How do you ac­cept oth­ers even when they’re so ir­ra­tional?

InquilineKeaJan 6, 2011, 10:45 PM
6 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

An Overview of For­mal Episte­mol­ogy (links)

lukeprogJan 6, 2011, 7:57 PM
63 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Help: Neu­ro­chem­istry question

Will_NewsomeJan 6, 2011, 3:55 PM
7 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

In Defense of Ob­jec­tive Bayesi­anism: MaxEnt Puz­zle.

LarksJan 6, 2011, 12:56 AM
11 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Dis­cus­sion for Eliezer Yud­kowsky’s pa­per: Time­less De­ci­sion Theory

AlexeiJan 6, 2011, 12:28 AM
16 points
65 comments1 min readLW link

the Uni­verse, Com­putabil­ity, and the Singularity

mwenglerJan 5, 2011, 5:19 PM
−3 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Pos­si­ble Cock­a­trice in writ­ten form

AuriniJan 5, 2011, 9:54 AM
−10 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

Link: Col­lec­tive Intelligence

RandalyJan 5, 2011, 8:15 AM
8 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

The Ne­glected Virtue of Scholarship

lukeprogJan 5, 2011, 7:22 AM
331 points
155 comments3 min readLW link

To­day’s xkcd is rele­vant to our interests

mindspillageJan 5, 2011, 6:07 AM
11 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Tech­niques for prob­a­bil­ity estimates

Scott AlexanderJan 4, 2011, 11:38 PM
113 points
60 comments7 min readLW link

Less Wrong policy questions

diegocaleiroJan 4, 2011, 8:27 PM
11 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­plied Op­ti­mal Philan­thropy: How to Donate $100 to SIAI for Free

LouieJan 4, 2011, 6:14 AM
14 points
86 comments1 min readLW link

AGI 2010 videos—link

Dr_ManhattanJan 4, 2011, 3:36 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

When you are your own fa­vorite charity

PhilGoetzJan 4, 2011, 3:11 AM
6 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Goals vs. Rewards

icebrandJan 4, 2011, 1:43 AM
6 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Zendo-like In­duc­tion Game for Play­ing Online

Normal_AnomalyJan 3, 2011, 5:16 PM
15 points
76 comments2 min readLW link

Ask­ing Pre­cise Questions

paulfchristianoJan 3, 2011, 8:48 AM
12 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes: Jan­uary 2011

wedrifidJan 3, 2011, 5:24 AM
4 points
275 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­ter­nally Ori­ented, Love, Sen­sa­tional. Which Ra­tion­al­ity will LW be about?

diegocaleiroJan 2, 2011, 10:22 PM
−2 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Ex­ter­nally Ori­ented, Love, Sen­sa­tional. Which Ra­tion­al­ity will LW be about?

diegocaleiroJan 2, 2011, 10:18 PM
−3 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

Ar­ti­cle: The De­cline Effect and the Scien­tific Method

TesseractJan 2, 2011, 9:24 PM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

In Rus­sian we have the word ‘Miroz­danie’, which means all that exists

kononovJan 2, 2011, 8:28 PM
3 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

2011 In­trade fee changes, or, In­trade con­sid­ered no longer use­ful for LessWrongers

gwernJan 2, 2011, 5:46 PM
34 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Short fic about uFAI

[deleted]Jan 2, 2011, 2:13 PM
42 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

New Year’s Pre­dic­tions Thread (2011)

KevinJan 2, 2011, 9:58 AM
16 points
230 comments1 min readLW link

A Fate Worse Than Death

giambolvoeJan 2, 2011, 9:23 AM
3 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

For­mat­ting issues

TesseractJan 2, 2011, 4:01 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Work­ing hurts less than pro­cras­ti­nat­ing, we fear the twinge of starting

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 2, 2011, 12:15 AM
365 points
162 comments3 min readLW link

Choose To Be Happy

DanArmakJan 1, 2011, 10:50 PM
29 points
26 comments2 min readLW link

Pro­posal: Anti-Akra­sia Alliance

DanArmakJan 1, 2011, 9:52 PM
26 points
35 comments4 min readLW link

Pro­posal: Anti-Akra­sia Alliance

DanArmakJan 1, 2011, 9:31 PM
2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Op­ti­miz­ing Fuzzies And Utilons: The Altru­ism Chip Jar

orthonormalJan 1, 2011, 6:53 PM
139 points
49 comments3 min readLW link

Un­der­stand­ing Wik­ileaks history

ChristianKlJan 1, 2011, 6:51 PM
−12 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

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HoverHellJan 1, 2011, 6:51 AM
1 point
35 comments1 min readLW link

New Year’s Resolutions

orthonormalJan 1, 2011, 3:50 AM
5 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Kick­ing Akra­sia: Now or Never

[deleted]Jan 1, 2011, 1:19 AM
18 points
56 comments2 min readLW link

Ques­tion about learn­ing from peo­ple you dis­agree with.

[deleted]Jan 1, 2011, 12:33 AM
5 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Ques­tion about self mod­ify­ing AI get­ting “stuck” in religion

[deleted]Jan 1, 2011, 12:22 AM
9 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Self Im­prove­ment—Broad vs Focused

RaemonDec 31, 2010, 3:39 PM
10 points
28 comments2 min readLW link

Self Im­prove­ment—All en­com­pass­ing vs. Focused

RaemonDec 31, 2010, 3:35 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The Revelation

XiXiDuDec 31, 2010, 12:50 PM
−2 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Spam in the dis­cus­sion area

grouchymusicologistDec 31, 2010, 5:01 AM
27 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

The De­cline Effect and the Scien­tific Method [link]

Dreaded_AnomalyDec 31, 2010, 1:23 AM
20 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Spam in the dis­cus­sion area

grouchymusicologistDec 30, 2010, 11:32 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Sub­ject X17′s Surgery

HonoreDBDec 30, 2010, 7:01 PM
18 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Look­ing for some pieces of tran­shu­man­ist fiction

rlpowellDec 30, 2010, 4:44 PM
5 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Lu­minos­ity (Twilight Fan­fic) Dis­cus­sion Thread 3

AlicornDec 30, 2010, 2:37 PM
17 points
355 comments1 min readLW link

Every “best pa­per” from Com­puter Science con­fer­ences since 1996 [link]

KevinDec 30, 2010, 11:03 AM
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Some ra­tio­nal­ity tweets

Peter_de_BlancDec 30, 2010, 7:14 AM
62 points
80 comments2 min readLW link