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The Goddess of Everything Else

Scott AlexanderAug 17, 2015, 8:59 PM

94 points

8 comments8 min readLW link

Why people want to die

PhilGoetzAug 24, 2015, 8:13 PM

93 points

174 comments2 min readLW link

Travel Through Time to Increase Your Effectiveness

tanagrabeastAug 23, 2015, 1:32 AM

67 points

13 comments10 min readLW link

On Overconfidence

Scott AlexanderAug 21, 2015, 2:21 AM

66 points

7 comments14 min readLW link

MIRI’s 2015 Summer Fundraiser!

So8resAug 19, 2015, 12:27 AM

64 points

44 comments5 min readLW link

Less Wrong EBook Creator

ScottLAug 13, 2015, 9:17 PM

61 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Yvain’s most important articles

casebashAug 16, 2015, 8:27 AM

35 points

30 comments2 min readLW link

My future posts; a table of contents.

EloAug 30, 2015, 10:27 PM

31 points

11 comments5 min readLW link

Versions of AIXI can be arbitrarily stupid

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 10, 2015, 1:23 PM

30 points

59 comments1 min readLW link

Time-Binding

ViliamAug 14, 2015, 5:38 PM

29 points

19 comments5 min readLW link

Predict—“Log your predictions” app

GustAug 17, 2015, 4:20 PM

26 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Where coulds go

So8resAug 17, 2015, 3:00 AM

25 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(mindingourway.com)

Scott Aaronson: Common knowledge and Aumann’s agreement theorem

gjmAug 17, 2015, 8:41 AM

23 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.scottaaronson.com)

Book Review: Naive Set Theory (MIRI research guide)

David_KristofferssonAug 14, 2015, 10:08 PM

23 points

13 comments6 min readLW link

[Link] Game Theory YouTube Videos

James_MillerAug 6, 2015, 4:17 PM

23 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Is semiotics bullshit?

PhilGoetzAug 25, 2015, 2:09 PM

23 points

46 comments1 min readLW link

An overview of the mental model theory

ScottLAug 17, 2015, 1:18 PM

22 points

26 comments20 min readLW link

How to learn a new area X that you have no idea about.

EloAug 18, 2015, 5:42 AM

21 points

39 comments3 min readLW link

You Are A Brain—Intro to LW/Rationality Concepts [Video & Slides]

LironAug 16, 2015, 5:51 AM

21 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Instrumental Rationality Questions Thread

NoSignalNoNoiseAug 22, 2015, 8:25 PM

21 points

92 comments1 min readLW link

There are no “bad people”

So8resAug 30, 2015, 3:00 AM

21 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(mindingourway.com)

Self compassion

So8resAug 25, 2015, 3:00 AM

20 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(mindingourway.com)

List of common human goals

EloAug 24, 2015, 7:58 AM

19 points

23 comments7 min readLW link

Words per person year and intellectual rigor

PhilGoetzAug 27, 2015, 3:31 AM

19 points

26 comments6 min readLW link

Not yet gods

So8resAug 9, 2015, 3:00 AM

18 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(mindingourway.com)

A list of apps that are useful to me. (And other phone details)

EloAug 22, 2015, 12:24 PM

18 points

33 comments7 min readLW link

Peer-to-peer “knowledge exchanges”

snarlesAug 8, 2015, 3:33 PM

17 points

30 comments1 min readLW link

Unlearning shoddy thinking

MalcolmOceanAug 21, 2015, 3:07 AM

17 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Manhood of Humanity

ViliamAug 24, 2015, 6:31 PM

17 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

Effects of Castration on the Life Expectancy of Contemporary Men

FluttershyAug 8, 2015, 4:37 AM

16 points

52 comments10 min readLW link

How to fix academia?

passive_fistAug 20, 2015, 12:50 AM

15 points

33 comments4 min readLW link

Rationality Compendium

ScottLAug 23, 2015, 8:00 AM

15 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Soylent has been found to contain lead (12-25x) and cadmium (≥4x) in greater concentrations than California’s ‘safe harbor’ levels

TransfuturistAug 15, 2015, 10:45 PM

14 points

40 comments1 min readLW link

AI, cure this fake person’s fake cancer!

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 24, 2015, 4:42 PM

14 points

17 comments5 min readLW link

Is my brain a utility minimizer? Or, the mechanics of labeling things as “work” vs. “fun”

contravariantAug 28, 2015, 1:12 AM

14 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

Calling references: Rational or irrational?

PhilGoetzAug 28, 2015, 9:06 PM

14 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] The Bayesian Second Law of Thermodynamics

ShmiAug 12, 2015, 4:52 PM

13 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

Rationality Reading Group: Part H: Against Doublethink

Gram_StoneAug 27, 2015, 1:22 AM

13 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

We really need a “cryonics sales pitch” article.

CronoDASAug 3, 2015, 10:42 PM

12 points

98 comments1 min readLW link

Personal story about benefits of Rationality Dojo and shutting up and multiplying

Gleb_TsipurskyAug 26, 2015, 4:38 PM

12 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

Crazy Ideas Thread, Aug. 2015

polymathwannabeAug 11, 2015, 1:24 PM

12 points

244 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread—Aug 24 - Aug 30

EloAug 24, 2015, 8:14 AM

12 points

318 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] First almost fully-formed human [foetus] brain grown in lab, researchers claim

ESRogsAug 19, 2015, 6:37 AM

11 points

40 comments1 min readLW link

Rationality Compendium: Principle 2 - You are implemented on a human brain

ScottLAug 29, 2015, 4:24 PM

11 points

5 comments8 min readLW link

On stopping rules

Anders_HAug 2, 2015, 9:38 PM

10 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Stupid Questions August 2015

Richard Korzekwa Aug 1, 2015, 11:08 PM

10 points

131 comments1 min readLW link

The virtual AI within its virtual world

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 24, 2015, 4:42 PM

10 points

34 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] My review of Rationality: From AI to Zombies

James_MillerAug 12, 2015, 4:16 PM

10 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Integral vs differential ethics, continued

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 3, 2015, 1:25 PM

10 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

Fragile Universe Hypothesis and the Continual Anthropic Principle—How crazy am I?

PeterCoinAug 18, 2015, 12:53 AM

10 points

32 comments7 min readLW link