s Wrong
[deleted]
Sep 5, 2010, 6:08 PM
134
points
164
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Compartmentalization in epistemic and instrumental rationality
AnnaSalamon
Sep 17, 2010, 7:02 AM
124
points
123
comments
6
min read
LW
link
More art, less stink: Taking the PU out of PUA
XFrequentist
Sep 10, 2010, 12:25 AM
89
points
639
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Affect Heuristic, Sentiment, and Art
[deleted]
Sep 13, 2010, 11:05 PM
86
points
58
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A “Failure to Evaluate Return-on-Time” Fallacy
lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)
Sep 7, 2010, 7:01 PM
86
points
110
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Don’t judge a skill by its specialists
Academian
Sep 26, 2010, 8:56 PM
78
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Error detection bias in research
neq1
Sep 22, 2010, 3:00 AM
73
points
37
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Intelligence Amplification Open Thread
Will_Newsome
Sep 15, 2010, 8:39 AM
60
points
346
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anti-akrasia remote monitoring experiment
cousin_it
Sep 27, 2010, 11:34 PM
59
points
118
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Science of Cutting Peppers
Apprentice
Sep 12, 2010, 1:14 PM
54
points
68
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Bayes’ rule =/= Bayesian inference
neq1
Sep 16, 2010, 6:34 AM
49
points
70
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(Virtual) Employment Open Thread
Will_Newsome
Sep 23, 2010, 4:25 AM
49
points
281
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What Makes My Attempt Special?
Andy_McKenzie
Sep 26, 2010, 6:55 AM
43
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Politics as Charity
CarlShulman
Sep 23, 2010, 5:33 AM
37
points
165
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Frugality and working from finite data
Snowyowl
Sep 3, 2010, 9:37 AM
35
points
47
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Controlling Constant Programs
Vladimir_Nesov
Sep 5, 2010, 1:45 PM
35
points
33
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Effectiveness of Developing World Aid
multifoliaterose
Sep 12, 2010, 9:56 PM
33
points
51
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong Should Confront Wrongness Wherever it Appears
jimrandomh
Sep 21, 2010, 1:40 AM
32
points
163
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rationality Case Study—Ad-36
Perplexed
Sep 22, 2010, 6:32 PM
32
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Player of Games
Larks
Sep 23, 2010, 10:52 PM
32
points
74
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Power Tools
Nic_Smith
Sep 19, 2010, 6:20 AM
27
points
67
comments
6
min read
LW
link
New Discussion section on LessWrong!
Emile
Sep 28, 2010, 1:08 PM
26
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Experts vs. parents
PhilGoetz
Sep 29, 2010, 4:48 PM
24
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rational Health Optimization
jacob_cannell
Sep 18, 2010, 7:47 PM
23
points
78
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Steps to Achievement: The Pitfalls, Costs, Requirements, and Timelines
lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)
Sep 11, 2010, 10:58 PM
21
points
13
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Link: “You’re Not Being Reasonable”
CronoDAS
Sep 15, 2010, 7:19 AM
20
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reasonably Fun
JohnDavidBustard
Sep 4, 2010, 12:07 PM
17
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Why learning programming is a great idea even if you’d never want to code for a living
Morendil
Sep 28, 2010, 4:51 PM
16
points
29
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The conscious tape
PhilGoetz
Sep 16, 2010, 7:55 PM
16
points
119
comments
4
min read
LW
link
September 2010 Southern California Meetup
JenniferRM
Sep 13, 2010, 2:31 AM
15
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
We have a new discussion area
matt
Sep 27, 2010, 7:50 AM
14
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Meaning of Life
b1shop
Sep 17, 2010, 7:29 PM
14
points
110
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Personal decisions the leading cause of death
Morendil
Sep 28, 2010, 6:52 AM
13
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
September Less Wrong Meetup aka Eliezer’s Bayesian Birthday Bash
Jasen
Sep 8, 2010, 4:51 AM
11
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Vote Qualifications, Not Issues
jimrandomh
Sep 26, 2010, 8:26 PM
11
points
187
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Berkeley LW Meet-up Sunday September 5
LucasSloan
1 Sep 2010 2:47 UTC
10
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Melbourne Less Wrong Meetup
Patrick
20 Sep 2010 9:14 UTC
10
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reminder: Weekly LW meetings in NYC
alyssavance
12 Sep 2010 20:44 UTC
10
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fall 2010 Meta Thread
Kevin
19 Sep 2010 6:30 UTC
9
points
100
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reason is not the only means of overcoming bias
multifoliaterose
9 Sep 2010 22:59 UTC
8
points
30
comments
4
min read
LW
link
AI indifference through utility manipulation
Stuart_Armstrong
2 Sep 2010 17:06 UTC
8
points
54
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Rationality quotes: September 2010
Morendil
1 Sep 2010 6:53 UTC
7
points
157
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Nootropics and Cognitive-enhancement Discussion Area
knb
29 Sep 2010 5:29 UTC
6
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong: Open Thread, September 2010
matt
1 Sep 2010 1:40 UTC
6
points
628
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, September, 2010-- part 2
NancyLebovitz
17 Sep 2010 1:44 UTC
5
points
877
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread September, Part 3
LucasSloan
28 Sep 2010 5:21 UTC
4
points
217
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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