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Un­rol­ling so­cial metacog­ni­tion: Three lev­els of meta are not enough.

Academian25 Aug 2018 12:00 UTC
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Too busy to think about life

Academian22 Apr 2010 15:14 UTC
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Break your habits: be more empirical

Academian2 Oct 2010 21:04 UTC
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Yes, a blog.

Academian19 Nov 2010 1:53 UTC
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The Re­la­tion Pro­jec­tion Fal­lacy and the pur­pose of life

Academian28 Dec 2012 4:14 UTC
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Mea­sur­ing aver­sion and habit strength

Academian27 May 2011 1:05 UTC
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Willpower De­ple­tion vs Willpower Distraction

Academian15 Jun 2014 18:29 UTC
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Self-em­pa­thy as a source of “willpower”

Academian26 Oct 2010 14:20 UTC
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Don’t judge a skill by its specialists

Academian26 Sep 2010 20:56 UTC
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Co­or­di­na­tion Sur­veys: why we should sur­vey to or­ga­nize re­spon­si­bil­ities, not just predictions

Academian7 May 2019 17:43 UTC
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In­for­ma­tion the­ory and the sym­me­try of up­dat­ing beliefs

Academian20 Mar 2010 0:34 UTC
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Mo­ral­ity and rel­a­tivis­tic vertigo

Academian12 Oct 2010 2:00 UTC
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New­comb’s prob­lem hap­pened to me

Academian26 Mar 2010 18:31 UTC
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Nar­ra­tive, self-image, and self-communication

Academian19 Dec 2012 9:42 UTC
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MathOverflow as an ex­am­ple for LessWrong

Academian27 Apr 2010 18:30 UTC
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Vot­ing is like donat­ing thou­sands of dol­lars to charity

Academian5 Nov 2012 1:02 UTC
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What is the group se­lec­tion de­bate?

Academian2 Nov 2010 2:02 UTC
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De­liber­ate Grad School

Academian4 Oct 2015 10:11 UTC
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Fre­quen­tist vs Bayesian break­down: in­ter­pre­ta­tion vs inference

Academian30 Aug 2011 15:58 UTC
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VNM ex­pected util­ity the­ory: uses, abuses, and interpretation

Academian17 Apr 2010 20:23 UTC
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