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Siren worlds and the perils of over-optimised search
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 7, 2014, 11:00 AM
83
points
418
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Botworld: a cellular automaton for studying self-modifying agents embedded in their environment
So8res
Apr 12, 2014, 12:56 AM
80
points
54
comments
7
min read
LW
link
A brief summary of effective study methods
Arran_Stirton
Apr 28, 2014, 12:40 PM
73
points
16
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Be comfortable with hypocrisy
The_Duck
Apr 8, 2014, 10:03 AM
67
points
80
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Cowpox of Doubt
Scott Alexander
Apr 16, 2014, 1:04 AM
66
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Control Group Is Out Of Control
Scott Alexander
Apr 29, 2014, 12:46 AM
52
points
5
comments
15
min read
LW
link
How long will Alcor be around?
Froolow
Apr 17, 2014, 3:28 PM
45
points
52
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Business Networking through LessWrong
JoshuaFox
Apr 2, 2014, 5:39 PM
45
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: So Good They Can’t Ignore You, by Cal Newport
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Apr 23, 2014, 3:27 AM
43
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Skills and Antiskills
katydee
Apr 26, 2014, 6:54 AM
43
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Items to Have In Case of Emergency...Maybe.
daenerys
Apr 3, 2014, 12:23 AM
42
points
76
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Cryonics Strategy Space
Froolow
Apr 24, 2014, 4:11 PM
40
points
47
comments
8
min read
LW
link
The Study of Anglophysics
Scott Alexander
Apr 3, 2014, 5:36 PM
38
points
1
comment
28
min read
LW
link
Tapestries of Gold
[deleted]
Apr 27, 2014, 7:23 AM
37
points
27
comments
4
min read
LW
link
European Community Weekend 2014 retrospective
blob
Apr 29, 2014, 2:08 PM
36
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Human capital or signaling? No, it’s about doing the Right Thing and acquiring karma
VipulNaik
Apr 20, 2014, 9:04 PM
35
points
16
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Request for concrete AI takeover mechanisms
KatjaGrace
Apr 28, 2014, 1:04 AM
35
points
123
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Cold War divided Science
Douglas_Knight
Apr 5, 2014, 11:10 PM
35
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why don’t you attend your local LessWrong meetup? / General meetup feedback
philh
Apr 27, 2014, 10:17 PM
33
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Southern California FAI Workshop
Scott Garrabrant
Apr 20, 2014, 8:55 AM
32
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
MIRI Donation Collaboration Station
Skeptityke
Apr 29, 2014, 2:11 PM
30
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Hawking/Russell/Tegmark/Wilczek on dangers of Superintelligent Machines [link]
Dr_Manhattan
Apr 21, 2014, 4:55 PM
27
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI risk, new executive summary
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 18, 2014, 10:45 AM
27
points
76
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Community overview and resources for modern Less Wrong meetup organisers
BraydenM
Apr 4, 2014, 8:53 PM
26
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How do you approach the problem of social discovery?
InquilineKea
Apr 21, 2014, 9:05 PM
26
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Recommendations for donating to an anti-death cause
fowlertm
Apr 9, 2014, 2:56 AM
26
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Evaluating GiveWell as a startup idea based on Paul Graham’s philosophy
VipulNaik
Apr 12, 2014, 2:04 PM
25
points
4
comments
18
min read
LW
link
The effect of effectiveness information on charitable giving
Unnamed
Apr 15, 2014, 4:43 PM
23
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Supply, demand, and technological progress: how might the future unfold? Should we believe in runaway exponential growth?
VipulNaik
Apr 11, 2014, 7:07 PM
22
points
57
comments
15
min read
LW
link
AI risk, executive summary
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 7, 2014, 10:33 AM
22
points
51
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Requesting advice] Problems with optimizing my life as a high school student
Optimal
Apr 14, 2014, 1:07 PM
21
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My Heartbleed learning experience and alternative to poor quality Heartbleed instructions.
aisarka
Apr 15, 2014, 8:15 AM
21
points
32
comments
9
min read
LW
link
LessWrong as social catalyst
JoshuaFox
Apr 28, 2014, 2:10 PM
21
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Schelling Day 2.0
Ben_LandauTaylor
Apr 9, 2014, 6:58 AM
20
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Career prospects for physics majors
JonahS
Apr 4, 2014, 3:02 AM
20
points
32
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Beware technological wonderland, or, why text will dominate the future of communication and the Internet
VipulNaik
Apr 13, 2014, 5:34 PM
20
points
24
comments
12
min read
LW
link
The failed simulation effect and its implications for the optimization of extracurricular activities
VipulNaik
Apr 8, 2014, 7:27 PM
18
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
SHRDLU, understanding, anthropomorphisation and hindsight bias
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 7, 2014, 9:59 AM
18
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Using the logarithmic timeline to understand the future
VipulNaik
Apr 16, 2014, 2:00 AM
18
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
LessWrongWiki User Pages Underutilized; Tag Proposal
Gunnar_Zarncke
Apr 23, 2014, 9:50 PM
17
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thermodynamics of Intelligence and Cognitive Enhancement
CasioTheSane
Apr 3, 2014, 11:17 PM
17
points
71
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How Tim O’Brien gets around the logical fallacy of generalization from fictional evidence
mszegedy
Apr 24, 2014, 9:41 PM
16
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A summary and broad points of agreement and disagreement with Cal Newport’s book on high school extracurriculars
VipulNaik
Apr 8, 2014, 1:55 AM
16
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Bostrom versus Transcendence
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 18, 2014, 8:31 AM
16
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ergonomics Revisited
diegocaleiro
Apr 22, 2014, 9:57 PM
15
points
78
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes April 2014
elharo
Apr 7, 2014, 5:25 PM
15
points
659
comments
1
min read
LW
link
European Community Weekend in Berlin Impressions Thread
Gunnar_Zarncke
Apr 13, 2014, 8:33 PM
14
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How relevant are the lessons from Megamistakes to forecasting today?
VipulNaik
Apr 12, 2014, 4:53 AM
13
points
3
comments
11
min read
LW
link
[LINK] The errors, insights and lessons of famous AI predictions
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 28, 2014, 9:41 AM
13
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LW Australia Weekend Retreat
Ruby
Apr 7, 2014, 9:45 AM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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