An Overview of For­mal Episte­mol­ogy (links)

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

Bring Back the Se­quences?

AlexandrosMar 7, 2011, 7:21 AM
62 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

In­di­vi­d­ual De­ni­a­bil­ity, Statis­ti­cal Honesty

AlicornAug 9, 2011, 4:17 AM
62 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Na­ture: Red, in Truth and Qualia

orthonormalMay 29, 2011, 11:50 PM
62 points
64 comments6 min readLW link

Strate­gic ig­no­rance and plau­si­ble deniability

Kaj_SotalaAug 10, 2011, 9:30 AM
62 points
59 comments4 min readLW link

How You Make Judg­ments: The Elephant and its Rider

lukeprogApr 15, 2011, 1:02 AM
62 points
19 comments13 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions Open Thread

CostanzaDec 29, 2011, 11:23 PM
62 points
264 comments1 min readLW link

Med­i­ta­tion, in­sight, and ra­tio­nal­ity. (Part 1 of 3)

DavidMApr 28, 2011, 8:26 PM
61 points
123 comments17 min readLW link

Dominus’ Razor

badgerMay 26, 2011, 1:05 AM
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27 comments1 min readLW link

Con­nec­tion­ism: Model­ing the mind with neu­ral networks

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

Knowl­edge is Worth Pay­ing For

lukeprogSep 21, 2011, 6:09 PM
61 points
109 comments4 min readLW link

Q&A with Jür­gen Sch­mid­hu­ber on risks from AI

XiXiDuJun 15, 2011, 3:51 PM
61 points
45 comments4 min readLW link

Death Note, Anonymity, and In­for­ma­tion Theory

gwernMay 8, 2011, 3:44 PM
60 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

The True Re­jec­tion Challenge

AlicornJun 27, 2011, 7:18 AM
60 points
533 comments1 min readLW link

Whole Brain Emu­la­tion: Look­ing At Progress On C. elgans

jefftkOct 29, 2011, 3:21 PM
60 points
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Over­com­ing suffer­ing: Emo­tional acceptance

Kaj_SotalaMay 29, 2011, 10:57 AM
60 points
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Over­com­ing the Curse of Knowledge

JesseGalefOct 18, 2011, 5:39 PM
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In­fer­ring Our Desires

lukeprogMay 24, 2011, 5:33 AM
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45 comments6 min readLW link

An EPub of Eliezer’s blog posts

Paul CrowleyAug 11, 2011, 2:20 PM
59 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

Sim­ple em­bod­ied cog­ni­tion hacks

curiousepicMar 23, 2011, 1:24 PM
59 points
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Se­cure Your Beliefs

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

Less Wrong Couch­sur­fing Network

loxfordianOct 31, 2011, 2:46 AM
59 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

A Game­play Ex­plo­ra­tion of Yud­kowsky’s “Twelve Virtues”

ac3ravenMay 18, 2011, 6:56 PM
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The Black Team—A Parable of Group Effectiveness

JGWeissmanApr 22, 2011, 2:37 AM
59 points
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You’re in New­comb’s Box

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

Please do not down­vote ev­ery com­ment or post some­one has ever made as a re­tal­i­a­tion tac­tic.

Will_NewsomeAug 21, 2011, 12:35 PM
57 points
131 comments1 min readLW link

Ba­sics of Hu­man Reinforcement

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

Video Q&A with Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute Ex­ec­u­tive Director

lukeprogDec 10, 2011, 11:27 AM
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124 comments15 min readLW link

Bias in cap­i­tal pro­ject de­ci­sion making

jsalvatierMay 26, 2011, 6:06 PM
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23 comments4 min readLW link

Set­tled ques­tions in philosophy

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

David Chalmers’ “The Sin­gu­lar­ity: A Philo­soph­i­cal Anal­y­sis”

lukeprogJan 29, 2011, 2:52 AM
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203 comments4 min readLW link

Head­ing Toward: No-Non­sense Metaethics

lukeprogApr 24, 2011, 12:42 AM
55 points
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Take heed, for it is a trap

ZedAug 14, 2011, 10:23 AM
54 points
189 comments6 min readLW link

Start­ing a LW meet-up is easy.

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

On the An­thropic Trilemma

KatjaGraceMay 19, 2011, 3:57 PM
54 points
50 comments9 min readLW link

See­ing Red: Dis­solv­ing Mary’s Room and Qualia

orthonormalMay 26, 2011, 5:47 PM
54 points
160 comments6 min readLW link

Open Prob­lems Re­lated to the Sin­gu­lar­ity (draft 1)

lukeprogDec 13, 2011, 10:57 AM
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6502 simu­lated—mind up­load­ing for microprocessors

humpolecJan 8, 2011, 6:03 PM
53 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Tran­scrip­tion and Sum­mary of Nick Bostrom’s Q&A

daenerysNov 17, 2011, 5:51 PM
53 points
10 comments31 min readLW link

The Neu­ro­science of Pleasure

lukeprogMar 27, 2011, 11:57 PM
52 points
17 comments11 min readLW link

The cost of uni­ver­sal cryonics

handoflixueMay 26, 2011, 2:33 AM
52 points
42 comments5 min readLW link

Sum­mary of “The Straw Vul­can”

alexvermeerDec 26, 2011, 4:29 PM
52 points
27 comments6 min readLW link

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

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

Ra­tion­al­ity, Sin­gu­lar­ity, Method, and the Mainstream

Mitchell_PorterMar 22, 2011, 12:06 PM
52 points
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Are Deon­tolog­i­cal Mo­ral Judg­ments Ra­tion­al­iza­tions?

lukeprogAug 16, 2011, 4:40 PM
52 points
170 comments11 min readLW link

Draw­ing Less Wrong: Ob­serv­ing Reality

RaemonNov 21, 2011, 5:10 AM
52 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

Non­mag­i­cal Powers

sixes_and_sevensApr 26, 2011, 10:53 AM
51 points
63 comments1 min readLW link

So­cial sta­tus & testosterone

gwernOct 20, 2011, 2:05 PM
51 points
39 comments10 min readLW link

[FICTION] Ham­let and the Philoso­pher’s Stone

HonoreDBOct 25, 2011, 10:31 PM
51 points
61 comments2 min readLW link

Mini-camp on Ra­tion­al­ity, Awe­some­ness, and Ex­is­ten­tial Risk (May 28 through June 4, 2011)

AnnaSalamonApr 24, 2011, 8:10 AM
51 points
87 comments4 min readLW link