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The Blue-Min­i­miz­ing Robot

Scott AlexanderJul 4, 2011, 10:26 PM
330 points
160 comments4 min readLW link

Ap­prov­ing re­in­forces low-effort behaviors

Scott AlexanderJul 17, 2011, 8:43 PM
164 points
25 comments4 min readLW link

Se­crets of the eliminati

Scott AlexanderJul 20, 2011, 10:15 AM
135 points
256 comments3 min readLW link

On the un­pop­u­lar­ity of cry­on­ics: life sucks, but at least then you die

gwernJul 29, 2011, 9:06 PM
127 points
472 comments7 min readLW link

Fol­low-up on ESP study: “We don’t pub­lish repli­ca­tions”

CarlShulmanJul 12, 2011, 8:48 PM
112 points
50 comments2 min readLW link

The limits of introspection

Scott AlexanderJul 16, 2011, 9:00 PM
111 points
43 comments6 min readLW link

Prospect The­ory: A Frame­work for Un­der­stand­ing Cog­ni­tive Biases

Scott AlexanderJul 10, 2011, 5:20 AM
98 points
50 comments4 min readLW link

Ego syn­tonic thoughts and values

Scott AlexanderJul 17, 2011, 8:43 PM
89 points
55 comments4 min readLW link

Be­hav­iorism: Be­ware An­thro­po­mor­phiz­ing Humans

Scott AlexanderJul 4, 2011, 8:40 PM
89 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

Phys­i­cal and Men­tal Behavior

Scott AlexanderJul 10, 2011, 8:20 PM
89 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

Rea­sons for be­ing rational

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Jul 1, 2011, 3:28 PM
87 points
179 comments3 min readLW link

An Out­side View on Less Wrong’s Advice

Mass_DriverJul 7, 2011, 4:46 AM
84 points
164 comments8 min readLW link

To what de­gree do we have goals?

Scott AlexanderJul 15, 2011, 11:11 PM
80 points
52 comments7 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Mar­ket Research

RaemonJul 14, 2011, 7:41 PM
79 points
86 comments7 min readLW link

Ba­sics of An­i­mal Reinforcement

Scott AlexanderJul 5, 2011, 8:42 PM
73 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

Trivers on Self-Deception

Scott AlexanderJul 12, 2011, 9:04 PM
66 points
27 comments4 min readLW link

Time and Effort Discounting

Scott AlexanderJul 7, 2011, 11:48 PM
66 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

Want­ing vs. Lik­ing Revisited

Scott AlexanderJul 9, 2011, 8:54 PM
63 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

Con­nec­tion­ism: Model­ing the mind with neu­ral networks

Scott AlexanderJul 19, 2011, 1:16 AM
61 points
20 comments8 min readLW link

Ba­sics of Hu­man Reinforcement

Scott AlexanderJul 6, 2011, 9:09 PM
57 points
10 comments6 min readLW link

Ten­den­cies in re­flec­tive equilibrium

Scott AlexanderJul 20, 2011, 10:38 AM
51 points
71 comments4 min readLW link

Op­ti­mal Philan­thropy for Hu­man Beings

lukeprogJul 25, 2011, 7:27 AM
49 points
86 comments7 min readLW link

[Link] Com­puter im­proves its Civ­i­liza­tion II game­play by read­ing the manual

Kaj_SotalaJul 13, 2011, 12:00 PM
49 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Find your­self a Wor­thy Op­po­nent: a Chavruta

Raw_PowerJul 6, 2011, 10:59 AM
48 points
74 comments3 min readLW link

Vol­un­tary Be­hav­ior, Con­scious Thoughts

Scott AlexanderJul 11, 2011, 10:13 PM
47 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

Some Thoughts on Sin­gu­lar­ity Strategies

Wei DaiJul 13, 2011, 2:41 AM
45 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

Open Problems

lukeprogJul 5, 2011, 7:25 AM
41 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Out­line of pos­si­ble Sin­gu­lar­ity sce­nar­ios (that are not com­pletely dis­as­trous)

Wei DaiJul 6, 2011, 9:17 PM
41 points
40 comments2 min readLW link

New Post ver­sion 1 (please read this ONLY if your last name be­ings with a–k)

lukeprogJul 27, 2011, 9:57 PM
40 points
87 comments5 min readLW link

Re­cent site changes, Mon 4th July

mattJul 4, 2011, 7:25 AM
39 points
59 comments1 min readLW link

A Suggested Read­ing Order for Less Wrong [2011]

jimrandomhJul 8, 2011, 1:40 AM
38 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

Stan­ford In­tro to AI course to be taught for free online

Psy-KoshJul 30, 2011, 4:22 PM
38 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Re­cent Less Wrong downtime

drpowellJul 18, 2011, 4:50 AM
36 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

How to an­noy mis­an­thropes and bleed­ing-hearts

PhilGoetzJul 7, 2011, 2:27 AM
35 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Guardian column on ugh fields, men­tions LW

Kaj_SotalaJul 9, 2011, 12:34 PM
35 points
45 comments2 min readLW link

Do not ask what ra­tio­nal­ists should do

thakilJul 13, 2011, 10:47 AM
34 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Not for the Sake of Selfish­ness Alone

lukeprogJul 2, 2011, 5:37 PM
34 points
20 comments8 min readLW link

Dis­tract­ing wolves and real es­tate agents

PhilGoetzJul 7, 2011, 1:49 PM
34 points
32 comments3 min readLW link

Dun­geons and Dis­course implementation

Scott AlexanderJul 24, 2011, 10:37 AM
34 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist Judo, or Us­ing the Availa­bil­ity Heuris­tic to Win

jschulterJul 15, 2011, 8:39 AM
33 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

The $125,000 Sum­mer Sin­gu­lar­ity Challenge

Kaj_SotalaJul 29, 2011, 9:02 PM
32 points
262 comments2 min readLW link

Prefer­ence For (Many) Fu­ture Worlds

wedrifidJul 15, 2011, 11:31 PM
31 points
37 comments5 min readLW link

Bayesian justice

gwernJul 26, 2011, 12:58 AM
30 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

How to en­joy be­ing wrong

lincolnquirkJul 27, 2011, 5:48 AM
30 points
13 comments5 min readLW link

Vol­un­teers needed to work on LessWrong’s pub­lic goods problem

jsalvatierJul 3, 2011, 1:08 AM
29 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

What’s wrong with sim­plic­ity of value?

Wei DaiJul 27, 2011, 3:09 AM
29 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

“A good vol­un­teer is hard to find”

gwernJul 13, 2011, 9:48 PM
28 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Re­quest­ing low cost/​high pay­off pro­jects ideas

jsalvatierJul 30, 2011, 8:48 PM
27 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Po­larized gamma rays and man­i­fest infinity

rwallaceJul 30, 2011, 6:56 AM
27 points
51 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ment: Knox case de­bate with Rolf Nelson

komponistoJul 8, 2011, 8:22 AM
27 points
68 comments1 min readLW link