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Give it a google
Adam Zerner
29 Dec 2020 5:30 UTC
149
points
28
comments
7
min read
LW
link
1
review
The First Step is to Admit That You Have a Problem
Alicorn
6 Oct 2009 20:59 UTC
87
points
87
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Two types of mathematician
drossbucket
23 Feb 2018 19:26 UTC
64
points
41
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How toy models of ontology changes can be misleading
Stuart_Armstrong
21 Oct 2023 21:13 UTC
42
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Tips and Tricks for Answering Hard Questions
Wei Dai
17 Jan 2010 23:56 UTC
99
points
54
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Being patient with problems
Henrik Karlsson
17 Oct 2023 18:30 UTC
38
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.henrikkarlsson.xyz)
An N=1 observational study on interpretability of Natural General Intelligence (NGI)
dr_s
27 Sep 2025 9:28 UTC
12
points
3
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Mazes and Duality
johnswentworth
and
Bird Concept
14 Jul 2020 19:54 UTC
62
points
10
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Hack Away at the Edges
lukeprog
1 Dec 2011 13:26 UTC
90
points
53
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Guessing the Teacher’s Password
Eliezer Yudkowsky
22 Aug 2007 3:40 UTC
317
points
100
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Problem Solving with Mazes and Crayon
johnswentworth
19 Jun 2018 6:15 UTC
153
points
28
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Focus on the Hardest Part First
Johannes C. Mayer
11 Sep 2023 7:53 UTC
42
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some notes on solving hard problems
Joe Rocca
19 Sep 2022 12:58 UTC
50
points
8
comments
29
min read
LW
link
The Shadow Question
Alicorn
14 Oct 2009 1:40 UTC
41
points
44
comments
4
min read
LW
link
An Ontology of Systemic Failures: Dragons, Bullshit Mountain, and the Cloud of Doom
ialdabaoth
8 Sep 2018 18:19 UTC
32
points
28
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Necessary, But Not Sufficient
pjeby
23 Mar 2010 17:11 UTC
61
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Tune Your Cognitive Strategies
SquirrelInHell
15 Feb 2018 17:54 UTC
48
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(bewelltuned.com)
The ultimate goal
Alvin Ånestrand
5 Jul 2025 19:10 UTC
10
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(forecastingaifutures.substack.com)
Fake Blog Posts as a Problem Solving Device
silentbob
31 Aug 2024 9:22 UTC
9
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Can we have Epiphanies and Eureka moments more frequently?
CstineSublime
8 Jan 2025 2:20 UTC
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
A Clearer Thinking tool that teaches you to use Internal Family Systems concepts
spencerg
28 Apr 2023 13:42 UTC
31
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(programs.clearerthinking.org)
Talking to yourself: A useful thinking tool that seems understudied and underdiscussed
chaosmage
9 Sep 2014 16:56 UTC
45
points
29
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Hold Off On Proposing Solutions
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17 Oct 2007 3:16 UTC
150
points
52
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Coordination failures in tackling humanity’s biggest problems
doemil
17 Nov 2025 23:21 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
In Search of Strategic Clarity
james.lucassen
8 Jul 2022 0:52 UTC
11
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
(jlucassen.com)
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