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Rationality Quotes With Attributions Hidden: from Mein Kampf to Men****x
lessdazed
Sep 28, 2011, 4:50 AM
23
points
70
comments
1
min read
LW
link
9/11 as mindkiller
NancyLebovitz
Sep 12, 2011, 5:44 PM
23
points
112
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Timeline of Carl Shulman publications
lukeprog
Sep 18, 2011, 6:07 PM
22
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Living bias, not thinking bias
crazy88
Sep 23, 2011, 8:30 AM
21
points
57
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Make evidence charts, not review papers? [Link]
XiXiDu
Sep 4, 2011, 1:26 PM
21
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] New arm of GiveWell Research: GiveWell Labs
multifoliaterose
Sep 8, 2011, 9:23 PM
21
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Edward Nelson claims proof of inconsistency in Peano Arithmetic
JoshuaZ
Sep 27, 2011, 12:46 PM
21
points
116
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Living Forever is Hard, part 2: Adult Longevity
gwern
Sep 9, 2011, 6:52 PM
20
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Gender differences in spatial reasoning appear to be nurture
David_Gerard
Sep 3, 2011, 11:56 AM
20
points
87
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Blindsight and Consciousness
atucker
Sep 22, 2011, 6:42 PM
20
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A philosophy professor elicits college students’ reactions to Less Wrong
lukeprog
Sep 21, 2011, 1:28 AM
20
points
79
comments
1
min read
LW
link
NIH Solicitation: Basic research on decision making
PhilGoetz
Sep 21, 2011, 3:56 PM
20
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ask LW: What are some well-designed institutions?
Will_Newsome
Sep 12, 2011, 5:48 AM
19
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cognitive Style Tends To Predict Religious Conviction (psychcentral.com)
Incorrect
Sep 23, 2011, 6:28 PM
19
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weak supporting evidence can undermine belief
Lightwave
Sep 29, 2011, 10:11 AM
19
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Interview with Singularity Institute Research Fellow Luke Muehlhauser
MichaelAnissimov
Sep 15, 2011, 10:23 AM
19
points
67
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Which Fields Are Underserved?
[deleted]
Sep 15, 2011, 1:16 PM
18
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Case study: Folding@home
gwern
Sep 15, 2011, 6:55 PM
18
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Moral enhancement
lukeprog
Sep 16, 2011, 9:26 PM
18
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
July 2011 review of experimental philosophy
lukeprog
Sep 4, 2011, 2:51 AM
18
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Machine learning and unintended consequences
lukeprog
Sep 23, 2011, 2:31 AM
18
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Another ‘prize’ suggestion.
Dr_Manhattan
Sep 6, 2011, 7:53 PM
18
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Leveling IRL—followup
cousin_it
Sep 14, 2011, 10:45 PM
17
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Possibilities for keeping track of long threads
NancyLebovitz
Sep 16, 2011, 8:48 PM
17
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Scientist vs. philosopher on conceptual analysis
lukeprog
Sep 20, 2011, 3:10 PM
17
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Help] Critique my Admissions Essay on HPMoR
ahartell
Sep 17, 2011, 4:15 PM
17
points
119
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Human consciousness as a tractable scientific problem
lukeprog
Sep 9, 2011, 6:39 AM
17
points
103
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My favorite popular scientific self-help books
lukeprog
Sep 10, 2011, 9:53 PM
17
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Old OB repost: Share likelihood ratios, not posterior beliefs
Will_Newsome
Sep 10, 2011, 12:56 PM
16
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Atheism & the autism spectrum
gwern
Sep 17, 2011, 11:59 PM
16
points
41
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Informal job survey
[deleted]
Sep 12, 2011, 5:16 AM
16
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Video: You Are Not So Smart
XiXiDu
Sep 8, 2011, 9:43 AM
16
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Intro-level training materials for rationality / critical thinking
lukeprog
Sep 20, 2011, 3:03 AM
15
points
59
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What if we make better decisions when we trust our gut instincts? [Link]
XiXiDu
Sep 25, 2011, 12:22 PM
15
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rough calculations: Fermi and the art of guessing
XiXiDu
Sep 8, 2011, 10:39 AM
15
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
AGI-2011 conference videos
Dr_Manhattan
Sep 22, 2011, 6:55 PM
15
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
When work is privilege of the rich?
[deleted]
Sep 13, 2011, 8:02 PM
15
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Boot [Mini]Camp… night class style?
jwhendy
Sep 8, 2011, 4:35 PM
15
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] How to Seem (and Be) Deep
MinibearRex
Sep 27, 2011, 3:12 AM
15
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Friends do not let friends compute p values.”
lukeprog
Sep 9, 2011, 7:10 AM
15
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
JSTOR gives public access to pre-1870 publications
satt
Sep 9, 2011, 2:19 PM
15
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to hack one’s self to want to want to … hack one’s self.
[deleted]
Sep 3, 2011, 5:06 PM
15
points
21
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Consolidated link thread, September 2011
Kaj_Sotala
Sep 19, 2011, 7:04 AM
14
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 9
Oscar_Cunningham
Sep 9, 2011, 1:29 PM
14
points
725
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Help]: Social cost of cryonics?
[deleted]
Sep 11, 2011, 7:26 PM
14
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Scholarship Booster: My favorite journals
lukeprog
Sep 9, 2011, 9:41 AM
14
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Pressure to publish increases scientists’ vulnerability to positive bias
lukeprog
8 Sep 2011 20:49 UTC
14
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Report on the Fourth Conference on Artificial General Intelligence
Kaj_Sotala
3 Sep 2011 16:42 UTC
14
points
5
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[gooey request-for-help] I don’t know what to do.
[deleted]
26 Sep 2011 7:07 UTC
14
points
51
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Particles break light-speed limit?
Kevin
23 Sep 2011 11:00 UTC
13
points
175
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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