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The correct response to uncertainty is not half-speed

AnnaSalamonJan 15, 2016, 10:55 PM

277 points

46 comments3 min readLW link

Fact Posts: How and Why

sarahconstantinDec 2, 2016, 6:55 PM

266 points

34 comments3 min readLW link

“Flinching away from truth” is often about protecting the epistemology

AnnaSalamonDec 20, 2016, 6:39 PM

235 points

58 comments7 min readLW link

On the importance of Less Wrong, or another single conversational locus

AnnaSalamonNov 27, 2016, 5:13 PM

178 points

365 comments4 min readLW link

Superintelligence FAQ

Scott AlexanderSep 20, 2016, 7:00 PM

138 points

39 comments27 min readLW link

Require contributions in advance

ViliamFeb 8, 2016, 12:55 PM

96 points

27 comments7 min readLW link

Zombies Redacted

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 2, 2016, 8:16 PM

94 points

173 comments16 min readLW link

[moderator action] The_Lion and The_Lion2 are banned

Viliam_BurJan 30, 2016, 2:09 AM

90 points

41 comments1 min readLW link

What is up with carbon dioxide and cognition? An offer

paulfchristianoApr 23, 2016, 5:47 PM

84 points

48 comments2 min readLW link

Turning the Technical Crank

ErrorApr 5, 2016, 5:36 AM

74 points

134 comments6 min readLW link

Epistemic Effort

RaemonNov 29, 2016, 4:08 PM

72 points

24 comments4 min readLW link

Making intentions concrete—Trigger-Action Planning

Kaj_SotalaDec 1, 2016, 8:34 PM

71 points

31 comments4 min readLW link

Upcoming LW Changes

VaniverFeb 3, 2016, 5:34 AM

71 points

106 comments3 min readLW link

The Brain Preservation Foundation’s Small Mammalian Brain Prize won

gwernFeb 9, 2016, 9:02 PM

71 points

42 comments4 min readLW link

Is Caviar a Risk Factor For Being a Millionaire?

Anders_HDec 9, 2016, 4:27 PM

67 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

How does personality vary across US cities?

JonahSDec 20, 2016, 8:00 AM

66 points

16 comments6 min readLW link

Be secretly wrong

BenquoDec 10, 2016, 7:06 AM

66 points

46 comments3 min readLW link

The Sally-Anne fallacy

philhApr 11, 2016, 1:06 PM

66 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Unofficial Canon on Applied Rationality

ScottLFeb 15, 2016, 1:03 PM

65 points

32 comments23 min readLW link

Further discussion of CFAR’s focus on AI safety, and the good things folks wanted from “cause neutrality”

AnnaSalamonDec 12, 2016, 7:39 PM

65 points

38 comments5 min readLW link

A Second Year of Spaced Repetition Software in the Classroom

tanagrabeastMay 1, 2016, 10:14 PM

64 points

30 comments21 min readLW link

Buying happiness

gjmJun 16, 2016, 5:08 PM

62 points

34 comments4 min readLW link

Why CFAR’s Mission?

AnnaSalamonJan 2, 2016, 11:23 PM

59 points

56 comments9 min readLW link

The Pyramid And The Garden

Scott AlexanderNov 5, 2016, 6:03 AM

58 points

12 comments7 min readLW link

A Return to Discussion

sarahconstantinNov 27, 2016, 1:59 PM

58 points

32 comments6 min readLW link

Sleepwalk bias, self-defeating predictions and existential risk

Stefan_SchubertApr 22, 2016, 6:31 PM

56 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

Hedge drift and advanced motte-and-bailey

Stefan_SchubertMay 1, 2016, 2:45 PM

54 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

Do you want to be like Kuro5hin? Because this is how you get to be like Kuro5hin.

DentinAug 26, 2016, 3:32 PM

54 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

The Moral Of The Story

Scott AlexanderOct 18, 2016, 2:22 AM

53 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Anxiety and Rationality

[deleted]Jan 19, 2016, 6:30 PM

51 points

31 comments4 min readLW link

CFAR’s new focus, and AI Safety

AnnaSalamonDec 3, 2016, 6:09 PM

51 points

88 comments3 min readLW link

2016 LessWrong Diaspora Survey Results

namespaceMay 14, 2016, 5:38 PM

48 points

21 comments3 min readLW link

Prediction-based medicine (PBM)

ChristianKlDec 29, 2016, 10:49 PM

46 points

14 comments4 min readLW link

Lesswrong 2016 Survey

EloMar 30, 2016, 6:17 PM

45 points

273 comments3 min readLW link

If we can’t lie to others, we will lie to ourselves

paulfchristianoNov 26, 2016, 10:29 PM

45 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

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Linkposts now live!

VaniverSep 28, 2016, 3:13 PM

45 points

25 comments1 min readLW link

2016 LessWrong Diaspora Survey Analysis: Part Two (LessWrong Use, Successorship, Diaspora)

namespaceJun 10, 2016, 7:40 PM

44 points

12 comments10 min readLW link

The Web Browser is Not Your Client (But You Don’t Need To Know That)

ErrorApr 22, 2016, 12:12 AM

44 points

47 comments7 min readLW link

A toy model of the treacherous turn

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 8, 2016, 12:58 PM

43 points

13 comments6 min readLW link

A Medical Mystery: Thyroid Hormones, Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia

johnlawrenceaspdenFeb 14, 2016, 1:14 PM

43 points

166 comments23 min readLW link

Recent updates to gwern.net (2015-2016)

gwernAug 26, 2016, 7:22 PM

42 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

How The West Was Won

Scott AlexanderJul 26, 2016, 3:05 AM

41 points

10 comments17 min readLW link

A Rationalist Guide to OkCupid

Jacob FalkovichFeb 3, 2016, 8:50 PM

41 points

66 comments1 min readLW link

How I use Anki to learn mathematics

Arthur MilchiorDec 7, 2016, 10:29 PM

41 points

13 comments7 min readLW link

The Ideology Is Not The Movement

Scott AlexanderApr 5, 2016, 1:52 AM

40 points

3 comments24 min readLW link

Positivity Thread :)

ViliamApr 8, 2016, 9:34 PM

40 points

66 comments2 min readLW link

Notes on the Safety in Artificial Intelligence conference

UmamiSalamiJul 1, 2016, 12:36 AM

40 points

15 comments13 min readLW link

To contribute to AI safety, consider doing AI research

VikaJan 16, 2016, 8:42 PM

39 points

39 comments2 min readLW link

Diaspora roundup thread, 15th June 2016

philhJun 15, 2016, 9:36 AM

39 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Google Deepmind and FHI collaborate to present research at UAI 2016

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 9, 2016, 6:08 PM

39 points

11 comments2 min readLW link