[Link] The Greek He­lio­cen­tric Theory

[deleted]Jun 12, 2012, 5:18 PM
55 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

[Poll] Less Wrong and Main­stream Philos­o­phy: How Differ­ent are We?

Jayson_VirissimoSep 26, 2012, 12:25 PM
55 points
629 comments1 min readLW link

Pe­ti­tion: Off topic area

[deleted]May 13, 2012, 6:41 PM
55 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

A ques­tion about Eliezer

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

Shit Ra­tion­al­ists Say?

EneaszJan 25, 2012, 9:51 PM
55 points
119 comments1 min readLW link

[META] My Nega­tive Results

RobertLumleyJan 28, 2012, 8:44 PM
54 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Why Don’t Peo­ple Help Others More?

Peter WildefordAug 13, 2012, 11:34 PM
54 points
85 comments10 min readLW link

In­tu­itions Aren’t Shared That Way

lukeprogNov 29, 2012, 6:19 AM
54 points
237 comments4 min readLW link

Is risk aver­sion re­ally ir­ra­tional ?

kilobugJan 31, 2012, 8:34 PM
54 points
65 comments9 min readLW link

An an­gle of at­tack on Open Prob­lem #1

BenyaAug 18, 2012, 12:08 PM
54 points
85 comments7 min readLW link

Ri­tual 2012: A Mo­ment of Darkness

RaemonDec 28, 2012, 9:09 AM
54 points
136 comments10 min readLW link

So You Want to Save the World

lukeprogJan 1, 2012, 7:39 AM
54 points
149 comments12 min readLW link

Causal di­a­grams and soft­ware engineering

MorendilMar 7, 2012, 6:23 PM
53 points
29 comments5 min readLW link

Where to In­ter­vene in a Hu­man?

lukeprogJul 3, 2012, 6:31 AM
53 points
72 comments2 min readLW link

Magic play­ers: “How do I lose?”

ManfredJul 15, 2012, 8:58 AM
53 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

What if the front page…

mattMar 14, 2012, 6:47 AM
53 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ment: a good re­searcher is hard to find

gwernApr 30, 2012, 5:13 PM
53 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

LessWrong podcasts

LouieDec 3, 2012, 8:44 AM
53 points
99 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong help desk—free pa­per down­loads and more

jsalvatierOct 7, 2012, 11:45 PM
53 points
751 comments1 min readLW link

Bounded ver­sions of Gödel’s and Löb’s theorems

cousin_itJun 27, 2012, 6:28 PM
52 points
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A defi­ni­tion of wireheading

AnjaNov 27, 2012, 7:31 PM
52 points
80 comments5 min readLW link

How would you take over Rome?

Scott AlexanderMar 14, 2012, 4:24 PM
52 points
202 comments1 min readLW link

Rais­ing the fore­cast­ing wa­ter­line (part 1)

MorendilOct 9, 2012, 3:49 PM
51 points
107 comments6 min readLW link

Case Study: Test­ing Con­fir­ma­tion Bias

gwernMay 2, 2012, 2:03 PM
51 points
63 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

The High Im­pact Net­work (THINK) - Launch­ing Now

RaemonAug 8, 2012, 2:29 AM
51 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

Level­ing Up in Ra­tion­al­ity: A Per­sonal Journey

lukeprogJan 17, 2012, 11:02 AM
51 points
59 comments5 min readLW link

I’ve had it with those dark ru­mours about our cul­ture rigor­ously sup­press­ing opinions

MultiheadedJan 25, 2012, 5:43 PM
50 points
868 comments2 min readLW link

Dragon Ball’s Hyper­bolic Time Chamber

gwernSep 2, 2012, 11:49 PM
50 points
65 comments1 min readLW link

Al­cor vs. Cry­on­ics Institute

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

Self-skep­ti­cism: the first prin­ci­ple of rationality

aaronswAug 6, 2012, 12:51 AM
50 points
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Ra­tional sub­jects and ra­tio­nal practitioners

Richard_KennawayDec 11, 2012, 2:40 PM
50 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

Kurzweil’s pre­dic­tions: good ac­cu­racy, poor self-calibration

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 11, 2012, 9:55 AM
50 points
39 comments9 min readLW link

Why you must max­i­mize ex­pected utility

BenyaDec 13, 2012, 1:11 AM
50 points
76 comments21 min readLW link

Ask an ex­per­i­men­tal physicist

RolfAndreassenJun 8, 2012, 11:43 PM
49 points
295 comments1 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­o­ries, Part 3.5: Halt, Melt and Catch Fire

orthonormalAug 26, 2012, 10:40 PM
49 points
35 comments5 min readLW link

Should you try to do good work on LW?

cousin_itJul 5, 2012, 12:36 PM
49 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Tools ver­sus agents

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 16, 2012, 1:00 PM
49 points
39 comments5 min readLW link

Ex­am­ine your assumptions

Douglas_ReayMar 30, 2012, 11:28 AM
49 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

PSA: Learn to code

John_MaxwellMay 25, 2012, 6:50 PM
48 points
77 comments3 min readLW link

My ex­pe­rience as an Aus­tralian work-holi­day maker

MileyCyrusDec 9, 2012, 10:09 PM
48 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

2012 Win­ter Fundraiser for the Sin­gu­lar­ity Institute

lukeprogDec 6, 2012, 10:41 PM
48 points
113 comments3 min readLW link

Nar­ra­tive, self-image, and self-communication

AcademianDec 19, 2012, 9:42 AM
48 points
51 comments5 min readLW link

Fire­place Delu­sions [LINK]

masFeb 3, 2012, 4:13 AM
48 points
67 comments1 min readLW link

Origi­nal Re­search on Less Wrong

lukeprogOct 29, 2012, 10:50 PM
48 points
48 comments12 min readLW link

Sign up to be no­tified about new LW mee­tups in your area

LouieNov 3, 2012, 10:38 PM
48 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Alan Carter on the Com­plex­ity of Value

GhatanathoahMay 10, 2012, 7:23 AM
47 points
41 comments7 min readLW link

Rais­ing the waterline

MorendilOct 7, 2012, 4:23 PM
47 points
13 comments6 min readLW link

A (small) cri­tique of to­tal utilitarianism

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 26, 2012, 12:36 PM
47 points
237 comments11 min readLW link

A Prob­lem About Bar­gain­ing and Log­i­cal Uncertainty

Wei DaiMar 21, 2012, 9:03 PM
47 points
49 comments1 min readLW link