Parables & Fables

TagLast edit: 5 Jun 2023 0:45 UTC by RomanHauksson

Parables & Fables

External links:
The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant by Nick Bostrom (animated version by CGP Grey)
Ars Longa, Vita Brevis by Scott Alexander
Kolmogorov Complicity and the Parable of Lightning by Scott Alexander
The Emperor’s New Clothes

Related tags: Fiction, Writing, Narratives (stories)

The ants and the grasshopper

Richard_Ngo4 Jun 2023 22:00 UTC

412 points

35 comments5 min readLW link

(www.narrativeark.xyz)

The Parable of Predict-O-Matic

abramdemski15 Oct 2019 0:49 UTC

342 points

41 comments14 min readLW link 2 reviews

The Hidden Complexity of Wishes

Eliezer Yudkowsky24 Nov 2007 0:12 UTC

174 points

168 comments7 min readLW link

Feature Selection

Zack_M_Davis1 Nov 2021 0:22 UTC

315 points

24 comments16 min readLW link 1 review

The Bayesian Tyrant

abramdemski20 Aug 2020 0:08 UTC

140 points

21 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

The Goddess of Everything Else

Scott Alexander17 Aug 2015 20:59 UTC

85 points

8 comments8 min readLW link

A parable in the style of Invisible Cities

Daniel Kokotajlo16 Dec 2019 15:55 UTC

45 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Uncontrollable Super-Powerful Explosives

Sammy Martin2 Apr 2022 20:13 UTC

54 points

12 comments5 min readLW link

Disguised Queries

Eliezer Yudkowsky9 Feb 2008 0:05 UTC

171 points

108 comments5 min readLW link

Parable of the Dammed

johnswentworth10 Dec 2020 0:08 UTC

115 points

29 comments2 min readLW link

A Fable of Science and Politics

Eliezer Yudkowsky23 Dec 2006 4:50 UTC

319 points

100 comments5 min readLW link

The Parable of the King and the Random Process

moridinamael1 Mar 2023 22:18 UTC

287 points

22 comments6 min readLW link

When Omnipotence is Not Enough

lsusr25 Aug 2023 19:50 UTC

62 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

The Parable of the Boy Who Cried 5% Chance of Wolf

KatWoods15 Aug 2022 14:33 UTC

139 points

24 comments2 min readLW link

All I Know is that I Know Nothing

lsusr22 Apr 2022 15:33 UTC

54 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

Where Physics Meets Experience

Eliezer Yudkowsky25 Apr 2008 4:58 UTC

68 points

38 comments11 min readLW link

The Broken Screwdriver and other parables

bhauth4 Mar 2024 3:34 UTC

49 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

The Goddess of Everything Else—The Animation

Writer13 Jul 2023 16:26 UTC

142 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

The King and the Golem

Richard_Ngo25 Sep 2023 19:51 UTC

159 points

15 comments5 min readLW link

(narrativeark.substack.com)

It Was You Who Made My Blue Eyes Blue

Scott Alexander15 Oct 2015 19:46 UTC

46 points

1 comment20 min readLW link

Archimedes’s Chronophone

Eliezer Yudkowsky23 Mar 2007 17:43 UTC

59 points

94 comments4 min readLW link

A Parable On Obsolete Ideologies

Scott Alexander13 May 2009 22:51 UTC

184 points

288 comments7 min readLW link

Failed Utopia #4-2

Eliezer Yudkowsky21 Jan 2009 11:04 UTC

117 points

265 comments10 min readLW link

Transhumanist Fables

Scott Alexander28 May 2013 1:55 UTC

120 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What are examples of Rationalist fable-like stories?

Mati_Roy28 Sep 2020 16:52 UTC

19 points

42 comments1 min readLW link

Rationalist Seder: A Story of War

Raemon3 Jun 2017 20:17 UTC

12 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

The True Face of the Enemy

Space L Clottey12 Jan 2021 10:03 UTC

30 points

77 comments10 min readLW link

Selling Nonapples

Eliezer Yudkowsky13 Nov 2008 20:10 UTC

75 points

78 comments7 min readLW link

“Rational Agents Win”

Isaac King23 Sep 2021 7:59 UTC

8 points

33 comments2 min readLW link

The Logician And The God-Emperor

Scott Alexander5 Dec 2013 1:54 UTC

44 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Self-Integrity and the Drowning Child

Eliezer Yudkowsky24 Oct 2021 20:57 UTC

329 points

85 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

The Fear [Fiction]

Yitz23 Dec 2022 21:21 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

The Parable of the Dagger

Eliezer Yudkowsky1 Feb 2008 20:53 UTC

219 points

104 comments1 min readLW link

A few more ants and grasshoppers

c.trout17 Jun 2023 23:38 UTC

16 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

Wolf and Rabbit

Richard Henage22 Mar 2024 17:20 UTC

14 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

The Parable Of The Fallen Pendulum—Part 1

johnswentworth1 Mar 2024 0:25 UTC

109 points

32 comments2 min readLW link

Act of Charity

jessicata17 Nov 2018 5:19 UTC

186 points

49 comments8 min readLW link 1 review

That Alien Message

Eliezer Yudkowsky22 May 2008 5:55 UTC

359 points

174 comments10 min readLW link

A short story about differing intelligence levels

Cryptoyeti15 Sep 2023 14:28 UTC

1 point

0 comments6 min readLW link

The Balto/Togo theory of scientific development

Elizabeth9 Oct 2022 18:30 UTC

65 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Aldix and the Book of Life

ville1 Jan 2024 17:23 UTC

1 point

0 comments4 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Where Experience Confuses Physicists

Eliezer Yudkowsky26 Apr 2008 5:05 UTC

40 points

30 comments8 min readLW link

Pascal’s Mugging: The Word Wars

johncrox16 Oct 2023 17:54 UTC

9 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

Zombies: The Movie

Eliezer Yudkowsky20 Apr 2008 5:53 UTC

167 points

82 comments3 min readLW link

If Many-Worlds Had Come First

Eliezer Yudkowsky10 May 2008 7:43 UTC

84 points

189 comments9 min readLW link

The sailor’s wife

krbouchard27 Feb 2021 0:23 UTC

4 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

The Parable of the Dagger—The Animation

Writer29 Jul 2023 14:03 UTC

20 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

Yoav Ravid 3 Jan 2021 8:41 UTC
1 point
suggest changing the name to ‘Parables and Fables’
- Ruby 8 Jan 2021 2:50 UTC
  2 points
  Parent
  Seems good, I did it.