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At­ten­tion con­trol is crit­i­cal for chang­ing/​in­creas­ing/​al­ter­ing motivation

kalla724Apr 11, 2012, 12:48 AM
284 points
91 comments7 min readLW link

Be Happier

KlevadorApr 16, 2012, 1:51 AM
166 points
267 comments35 min readLW link

SotW: Be Specific

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 3, 2012, 6:11 AM
86 points
294 comments12 min readLW link

How can we get more and bet­ter LW con­trar­i­ans?

Wei DaiApr 18, 2012, 10:01 PM
85 points
335 comments2 min readLW link

Cry­on­ics with­out freez­ers: re­s­ur­rec­tion pos­si­bil­ities in a Big World

Scott AlexanderApr 4, 2012, 10:48 PM
75 points
140 comments6 min readLW link

How ac­cu­rate is the quan­tum physics se­quence?

Paul CrowleyApr 17, 2012, 6:54 AM
72 points
68 comments1 min readLW link

Hofs­tadter’s Superrationality

gwernApr 21, 2012, 1:33 PM
71 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Why I Moved from AI to Neu­ro­science, or: Upload­ing Worms

davidadApr 13, 2012, 7:10 AM
67 points
58 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong down­time 2012-03-26, and site speed

mattApr 3, 2012, 4:15 AM
62 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Let’s cre­ate a mar­ket for cryonics

[deleted]Apr 10, 2012, 6:36 AM
61 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

The Quick Bayes Table

farsanApr 18, 2012, 6:00 PM
61 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

Peter Singer and Tyler Cowen transcript

jefftkApr 6, 2012, 12:25 PM
56 points
34 comments31 min readLW link

A ques­tion about Eliezer

perpetualpeace1Apr 19, 2012, 5:27 PM
55 points
160 comments1 min readLW link

Do peo­ple think Less Wrong ra­tio­nal­ity is parochial?

lukeprogApr 28, 2012, 4:18 AM
51 points
197 comments1 min readLW link

Al­cor vs. Cry­on­ics Institute

prespectiveCryonautApr 9, 2012, 1:49 AM
50 points
125 comments2 min readLW link

What’s wrong with psy­chol­ogy, any­way?

Anatoly_VorobeyApr 28, 2012, 11:36 PM
43 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Crowd­sourc­ing the availa­bil­ity heuristic

kalla724Apr 25, 2012, 6:20 AM
43 points
40 comments7 min readLW link

Our Phyg Is Not Ex­clu­sive Enough

[deleted]Apr 14, 2012, 9:08 PM
43 points
518 comments3 min readLW link

[link]Mass repli­ca­tion of Psy­chol­ogy ar­ti­cles planed.

beoShafferApr 18, 2012, 4:13 PM
41 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

To like each other, sing and dance in synchrony

Kaj_SotalaApr 23, 2012, 1:30 PM
41 points
108 comments3 min readLW link

Please Don’t Fight the Hypothetical

TimSApr 20, 2012, 2:29 PM
40 points
65 comments2 min readLW link

The effi­ciency of prizes

lukeprogApr 3, 2012, 9:45 PM
39 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

Should “lat­est in­sights” ap­pear in the front page blurb?

Mark_EichenlaubApr 14, 2012, 9:58 PM
38 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

A Kick in the Ra­tion­als: What hurts you in your LessWrong Parts?

sixes_and_sevensApr 25, 2012, 12:12 PM
36 points
194 comments1 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­o­ries: A Semi-For­mal Anal­y­sis, Part III

orthonormalApr 14, 2012, 7:34 PM
36 points
55 comments9 min readLW link

An ex­er­cise in re­ally go­ing through with it

[deleted]Apr 23, 2012, 11:17 PM
35 points
22 comments5 min readLW link

against “AI risk”

Wei DaiApr 11, 2012, 10:46 PM
35 points
91 comments1 min readLW link

In­tel­li­gence Ex­plo­sion vs. Co-op­er­a­tive Explosion

Kaj_SotalaApr 16, 2012, 11:01 AM
34 points
62 comments16 min readLW link

Muehlhauser-Wang Dialogue

lukeprogApr 22, 2012, 10:40 PM
34 points
288 comments12 min readLW link

If calorie re­stric­tion works in hu­mans, should we have ob­served it already?

Mark_EichenlaubApr 24, 2012, 4:28 AM
32 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

Refram­ing the Prob­lem of AI Progress

Wei DaiApr 12, 2012, 7:31 PM
32 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

The Blue School

VoltairinaApr 16, 2012, 6:15 PM
31 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[META] Alter­na­tives to rot13 and karma sinks

HonoreDBApr 17, 2012, 8:01 PM
31 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

Sur­vey of older folks as data about one’s fu­ture val­ues and prefer­ences?

Bart119Apr 27, 2012, 7:42 PM
30 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

A Pois­son pro­cess paradox

nerfhammerApr 6, 2012, 5:20 AM
29 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

April Fools—Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity Joke Chapter

shokwaveApr 2, 2012, 2:47 AM
29 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Pri­soner’s Dilemma on game show Golden Balls

atormApr 21, 2012, 12:31 AM
28 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Time­less physics breaks T-Rex’s mind [LINK]

orthonormalApr 23, 2012, 7:16 PM
28 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­plor­ing the Idea Space Efficiently

ElithrionApr 8, 2012, 4:28 AM
28 points
27 comments4 min readLW link

The prin­ci­ple of ‘al­tru­is­tic ar­bi­trage’

RobertWiblinApr 9, 2012, 1:29 AM
27 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­o­ries: A Semi-For­mal Anal­y­sis, Part II

orthonormalApr 6, 2012, 6:59 PM
26 points
28 comments7 min readLW link

If you can’t be right, at least be relevant

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 18, 2012, 10:17 AM
26 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

‘Think­ing, Fast and Slow’ Chap­ter Sum­maries /​ Notes [link]

LightwaveApr 15, 2012, 9:14 AM
26 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

For­mal­iz­ing Value Extrapolation

paulfchristianoApr 26, 2012, 12:51 AM
26 points
50 comments1 min readLW link

Who’s afraid of im­pos­si­ble wor­lds?

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 17, 2012, 12:56 PM
26 points
36 comments6 min readLW link

Generic Modafinil sales be­gin?

jsalvatierApr 2, 2012, 3:53 PM
22 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions Open Thread Round 2

OpenThreadGuy20 Apr 2012 19:38 UTC
21 points
209 comments1 min readLW link

File Un­der “Keep Your Iden­tity Small”

Matt_Simpson5 Apr 2012 18:36 UTC
21 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

How does long-term use of caf­feine af­fect pro­duc­tivity?

quartz11 Apr 2012 23:09 UTC
20 points
28 comments2 min readLW link

AI Risk & Op­por­tu­nity: Strate­gic Anal­y­sis Via Prob­a­bil­ity Tree

lukeprog7 Apr 2012 8:25 UTC
20 points
11 comments2 min readLW link