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A few misconceptions surrounding Roko’s basilisk

Rob Bensinger5 Oct 2015 21:23 UTC

89 points

135 comments5 min readLW link

Two Growth Curves

AnnaSalamon2 Oct 2015 0:59 UTC

57 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

It Was You Who Made My Blue Eyes Blue

Scott Alexander15 Oct 2015 19:46 UTC

46 points

1 comment20 min readLW link

Deliberate Grad School

Academian4 Oct 2015 10:11 UTC

37 points

155 comments3 min readLW link

ClearerThinking’s Fact-Checking 2.0

Stefan_Schubert22 Oct 2015 21:16 UTC

35 points

40 comments4 min readLW link

Vegetarianism Ideological Turing Test Results

Raelifin14 Oct 2015 0:34 UTC

34 points

26 comments3 min readLW link

Aumann Agreement Game

abramdemski9 Oct 2015 17:14 UTC

32 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

Rationality Cardinality

jimrandomh3 Oct 2015 15:54 UTC

30 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

The Triumph of Humanity Chart

Dias26 Oct 2015 1:41 UTC

29 points

79 comments1 min readLW link

Proposal for increasing instrumental rationality value of the LessWrong community

Vlad Sitalo28 Oct 2015 15:18 UTC

28 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

What we could learn from the frequency of near-misses in the field of global risks (Happy Bassett-Bordne day!)

turchin28 Oct 2015 18:28 UTC

19 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Experiment: Changing minds vs. preaching to the choir

cleonid3 Oct 2015 11:27 UTC

19 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

A very long list of sleep maintenance suggestions

Elo15 Oct 2015 3:29 UTC

17 points

23 comments13 min readLW link

Detach the grim-o-meter

So8res5 Oct 2015 3:00 UTC

16 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(mindingourway.com)

[Link] Max Tegmark and Nick Bostrom Speak About AI Risk at UN International Security Event

Gram_Stone13 Oct 2015 23:25 UTC

16 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Less Wrong and Agency in the Huffington Post

Gleb_Tsipursky23 Oct 2015 0:20 UTC

15 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

The trouble with Bayes (draft)

snarles19 Oct 2015 20:50 UTC

15 points

58 comments14 min readLW link

How could one (and should one) convert someone from pseudoscience?

Vilx-5 Oct 2015 11:53 UTC

14 points

54 comments1 min readLW link

New positions and recent hires at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (Cambridge, UK)

Sean_o_h13 Oct 2015 11:11 UTC

14 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

Does the Internet lead to good ideas spreading quicker?

Stefan_Schubert28 Oct 2015 22:30 UTC

14 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

Simply locate yourself

So8res11 Oct 2015 3:00 UTC

14 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(mindingourway.com)

Life Advice Repository

Gunnar_Zarncke18 Oct 2015 12:08 UTC

14 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Is there a recursive self-improvement hierarchy?

PhilGoetz29 Oct 2015 2:55 UTC

14 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

A Map of Currently Available Life Extension Methods

turchin17 Oct 2015 0:10 UTC

14 points

39 comments5 min readLW link

[LINK] 23andme now approved by the FDA to deliver health reports

username222 Oct 2015 1:33 UTC

14 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Sidekick Matchmaking—How to tackle the problem?

diegocaleiro23 Oct 2015 19:35 UTC

13 points

43 comments1 min readLW link

Come to your terms

So8res26 Oct 2015 2:00 UTC

13 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(mindingourway.com)

The mystery of Brahms

PhilGoetz21 Oct 2015 5:12 UTC

13 points

65 comments2 min readLW link

Have no excuses

So8res19 Oct 2015 2:00 UTC

12 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

(mindingourway.com)

[Link] Stephen Hawking AMA answers

NoSignalNoNoise8 Oct 2015 23:13 UTC

12 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Survey Article: How do I become a more interesting person?

casebash18 Oct 2015 10:04 UTC

11 points

44 comments3 min readLW link

The Ultimate Testing Grounds

Stuart_Armstrong28 Oct 2015 17:08 UTC

11 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

A first look at the hard problem of corrigibility

jessicata15 Oct 2015 20:16 UTC

11 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Open thread, Oct. 5 - Oct. 11, 2015

MrMind5 Oct 2015 6:50 UTC

11 points

348 comments1 min readLW link

“How To Become Less Wrong”—Feedback on Article Request

Gleb_Tsipursky26 Oct 2015 14:42 UTC

10 points

40 comments3 min readLW link

Crazy Ideas Thread—October 2015

Gunnar_Zarncke6 Oct 2015 22:38 UTC

10 points

115 comments1 min readLW link

Rationality Reading Group: Part L: The Simple Math of Evolution

Gram_Stone21 Oct 2015 21:50 UTC

10 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

Superintelligence and wireheading

Stuart_Armstrong23 Oct 2015 14:49 UTC

10 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

[Link] Tetlock on the power of precise predictions to counter political polarization

Stefan_Schubert4 Oct 2015 15:19 UTC

10 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

Simulations Map: what is the most probable type of the simulation in which we live?

turchin11 Oct 2015 5:10 UTC

10 points

47 comments7 min readLW link

Survey Articles: A justification

casebash18 Oct 2015 10:06 UTC

10 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

General buying considerations?

Elo12 Oct 2015 5:18 UTC

10 points

20 comments5 min readLW link

[Link] Rationality and Mental Illness in the Huffington Post

Gleb_Tsipursky18 Oct 2015 1:24 UTC

10 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Digital Immortality Map: How to collect enough information about yourself for future resurrection by AI

turchin2 Oct 2015 22:21 UTC

10 points

33 comments3 min readLW link

Polling Thread—Tutorial

Gunnar_Zarncke1 Oct 2015 21:47 UTC

9 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Fiction Considered Harmful

abramdemski8 Oct 2015 18:34 UTC

9 points

82 comments2 min readLW link

Open thread, Oct. 12 - Oct. 18, 2015

MrMind12 Oct 2015 6:57 UTC

8 points

252 comments1 min readLW link

[Link]: KIC 8462852, aka WTF star, “the most mysterious star in our galaxy”, ETI candidate, etc.

jacob_cannell20 Oct 2015 1:10 UTC

8 points

43 comments2 min readLW link

AI utility-based correlation

Stuart_Armstrong30 Oct 2015 14:53 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

We’ll write you a will for free if you leave a gift to GiveWell’s top charities

Peter Wildeford16 Oct 2015 3:33 UTC

8 points

6 comments1 min readLW link