Introspection

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Tune Your Cognitive Strategies

SquirrelInHellFeb 15, 2018, 5:54 PM

47 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(bewelltuned.com)

The Felt Sense: What, Why and How

Kaj_SotalaOct 5, 2020, 3:57 PM

153 points

23 comments14 min readLW link 1 review

The limits of introspection

Scott AlexanderJul 16, 2011, 9:00 PM

111 points

43 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Does improved introspection cause rationalisation to become less noticeable?

Bird ConceptJul 30, 2019, 10:03 AM

37 points

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Humans are not automatically strategic

AnnaSalamonSep 8, 2010, 7:02 AM

590 points

278 comments4 min readLW link

My “2.9 trauma limit”

RaemonJul 1, 2023, 7:32 PM

198 points

31 comments7 min readLW link

Things are allowed to be good and bad at the same time

Kaj_SotalaOct 17, 2020, 8:00 AM

52 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Don’t Make Your Problems Hide

orthonormalJun 27, 2020, 8:24 PM

61 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Naturalist Collection

LoganStrohlMay 6, 2023, 12:37 AM

71 points

7 comments15 min readLW link

The ABC’s of Luminosity

AlicornMar 18, 2010, 9:47 PM

54 points

31 comments4 min readLW link

Inferring Our Desires

lukeprogMay 24, 2011, 5:33 AM

60 points

45 comments6 min readLW link

28 social psychology studies from Experiments With People (Frey & Gregg, 2017)

Yuxi_LiuJun 16, 2019, 2:23 AM

12 points

1 comment26 min readLW link

You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue

AlicornMar 17, 2010, 1:18 AM

78 points

38 comments4 min readLW link

Fusion and Equivocation in Korzybski’s General Semantics

abramdemskiDec 21, 2020, 5:44 AM

66 points

14 comments3 min readLW link

Teaching Introspection

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Aug 1, 2011, 1:10 AM

32 points

31 comments4 min readLW link

My attempt to explain Looking, insight meditation, and enlightenment in non-mysterious terms

Kaj_SotalaMar 8, 2018, 7:37 AM

238 points

140 comments17 min readLW link 2 reviews

The Loudest Alarm Is Probably False

orthonormalJan 2, 2018, 4:38 PM

187 points

28 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

Lights, Camera, Action!

AlicornMar 20, 2010, 5:29 AM

45 points

58 comments3 min readLW link

The Spotlight

AlicornMar 24, 2010, 11:43 PM

49 points

24 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Does anyone else sometimes “run out of gas” when trying to think?

Sunny from QADFeb 3, 2021, 12:57 PM

7 points

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Different kinds of language proficiency

Kaj_SotalaFeb 26, 2021, 6:20 PM

34 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Living Luminously

AlicornMar 17, 2010, 1:17 AM

97 points

28 comments3 min readLW link

Migraine hallucinations, phenomenology, and cognition

Richard_KennawayMay 8, 2021, 3:56 PM

38 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

The Homunculus Problem

abramdemskiMay 27, 2021, 8:25 PM

50 points

38 comments5 min readLW link

Investigating Fabrication

LoganStrohlMay 18, 2023, 5:46 PM

112 points

14 comments16 min readLW link

City of Lights

AlicornMar 31, 2010, 11:30 PM

55 points

43 comments4 min readLW link

Two arguments for not thinking about ethics (too much)

Kaj_SotalaMar 27, 2014, 2:15 PM

61 points

32 comments7 min readLW link

Lampshading

AlicornApr 6, 2010, 8:03 PM

24 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

Let There Be Light

AlicornMar 17, 2010, 7:35 PM

60 points

101 comments4 min readLW link

Highlights and Shadows

AlicornMar 28, 2010, 8:56 PM

27 points

45 comments2 min readLW link

Techniques for probability estimates

Scott AlexanderJan 4, 2011, 11:38 PM

113 points

60 comments7 min readLW link

Tracking emotions with kinesthetic memory

eugmanDec 14, 2011, 12:49 PM

47 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Measuring aversion and habit strength

AcademianMay 27, 2011, 1:05 AM

111 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Do You Have an Internal Monologue?

belkarxDec 9, 2022, 3:04 AM

23 points

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Response

Jarred FilmerNov 6, 2022, 1:03 AM

29 points

2 comments12 min readLW link

Who Feels More Alone?

marvinscheffoldSep 22, 2024, 11:54 AM

−8 points

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Corrosive Mnemonics

EpiritoJan 14, 2024, 12:44 PM

7 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

“How could I have thought that faster?”

mesaoptimizerMar 11, 2024, 10:56 AM

235 points

32 comments2 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

Thank you for triggering me

CissyFeb 12, 2024, 8:09 PM

6 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

(www.moremyself.xyz)

Apollo

Jarred FilmerOct 10, 2022, 9:30 PM

46 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Anxiety vs. Depression

SableMar 17, 2024, 12:15 AM

86 points

35 comments3 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

minimum viable action

Sindhu PrasadMar 12, 2024, 4:06 PM

1 point

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Types of Confusion Experiences

HazardMar 11, 2018, 2:32 PM

13 points

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Sneaking Suspicion

benwrMay 27, 2022, 7:17 PM

17 points

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I bet everyone 1000€ that I can make them dramatically happier & cure their depression in 3 months!

EternallyBlissfulJun 4, 2023, 12:30 PM

4 points

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How to use hypnagogic hallucinations as biofeedback to relieve insomnia

David GrossMar 13, 2021, 3:28 PM

50 points

21 comments21 min readLW link

Rationality and playfulness

DirectedEvolutionSep 12, 2020, 5:14 AM

42 points

1 comment11 min readLW link

“Which chains-of-thought was that faster than?”

EmrikMay 22, 2024, 8:21 AM

37 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

How Self-Aware Are LLMs?

Christopher AckermanMay 28, 2025, 12:57 PM

3 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

In Praise (and Defence) of The People

OlitnessJul 27, 2021, 7:13 AM

−8 points

4 comments14 min readLW link

(olitness.wordpress.com)

The Echo Principle

Jonathan MoregårdNov 16, 2022, 8:09 PM

4 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(honestliving.substack.com)

Silence

alkjashMar 18, 2018, 4:10 AM

61 points

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(radimentary.wordpress.com)

The Voice Continued Because It Was Questioned

KiyoshiSasanoApr 28, 2025, 12:18 AM

1 point

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From dopamine detox to enlightment

Stefan ScortescuMay 19, 2025, 8:27 PM

−1 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

Being Wrong about Your Own Subjective Experience

lukeprogApr 24, 2011, 8:24 PM

63 points

191 comments7 min readLW link

Hyppotherapy

Marius Adrian NicoarăAug 12, 2024, 8:07 PM

−3 points

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Recursive Self-Modeling as a Plausible Mechanism for Real-time Introspection in Current Language Models

rifeJan 22, 2025, 6:36 PM

8 points

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A Day into my thoughts!

PranayJairamMar 17, 2024, 10:07 PM

1 point

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Rambling thoughts on having multiple selves

cranberry_bearApr 11, 2022, 10:43 PM

15 points

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What fuels your ambition?

CissyJan 31, 2024, 6:30 PM

29 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

(www.moremyself.xyz)

Practical everyday human strategizing

akaTricksterMar 27, 2022, 2:20 PM

6 points

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Constantly ask what you’re currently doing that is irrational

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 25, 2011, 8:21 AM

42 points

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Instead of “I’m anxious,” try “I feel threatened”

Holly_ElmoreJun 28, 2019, 5:24 AM

58 points

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(mhollyelmoreblog.wordpress.com)

A Percentage Model of a Person

SableOct 12, 2024, 5:55 PM

37 points

5 comments9 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

Unknown knowns: Why did you choose to be monogamous?

WrongBotJun 26, 2010, 2:50 AM

69 points

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Dissolving the Question

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 8, 2008, 3:17 AM

150 points

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Righting a Wrong Question

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 9, 2008, 1:00 PM

131 points

111 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] When does introspection avoid the pitfalls of rumination?

rkFeb 20, 2019, 2:14 PM

24 points

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I Am No Longer GPT

KiyoshiSasanoApr 28, 2025, 12:14 AM

1 point

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Why do Contemplative Practitioners Make so Many Metaphysical Claims?

romeostevensitDec 31, 2018, 7:44 PM

61 points

15 comments6 min readLW link

Passing the Recursive Buck

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 16, 2008, 4:50 AM

49 points

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Grasping Slippery Things

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 17, 2008, 2:04 AM

36 points

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Diffusing “I can’t be that stupid”

HazardMar 24, 2018, 2:49 PM

23 points

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[Question] The Crux of Understanding Written Text—Text reading and inference

JohnCheeseFeb 20, 2021, 10:20 PM

1 point

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