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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

Making intentions concrete—Trigger-Action Planning

Kaj_SotalaDec 1, 2016, 8:34 PM

71 points

31 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

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

CFAR’s new focus, and AI Safety

AnnaSalamonDec 3, 2016, 6:09 PM

51 points

88 comments3 min readLW link

Prediction-based medicine (PBM)

ChristianKlDec 29, 2016, 10:49 PM

46 points

14 comments4 min readLW link

How I use Anki to learn mathematics

Arthur MilchiorDec 7, 2016, 10:29 PM

41 points

13 comments7 min readLW link

A quick note on weirdness points and Solstices [And also random other Solstice discussion]

RaemonDec 21, 2016, 5:29 PM

38 points

85 comments1 min readLW link

The engineer and the diplomat

BenquoDec 27, 2016, 8:49 PM

35 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Circles of discussion

Paul CrowleyDec 16, 2016, 4:35 AM

33 points

42 comments3 min readLW link

Triaging mental phenomena or: leveling up the stack trace skill

RomeoStevensDec 23, 2016, 12:15 AM

32 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

2016: a year in review in science

EloDec 11, 2016, 5:01 AM

29 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

The Partial Control Fallacy

DarmaniDec 14, 2016, 2:57 AM

29 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

The challenge of writing Utopia

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 24, 2016, 5:35 PM

27 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

A different argument against Universal Basic Income

chaosmageDec 28, 2016, 10:35 PM

27 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

Downvotes temporarily disabled

VaniverDec 1, 2016, 5:31 PM

27 points

28 comments1 min readLW link

Improve comments by tagging claims

BenquoDec 20, 2016, 5:04 PM

26 points

40 comments5 min readLW link

Land war in Asia

ApprenticeDec 7, 2016, 7:31 PM

26 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

Feature Wish List for LessWrong

sarahconstantinDec 17, 2016, 9:10 PM

25 points

84 comments1 min readLW link

Extortion and trade negotiations

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 17, 2016, 9:39 PM

23 points

28 comments3 min readLW link

Expected Error, or how wrong you expect to be

ozziegooenDec 24, 2016, 10:49 PM

21 points

8 comments6 min readLW link

Combining Prediction Technologies to Help Moderate Discussions

Wei DaiDec 8, 2016, 12:19 AM

21 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Community needs, individual needs, and a model of adult development

VaniverDec 17, 2016, 12:18 AM

21 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Optimizing the news feed

paulfchristianoDec 1, 2016, 11:23 PM

20 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

(sideways-view.com)

Beware of identifying with schools of thought

ChristianKlDec 5, 2016, 12:30 AM

20 points

32 comments4 min readLW link

Which areas of rationality are underexplored? - Discussion Thread

casebashDec 1, 2016, 10:05 PM

19 points

69 comments1 min readLW link

Canons (What are they good for?)

BenquoDec 13, 2016, 9:34 PM

18 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

Exploration-Exploitation problems

EloDec 28, 2016, 1:33 AM

18 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

Crowdsourcing moderation without sacrificing quality

paulfchristianoDec 2, 2016, 9:47 PM

18 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

(sideways-view.com)

Bioelectronic medicine: a very brief overview

sarahconstantinDec 22, 2016, 4:03 AM

18 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Discussion of LW in Ezra Klein podcast [starts 47:40]

Scott AlexanderDec 7, 2016, 11:22 PM

17 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

(itunes.apple.com)

Custom games that involve skills related to rationality

Alexander230Dec 22, 2016, 9:03 PM

17 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

“What is Wrong With our Thoughts” -David Stove (1991)

NatashaRostovaDec 8, 2016, 1:27 AM

16 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(web.maths.unsw.edu.au)

In memory of Thomas Schelling

Qiaochu_YuanDec 13, 2016, 10:17 PM

16 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(publicpolicy.umd.edu)

CFAR’s new mission statement (on our website)

AnnaSalamonDec 10, 2016, 8:37 AM

15 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

(www.rationality.org)

Rationality 101 (An Intro Post to the Rationalist-Sphere for Friends: Kahneman, LW, etc.)

lifelonglearnerDec 17, 2016, 10:13 PM

15 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(mindlevelup.wordpress.com)

Pursuing convergent instrumental subgoals on the user’s behalf doesn’t always require good priors

jessicataDec 30, 2016, 2:36 AM

15 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Wikipedia usage survey results

VipulNaikDec 25, 2016, 1:55 PM

14 points

17 comments35 min readLW link

2016 AI Risk Literature Review and Charity Comparison

LarksDec 15, 2016, 12:19 AM

13 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(effective-altruism.com)

I’m Not An Effective Altruist Because I Prefer...

ozymandiasDec 28, 2016, 10:39 PM

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(thingofthings.wordpress.com)

Guilt vs Shame, Pride vs Joy?

ProofOfLogicDec 19, 2016, 8:00 PM

12 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

If Prison Were a Disease, How Bad Would It Be?

sarahconstantinDec 7, 2016, 9:46 PM

11 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Traditions and Rationality.

NatashaRostovaDec 10, 2016, 5:08 AM

11 points

33 comments4 min readLW link

Unfortunate Information

NatashaRostovaDec 6, 2016, 5:31 AM

11 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

50 things I learned at NIPS AI and machine learning conference 2016

morganismDec 26, 2016, 8:50 PM

10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(blog.ought.com)

Are you being p-hacked? Time to hack back.

Jacob FalkovichDec 20, 2016, 4:57 PM

10 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Hate Crimes: A Fact Post

sarahconstantinDec 1, 2016, 4:25 PM

10 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)