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How the Grinch Ought to Have Stolen Christmas
Quirinus_Quirrell
25 Dec 2013 20:00 UTC
76
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Eliezer Yudkowsky Facts
steven0461
22 Mar 2009 20:17 UTC
169
points
296
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Philosopher Walks Into A Coffee Shop
Scott Alexander
25 Jan 2015 20:42 UTC
25
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
(Humor) AI Alignment Critical Failure Table
Kaj_Sotala
31 Aug 2020 19:51 UTC
24
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(sl4.org)
April Fools: Announcing LessWrong 3.0 – Now in VR!
habryka
and
Ben Pace
1 Apr 2020 8:00 UTC
90
points
19
comments
3
min read
LW
link
April Fools: Announcing: Karma 2.0
habryka
1 Apr 2018 10:33 UTC
61
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Manifesto of the Silent Minority
lsusr
24 Nov 2020 5:30 UTC
42
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Random LW-parodying Statement Generator
Armok_GoB
11 Sep 2012 19:57 UTC
93
points
222
comments
1
min read
LW
link
To signal effectively, use a non-human, non-stoppable enforcer
Clippy
22 May 2010 22:03 UTC
39
points
167
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Jokes Thread
Gunnar_Zarncke
18 Dec 2014 16:17 UTC
17
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
…And I Show You How Deep The Rabbit Hole Goes
Scott Alexander
3 Jun 2015 1:47 UTC
90
points
11
comments
21
min read
LW
link
Transhumanist Fables
Scott Alexander
28 May 2013 1:55 UTC
63
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Pascal’s Pyramid Scheme
patrissimo
31 Jan 2010 18:56 UTC
11
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Objective Dog Ratings: An Introduction & Explanation
Callmesalticidae
29 Aug 2020 3:54 UTC
19
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Objective Dog Ratings: The Shiba Inu
Callmesalticidae
18 Sep 2020 0:12 UTC
14
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Center for Applied Postrationality: An Update
DonyChristie
1 Apr 2021 8:13 UTC
61
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
[April Fools] User GPT2 is Banned
jimrandomh
2 Apr 2019 6:00 UTC
62
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
User GPT2 Has a Warning for Violating Frontpage Commenting Guidelines
jimrandomh
1 Apr 2019 20:23 UTC
40
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
April Fools—Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Joke Chapter
shokwave
2 Apr 2012 2:47 UTC
29
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why Karma 2.0? (A Kabbalistic Explanation)
Ben Pace
2 Apr 2018 20:43 UTC
15
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
There is no such thing as strength: a parody
ZoltanBerrigomo
5 Jul 2015 23:44 UTC
37
points
70
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Story With Zombies
Scott Alexander
7 Dec 2014 20:11 UTC
14
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
The one where Quirrell is an egg
Ben Pace
15 Apr 2020 6:02 UTC
17
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.reddit.com)
Humor: GURPS Friendly AI
hankx7787
4 Feb 2013 16:38 UTC
15
points
28
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Humor] In honor of our new overlord decision theory acronym FDT...
Zvi
24 Mar 2017 21:17 UTC
15
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Humor] A Fearsome Rationality Technique
SquirrelInHell
14 Aug 2017 21:05 UTC
2
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)
Jokes Thread
JosephY
24 Jul 2014 0:31 UTC
35
points
84
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Soviet-era Jokes, Common Knowledge, Irony
Martin Sustrik
12 May 2018 10:52 UTC
11
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(250bpm.com)
Free copy of Feynman’s autobiography for best corny rationalist joke
GreenRoot
4 Apr 2010 0:32 UTC
18
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Big Yellow Tractor (Filk)
G Gordon Worley III
18 Feb 2020 18:43 UTC
12
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Orange Head Joke
Anatoly_Vorobey
25 Jan 2011 20:33 UTC
28
points
96
comments
2
min read
LW
link
If Many-Worlds Had Come First
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10 May 2008 7:43 UTC
73
points
181
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Bayesiance (Filk)
G Gordon Worley III
18 Aug 2020 16:30 UTC
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Zombies: The Movie
Eliezer Yudkowsky
20 Apr 2008 5:53 UTC
111
points
79
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rationality Cardinality
jimrandomh
3 Oct 2015 15:54 UTC
28
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why I love stand up comedy
adamzerner
16 Dec 2020 9:34 UTC
20
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Call to the technical support of reality
bayesyatina
25 Mar 2021 20:05 UTC
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A new acausal trading platform: RobinShould
Matthew Barnett
1 Apr 2021 16:56 UTC
81
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
April drafts
AI Impacts
1 Apr 2021 18:10 UTC
49
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(aiimpacts.org)
Announcing the Center for Applied Postrationality
DonyChristie
2 Apr 2019 1:17 UTC
108
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Strangest Thing An AI Could Tell You
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15 Jul 2009 2:27 UTC
101
points
601
comments
2
min read
LW
link
If rationality skills were Harry Potter spells...
lifelonglearner
9 Mar 2018 15:36 UTC
21
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Two Cult Koans
Eliezer Yudkowsky
21 Dec 2007 5:45 UTC
97
points
100
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Simple Truth
Eliezer Yudkowsky
1 Jan 2008 20:00 UTC
70
points
3
comments
22
min read
LW
link
Son of Shit Rationalists Say
Eneasz
1 Jun 2012 13:47 UTC
77
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Shit Rationalists Say?
Eneasz
25 Jan 2012 21:51 UTC
45
points
120
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cards Against Rationality
fubarobfusco
16 Jun 2012 2:23 UTC
36
points
25
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Amazing Breakthrough Day: April 1st
Eliezer Yudkowsky
25 Mar 2008 5:45 UTC
62
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Dr. Jubjub predicts a crisis
Apprentice
10 Jan 2014 15:52 UTC
72
points
65
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Maybe you want to maximise paperclips too
dougclow
30 Oct 2014 21:40 UTC
66
points
29
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Brain Breakthrough! It’s Made of Neurons!
Eliezer Yudkowsky
1 Apr 2008 19:00 UTC
57
points
27
comments
2
min read
LW
link
I am the very model of a self-recursive modeler
Jacob Falkovich
6 Sep 2018 21:45 UTC
46
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The 8 Techniques to Tolerify the Dark World
adamShimi
20 Jul 2020 0:58 UTC
2
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
King Under The Mountain: Adventure Log + Soundtrack
Scott Alexander
25 Nov 2011 22:29 UTC
81
points
36
comments
23
min read
LW
link
The Yudkowsky Ambition Scale
loup-vaillant
12 Sep 2012 15:08 UTC
63
points
61
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hamster in Tutu Shuts Down Large Hadron Collider
Eliezer Yudkowsky
6 Nov 2009 16:29 UTC
46
points
73
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The rational rationalist’s guide to rationally using “rational” in rational post titles
Vaniver
27 May 2012 19:13 UTC
119
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Timothy Chu Origins Chapter 1
alkjash
13 Apr 2018 18:40 UTC
12
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Frequently Asked Questions for Central Banks Undershooting Their Inflation Target
Eliezer Yudkowsky
29 Oct 2017 23:36 UTC
26
points
28
comments
35
min read
LW
link
Murphy’s Quest Ch 1: Exposure Therapy
alkjash
4 Mar 2018 4:50 UTC
24
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
A Much Better Life?
Psychohistorian
3 Feb 2010 20:01 UTC
83
points
174
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Murphy’s Quest Ch 8: False Pentachotomy
alkjash
8 Mar 2018 5:30 UTC
16
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Countess and Baron attempt to define blackmail, fail
Stuart_Armstrong
15 Jul 2013 10:07 UTC
18
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Blackmail, Nukes and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
Stuart_Armstrong
10 Mar 2010 14:58 UTC
25
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
G.K. Chesterton On AI Risk
Scott Alexander
1 Apr 2017 19:00 UTC
11
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Murphy’s Quest Ch 4: Noticing Confusion
alkjash
5 Mar 2018 7:20 UTC
19
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Shit rationalists say − 2018
ChristianKl
20 Feb 2018 21:26 UTC
15
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Terrifying Halloween Costume
Eliezer Yudkowsky
1 Nov 2007 2:54 UTC
10
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Penguicon & Blook
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13 Mar 2008 17:32 UTC
14
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Halloween costume: Paperclipperer
Elo
21 Oct 2017 6:33 UTC
6
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Ethical dilemmas for paperclip maximizers
CronoDAS
1 Aug 2011 5:31 UTC
14
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Agree, Retort, or Ignore? A Post From the Future
Wei_Dai
24 Nov 2009 22:29 UTC
37
points
88
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Funny] Even Clippy can be blamed on the use of non-Bayesian methods
lukeprog
2 Oct 2011 7:40 UTC
41
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Moral Of The Story
Scott Alexander
18 Oct 2016 2:22 UTC
28
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Missives from China
alkjash
17 Feb 2018 12:30 UTC
11
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Zeno walks into a bar
lsusr
4 Aug 2019 7:00 UTC
24
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The human problem
PhilGoetz
1 Apr 2010 19:41 UTC
34
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Objective Dog Ratings: The Irish Wolfhound
Callmesalticidae
29 Aug 2020 4:01 UTC
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Thanksgiving Prayer
Eliezer Yudkowsky
28 Nov 2008 4:17 UTC
30
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“On the Impossibility of Supersized Machines”
crmflynn
31 Mar 2017 23:32 UTC
24
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(philpapers.org)
xkcd on the AI box experiment
FiftyTwo
21 Nov 2014 8:26 UTC
28
points
232
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Just for fun—let’s play a game.
CronoDAS
17 Apr 2009 23:13 UTC
11
points
71
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I Changed My Mind Today—Canned Laughter
pre
15 Apr 2009 23:59 UTC
15
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Just a bit of humor...
CronoDAS
24 Apr 2009 4:21 UTC
−8
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
‘oy, girls on lw, want to get together some time?’
MBlume
2 Oct 2009 10:50 UTC
36
points
184
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Hard Problem of Magic
enaumov
4 Dec 2020 18:51 UTC
0
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Three Stories about not Thinking too Hard
ejacob
5 Feb 2021 19:51 UTC
22
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
(eidan.substack.com)
KAnon
jefftk
15 Feb 2021 20:50 UTC
11
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
The Holy Algorithm
Elmer of Malmesbury
3 Apr 2021 18:09 UTC
7
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.telescopic-turnip.net)
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