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To what de­gree do we have goals?

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

Anti-akra­sia tool: like stickK.com for data nerds

dreevesOct 10, 2011, 2:09 AM
80 points
88 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist horo­scopes: A low-hang­ing util­ity gen­er­a­tor.

AdeleneDawnerMay 22, 2011, 9:37 AM
79 points
80 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Mar­ket Research

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

SIAI Fundraising

BrandonReinhartApr 26, 2011, 8:35 AM
78 points
120 comments6 min readLW link

So You’ve Changed Your Mind

SpurlockApr 28, 2011, 7:42 PM
77 points
48 comments4 min readLW link

Op­ti­mal Employment

LouieJan 31, 2011, 12:50 PM
77 points
281 comments10 min readLW link

On the Open­ness per­son­al­ity trait & ‘ra­tio­nal­ity’

gwernOct 14, 2011, 1:07 AM
77 points
97 comments8 min readLW link

A His­tory of Bayes’ Theorem

lukeprogAug 29, 2011, 7:04 AM
76 points
91 comments15 min readLW link

The Ur­gent Meta-Ethics of Friendly Ar­tifi­cial Intelligence

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

Free re­search help, edit­ing and ar­ti­cle down­loads for LessWrong

jsalvatierSep 6, 2011, 9:13 PM
75 points
441 comments1 min readLW link

Teach­able Ra­tion­al­ity Skills

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 27, 2011, 9:57 PM
74 points
263 comments1 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the Quan­tified Health Prize

ZviDec 2, 2011, 6:01 AM
73 points
141 comments1 min readLW link

Poll re­sults: LW prob­a­bly doesn’t cause akrasia

AnnaSalamonNov 16, 2011, 6:03 PM
73 points
106 comments8 min readLW link

Ba­sics of An­i­mal Reinforcement

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

The Neu­ro­science of Desire

lukeprogApr 9, 2011, 7:08 PM
73 points
30 comments10 min readLW link

1001 Pre­dic­tionBook Nights

gwernOct 8, 2011, 4:04 PM
72 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

Costs and Benefits of Scholarship

lukeprogMar 22, 2011, 2:19 AM
72 points
109 comments4 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion is hard, es­pe­cially of medicine

gwernDec 23, 2011, 8:34 PM
72 points
48 comments23 min readLW link

What we’re losing

PhilGoetzMay 15, 2011, 3:34 AM
72 points
79 comments1 min readLW link

Ethics and ra­tio­nal­ity of suicide

anonymous259May 2, 2011, 1:38 AM
71 points
205 comments2 min readLW link

Suffer­ing as at­ten­tion-al­lo­ca­tional conflict

Kaj_SotalaMay 18, 2011, 3:12 PM
71 points
63 comments4 min readLW link

LW Biol­ogy 101 In­tro­duc­tion: Con­strain­ing Anticipation

virtualAdeptMay 25, 2011, 12:32 AM
70 points
29 comments6 min readLW link

Where do self­ish val­ues come from?

Wei DaiNov 18, 2011, 11:52 PM
70 points
62 comments2 min readLW link

Why epi­demiol­ogy will not cor­rect itself

gwernAug 11, 2011, 12:54 AM
70 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

My story /​ own­ing one’s reasons

jwhendyJan 7, 2011, 12:17 AM
70 points
26 comments4 min readLW link

A model of UDT with a halt­ing oracle

cousin_itDec 18, 2011, 2:18 PM
70 points
102 comments2 min readLW link

Just the facts, ma’am!

lukeprogDec 10, 2011, 10:54 PM
70 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Les­sons Learned from Ir­ra­tional Ad­ven­tures in Romance

lukeprogOct 4, 2011, 2:45 AM
69 points
616 comments6 min readLW link

A few analo­gies to illus­trate key ra­tio­nal­ity points

kilobugOct 9, 2011, 1:00 PM
69 points
52 comments5 min readLW link

Fun­nel plots: the study that didn’t bark, or, vi­su­al­iz­ing re­gres­sion to the null

gwernDec 4, 2011, 11:05 AM
69 points
35 comments2 min readLW link

What Direct In­struc­tion is

[deleted]Sep 4, 2011, 11:03 PM
69 points
81 comments4 min readLW link

Ra­tional Ro­man­tic Re­la­tion­ships, Part 1: Re­la­tion­ship Styles and At­trac­tion Basics

lukeprogNov 5, 2011, 11:06 AM
69 points
1,537 comments18 min readLW link

Liv­ing For­ever is Hard, or, The Gom­pertz Curve

gwernMay 17, 2011, 9:08 PM
67 points
87 comments3 min readLW link

Hugo Awards—HP:MoR

EneaszJan 21, 2011, 7:06 PM
66 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

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PhilGoetzJan 8, 2011, 5:51 PM
66 points
38 comments19 min readLW link

Is Ra­tion­al­ity Teach­able?

lukeprogSep 1, 2011, 11:59 AM
66 points
27 comments5 min readLW link

Hard prob­lem? Hack away at the edges.

lukeprogSep 26, 2011, 10:03 AM
66 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

Re­cent site changes

mattJun 24, 2011, 3:50 AM
66 points
80 comments1 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

Meta: A 5 karma re­quire­ment to post in discussion

JackJan 20, 2011, 6:22 AM
66 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

The Value of The­o­ret­i­cal Research

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

A Ra­tion­al­ist’s Ac­count of Ob­jec­tifi­ca­tion?

lukeprogMar 19, 2011, 11:10 PM
65 points
327 comments5 min readLW link

Scien­tific mis­con­duct mis­di­ag­nosed be­cause of sci­en­tific misconduct

GLaDOSJun 10, 2011, 2:49 PM
64 points
55 comments2 min readLW link

Plu­ral­is­tic Mo­ral Reductionism

lukeprogJun 1, 2011, 12:59 AM
64 points
327 comments15 min readLW link

Help Fund Luke­prog at SIAI

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 24, 2011, 7:16 AM
63 points
278 comments1 min readLW link

The Joys of Con­ju­gate Priors

TCBMay 21, 2011, 2:41 AM
63 points
24 comments5 min readLW link

Be­ing Wrong about Your Own Sub­jec­tive Experience

lukeprogApr 24, 2011, 8:24 PM
63 points
191 comments7 min readLW link

Want­ing vs. Lik­ing Revisited

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