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How to Beat Procrastination

lukeprogFeb 5, 2011, 6:49 PM
276 points
162 comments15 min readLW link

Pro­ce­du­ral Knowl­edge Gaps

AlicornFeb 8, 2011, 3:17 AM
197 points
1,495 comments1 min readLW link

Make your train­ing useful

AnnaSalamonFeb 12, 2011, 2:14 AM
141 points
46 comments5 min readLW link

Abil­ity to react

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Feb 18, 2011, 7:19 PM
100 points
99 comments4 min readLW link

Some Heuris­tics for Eval­u­at­ing the Sound­ness of the Aca­demic Main­stream in Un­fa­mil­iar Fields

Vladimir_MFeb 15, 2011, 9:17 AM
100 points
274 comments9 min readLW link

A ra­tio­nal­ist’s guide to psy­choac­tive drugs

SkatcheFeb 10, 2011, 1:01 AM
96 points
48 comments17 min readLW link

Use cu­ri­os­ity

AnnaSalamonFeb 25, 2011, 10:23 PM
92 points
61 comments1 min readLW link

Science: Do It Yourself

alyssavanceFeb 13, 2011, 4:47 AM
91 points
206 comments6 min readLW link

Fun and Games with Cog­ni­tive Biases

CosmosFeb 18, 2011, 8:38 PM
86 points
28 comments6 min readLW link

The Ur­gent Meta-Ethics of Friendly Ar­tifi­cial Intelligence

lukeprogFeb 1, 2011, 2:15 PM
75 points
252 comments1 min readLW link

The Value of The­o­ret­i­cal Research

paulfchristianoFeb 25, 2011, 6:06 PM
65 points
53 comments3 min readLW link

Se­cure Your Beliefs

lukeprogFeb 12, 2011, 4:53 PM
59 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

You’re in New­comb’s Box

HonoreDBFeb 5, 2011, 8:46 PM
59 points
176 comments4 min readLW link

Set­tled ques­tions in philosophy

lukeprogFeb 16, 2011, 6:53 AM
56 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Start­ing a LW meet-up is easy.

AnnaSalamonFeb 1, 2011, 4:05 AM
54 points
60 comments1 min readLW link

Is GiveWell.org the best char­ity (ex­clud­ing SIAI)?

syllogismFeb 26, 2011, 1:37 PM
52 points
61 comments2 min readLW link

Mak­ing money with Bit­coin?

ClippyFeb 16, 2011, 7:17 PM
49 points
129 comments1 min readLW link

Fast Minds and Slow Computers

jacob_cannellFeb 5, 2011, 10:05 AM
47 points
93 comments5 min readLW link

Philoso­phers and seek­ing answers

Scott AlexanderFeb 4, 2011, 10:51 PM
41 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Time Magaz­ine has an ar­ti­cle about the Sin­gu­lar­ity...

RaemonFeb 11, 2011, 2:20 AM
40 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup posts as dis­cus­sion threads, please

JoniiFeb 14, 2011, 11:49 AM
39 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Al­gorithms as Case Stud­ies in Rationality

abramdemskiFeb 14, 2011, 6:27 PM
38 points
40 comments6 min readLW link

Why Do We En­gage in Mo­ral Sim­plifi­ca­tion?

Wei DaiFeb 14, 2011, 1:16 AM
34 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

My hour-long in­ter­view with Yud­kowsky on “Be­com­ing a Ra­tion­al­ist”

lukeprogFeb 6, 2011, 3:19 AM
33 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

How to make your in­tu­itions cost-sensitive

apopheniaFeb 8, 2011, 9:59 AM
32 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Isn’t this siteme­ter log­ging a bit too ex­ces­sive?

DanielVargaFeb 2, 2011, 8:55 PM
29 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

[link] On Rea­son­able Efforts

Kaj_SotalaFeb 26, 2011, 9:57 AM
27 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Space Sta­sis: What the strange per­sis­tence of rock­ets can teach us about innovation

Kaj_SotalaFeb 3, 2011, 6:36 PM
26 points
20 comments5 min readLW link

What does your web of be­liefs look like, as of to­day?

lukeprogFeb 20, 2011, 7:47 PM
23 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

Schol­ar­ship and DIY Science

[deleted]Feb 18, 2011, 6:37 AM
22 points
20 comments5 min readLW link

LINK: Bostrom & Yud­kowsky, “The Ethics of Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence” (2011)

lukeprogFeb 27, 2011, 5:43 PM
21 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Age, fluid in­tel­li­gence, and in­tel­li­gent posts

InquilineKeaFeb 20, 2011, 9:06 AM
21 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

SUGGEST and VOTE: Posts We Want to Read on Less Wrong

lukeprogFeb 7, 2011, 2:51 AM
21 points
105 comments2 min readLW link

Solomonoff In­duc­tion, by Shane Legg

cousin_itFeb 21, 2011, 12:32 AM
21 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes: Fe­bru­ary 2011

gwernFeb 1, 2011, 5:46 PM
21 points
355 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­is­ten­tial Risk Re­duc­tion Ca­reer Network

FrankAdamekFeb 27, 2011, 12:27 AM
21 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Strong sub­strate in­de­pen­dence: a thing that goes wrong in my mind when ex­posed to philosophy

HonoreDBFeb 18, 2011, 1:40 AM
21 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

On Char­i­ties and Lin­ear Utility

Anatoly_VorobeyFeb 4, 2011, 2:13 PM
21 points
59 comments6 min readLW link

BOOK DRAFT: ‘Ethics and Su­per­in­tel­li­gence’ (part 1, re­vised)

lukeprogFeb 22, 2011, 8:59 PM
20 points
38 comments3 min readLW link

So­cial Ne­ces­sity of Drinking

Raemon13 Feb 2011 22:52 UTC
20 points
97 comments1 min readLW link

Reach­ing the gen­eral public

Richard_Kennaway7 Feb 2011 17:52 UTC
20 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Is Mo­ral­ity a Valid Prefer­ence?

MinibearRex21 Feb 2011 1:18 UTC
19 points
75 comments1 min readLW link

Write It Like A Poem

Strange716 Feb 2011 15:11 UTC
18 points
40 comments3 min readLW link

Op­ti­mal Em­ploy­ment Open Thread

[deleted]14 Feb 2011 22:49 UTC
18 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Tor­tur­ing peo­ple for fun

cousin_it14 Feb 2011 20:52 UTC
18 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread: Mathematics

bentarm13 Feb 2011 23:50 UTC
18 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Go Try Things

atucker25 Feb 2011 6:23 UTC
18 points
28 comments2 min readLW link

BOOK DRAFT: ‘Ethics and Su­per­in­tel­li­gence’ (part 1)

lukeprog13 Feb 2011 10:09 UTC
18 points
112 comments2 min readLW link

Re­search methods

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) 22 Feb 2011 6:10 UTC
18 points
42 comments2 min readLW link

Re­cur­sively Self-Im­prov­ing Hu­man Intelligence

curiousepic17 Feb 2011 21:55 UTC
17 points
13 comments1 min readLW link