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by PhilGoetz | 16v (51c)Robust Cooperation in the Prisoner's Dilemma
by orthonormal | 61v (106c)Prisoner's Dilemma (with visible source code) Tournament
by AlexMennen | 45v (168c)Model Stability in Intervention Assessment
by Jonathan_Lee | 5v (5c)Tiling Agents for Self-Modifying AI (OPFAI #2)
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 51v (179c)Many Weak Arguments and the Typical Mind
by JonahSinick | 7v (9c)Rationality Quotes June 2013
by Thomas | 3v (598c)Earning to Give vs. Altruistic Career Choice Revisited
by JonahSinick | 30v (134c)Two Weeks of Meditation can Reduce Mind Wandering and Improve Mental Performance.
by fowlertm | 14v (17c)"disfluency" research
by Jonathan_Graehl | 10v (6c)The Centre for Applied Rationality: a year later from a (somewhat) outside perspective
by Swimmer963 | 39v (102c)Being Foreign and Being Sane
by fowlertm | 24v (42c)Epistemic and Instrumental Tradeoffs
by katydee | 17v (22c)The flawed Turing test: language, understanding, and partial p-zombies
by Stuart_Armstrong | 8v (171c)Post ridiculous munchkin ideas!
by D_Malik | 47v (1110c)How to Build a Community
by peter_hurford | 12v (228c)The Power of Pomodoros
by elharo | 43v (44c)Maximizing Your Donations via a Job
by Alexei | 87v (42c)Estimates vs. head-to-head comparisons
by paulfchristiano | 12v (32c)Rationality Quotes May 2013
by katydee | 5v (366c)New report: Intelligence Explosion Microeconomics
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 44v (239c)Problems in Education
by ThinkOfTheChildren | 29v (7c)Privileging the Question
by Qiaochu_Yuan | 91v (308c)Ritual Report: Schelling Day
by ModusPonies | 29v (113c)Fermi Estimates
by lukeprog | 46v (105c)Willing gamblers, spherical cows, and AIs
by ChrisHallquist | 16v (39c)Rationality Quotes April 2013
by Vaniver | 5v (279c)Anybody want to join a Math Club?
by smoofra | 9v (38c)A Call for Constant Vigilance
by katydee | 26v (32c)We Don't Have a Utility Function
by nyan_sandwich | 43v (123c)Welcome to Less Wrong! (5th thread, March 2013)
by orthonormal | 22v (1439c)Schelling Day: A Rationalist Holiday
by ModusPonies | 29v (18c)Reflection in Probabilistic Logic
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 61v (166c)How to Not Get Offended
by katydee | 11v (12c)Recent updates to gwern.net (2012-2013)
by gwern | 62v (32c)Programming the LW Study Hall
by ShannonFriedman | 26v (53c)Co-Working Collaboration to Combat Akrasia
by ShannonFriedman | 54v (95c)Don't Get Offended
by katydee | 29v (588c)MetaMed: Evidence-Based Healthcare
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 78v (175c)Meta Decision Theory and Newcomb's Problem
by wdcrouch | 5v (12c)Rationality Quotes March 2013
by Jayson_Virissimo | 8v (339c)Decision Theory FAQ
by lukeprog | 46v (455c)Why Bayes? A Wise Ruling
by Vaniver | 11v (116c)Learning critical thinking: a personal example
by Swimmer963 | 36v (28c)Domesticating reduced impact AIs
by Stuart_Armstrong | 7v (104c)Memetic Tribalism
by nyan_sandwich | 42v (62c)A brief history of ethically concerned scientists
by Kaj_Sotala | 67v (146c)Philosophical Landmines
by nyan_sandwich | 80v (144c)Rationality Quotes February 2013
by arundelo | 2v (562c)Pinpointing Utility
by nyan_sandwich | 56v (152c)Best of Rationality Quotes, 2012 Edition
by DanielVarga | 27v (17c)Right for the Wrong Reasons
by katydee | 14v (65c)Value-Focused Thinking: a chapter-by-chapter summary
by Vaniver | 12v (13c)Update Then Forget
by royf | 9v (11c)Assessing Kurzweil: the results
by Stuart_Armstrong | 42v (58c)A fungibility theorem
by Nisan | 19v (66c)Don't Build Fallout Shelters
by katydee | 28v (124c)How to Be Oversurprised
by royf | 13v (14c)Morality is Awesome
by nyan_sandwich | 79v (436c)Second-Order Logic: The Controversy
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 22v (158c)Case Study: the Death Note Script and Bayes
by gwern | 24v (43c)2012: Year in Review
by Kaj_Sotala | 40v (34c)How to Disentangle the Past and the Future
by royf | 12v (11c)Rationality Quotes January 2013
by katydee | 6v (602c)You can't signal to rubes
by Patrick | 7v (115c)Ritual 2012: A Moment of Darkness
by Raemon | 35v (136c)Ritual Report 2012: Life, Death, Light, Darkness, and Love.
by Raemon | 22v (206c)Standard and Nonstandard Numbers
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 28v (83c)Narrative, self-image, and self-communication
by Academian | 32v (51c)More Cryonics Probability Estimates
by jkaufman | 20v (89c)Why you must maximize expected utility
by Benja | 18v (75c)New Sequences and General Update From Castify
by scott_from_castify | 11v (10c)By Which It May Be Judged
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 30v (932c)2012 Survey Results
by Yvain | 75v (610c)2012 Winter Fundraiser for the Singularity Institute
by lukeprog | 29v (125c)Mixed Reference: The Great Reductionist Project
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 25v (353c)Factions, inequality, and social justice
by John_Maxwell_IV | 19v (162c)LessWrong podcasts
by Louie | 38v (96c)Rationality Quotes December 2012
by Thomas | 4v (226c)Philosophy by Humans, 3: Intuitions Aren't Shared That Way
by lukeprog | 29v (237c)Causal Universes
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 50v (354c)Thoughts on designing policies for oneself
by John_Maxwell_IV | 68v (55c)A definition of wireheading
by Anja | 34v (80c)How minimal is our intelligence?
by Douglas_Reay | 53v (214c)LW Women- Minimizing the Inferential Distance
by daenerys | 57v (1254c)Overconfident Pessimism
by lukeprog | 25v (38c)Giving What We Can, 80,000 Hours, and Meta-Charity
by wdcrouch | 45v (182c)How can I reduce existential risk from AI?
by lukeprog | 42v (73c)Nov 16-18: Rationality for Entrepreneurs
by AnnaSalamon | 25v (67c)Checklist of Rationality Habits
by AnnaSalamon | 108v (175c)Rationality Quotes November 2012
by GabrielDuquette | 6v (896c)Voting is like donating thousands of dollars to charity
by Academian | 31v (206c)2012 Less Wrong Census/Survey
by Yvain | 65v (733c)Sign up to be notified about new LW meetups in your area
by Louie | 30v (11c)Logical Pinpointing
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 58v (323c)Beyond Bayesians and Frequentists
by jsteinhardt | 32v (50c)Proofs, Implications, and Models
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 50v (200c)Checking Kurzweil's track record
by Stuart_Armstrong | 12v (53c)Original Research on Less Wrong
by lukeprog | 21v (47c)How to Deal with Depression - The Meta Layers
by ShannonFriedman | 23v (73c)Causal Reference
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 28v (242c)Stuff That Makes Stuff Happen
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 47v (127c)How To Have Things Correctly
by Alicorn | 52v (218c)Causal Diagrams and Causal Models
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 57v (265c)Raising the forecasting waterline (part 2)
by Morendil | 14v (22c)The Fabric of Real Things
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 13v (303c)Raising the forecasting waterline (part 1)
by Morendil | 31v (108c)Firewalling the Optimal from the Rational
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 80v (338c)Point-Based Value Iteration
by royf | 8v (0c)Raising the waterline
by Morendil | 30v (12c)Rationality: Appreciating Cognitive Algorithms
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 31v (132c)Skill: The Map is Not the Territory
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 43v (171c)Rationality Quotes October 2012
by MBlume | 8v (296c)The Useful Idea of Truth
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 71v (502c)Causality: a chapter by chapter review
by Vaniver | 51v (19c)New study on choice blindness in moral positions
by nerfhammer | 71v (151c)Less Wrong Polls in Comments
by jimrandomh | 79v (300c)The Bayesian Agent
by royf | 11v (19c)How about testing our ideas?
by Konkvistador | 31v (112c)Rationality Quotes September 2012
by Jayson_Virissimo | 7v (1089c)The noncentral fallacy - the worst argument in the world?
by Yvain | 135v (1694c)AI timeline prediction data
by Stuart_Armstrong | 10v (1c)AI timeline predictions: are we getting better?
by Stuart_Armstrong | 51v (78c)Who Wants To Start An Important Startup?
by ShannonFriedman | 41v (403c)Why Don't People Help Others More?
by peter_hurford | 33v (85c)Bayes for Schizophrenics: Reasoning in Delusional Disorders
by Yvain | 84v (151c)Solving the two envelopes problem
by rstarkov | 27v (31c)Reinforcement, Preference and Utility
by royf | 7v (5c)Natural Laws Are Descriptions, not Rules
by pragmatist | 31v (232c)Self-skepticism: the first principle of rationality
by aaronsw | 35v (105c)What are the optimal biases to overcome?
by aaronsw | 57v (69c)Rationality Quotes August 2012
by Alejandro1 | 6v (426c)AGI-12 conference in Oxford in December
by Stuart_Armstrong | 4v (3c)Reinforcement Learning: A Non-Standard Introduction (Part 1)
by royf | 20v (18c)Neuroscience basics for LessWrongians
by ChrisHallquist | 83v (102c)Game Theory As A Dark Art
by Yvain | 42v (96c)SI's Summer 2012 Matching Drive Ends July 31st
by lukeprog | 13v (17c)Imperfect Voting Systems
by Yvain | 30v (86c)Welcome to Less Wrong! (July 2012)
by ciphergoth | 18v (844c)Tips for Starting Group Houses
by ShannonFriedman | 13v (13c)Bargaining and Auctions
by Yvain | 28v (70c)What Is Signaling, Really?
by Yvain | 68v (153c)What Is Optimal Philanthropy?
by tommccabe | 24v (35c)An Intuitive Explanation of Solomonoff Induction
by Alex_Altair | 47v (205c)Reply to Holden on The Singularity Institute
by lukeprog | 43v (213c)To Learn Critical Thinking, Study Critical Thinking
by gwern | 26v (17c)Interlude for Behavioral Economics
by Yvain | 46v (49c)Negative and Positive Selection
by tommccabe | 71v (262c)Rationality Quotes July 2012
by RobertLumley | 3v (466c)Real World Solutions to Prisoners' Dilemmas
by Yvain | 30v (82c)New York Less Wrong: Expansion Plans
by tommccabe | 13v (7c)Your existence is informative
by KatjaGrace | 2v (41c)Thoughts on moral intuitions
by Kaj_Sotala | 38v (191c)Backward Reasoning Over Decision Trees
by Yvain | 56v (55c)Introduction to Prisoners' Dilemma
by Yvain | 18v (5c)Nash Equilibria and Schelling Points
by Yvain | 35v (62c)Introduction to Game Theory: Sequence Guide
by Yvain | 40v (6c)A (small) critique of total utilitarianism
by Stuart_Armstrong | 34v (235c)The Power of Reinforcement
by lukeprog | 90v (455c)Why Academic Papers Are A Terrible Discussion Forum
by tommccabe | 23v (52c)Local Ordinances of Fun
by Alicorn | 16v (153c)How to Run a Successful Less Wrong Meetup
by Kaj_Sotala | 46v (33c)Reply to Holden on 'Tool AI'
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 91v (320c)Conspiracy Theories as Agency Fictions
by Konkvistador | 29v (115c)Ask an experimental physicist
by RolfAndreassen | 34v (294c)"Progress"
by PhilGoetz | 0v (69c)Rationality Quotes June 2012
by OpenThreadGuy | 4v (409c)Rational Toothpaste: A Case Study
by badger | 63v (56c)Avoid inflationary use of terms
by lsparrish | 70v (89c)When None Dare Urge Restraint, pt. 2
by Jay_Schweikert | 56v (91c)Review: Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids
by jsalvatier | 15v (251c)Problematic Problems for TDT
by drnickbone | 34v (297c)SotW: Avoid Motivated Cognition
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 20v (81c)Sneaky Strategies for TDT
by drnickbone | 8v (22c)Holden's Objection 1: Friendliness is dangerous
by PhilGoetz | 11v (428c)Thoughts on the Singularity Institute (SI)
by HoldenKarnofsky | 238v (1256c)Thinking and Deciding: a chapter by chapter review
by Vaniver | 32v (12c)Rationality Quotes May 2012
by OpenThreadGuy | 6v (681c)Crowdsourcing the availability heuristic
by kalla724 | 31v (40c)To like each other, sing and dance in synchrony
by Kaj_Sotala | 19v (105c)Decision Theories: A Semi-Formal Analysis, Part III
by orthonormal | 22v (53c)Exploring the Idea Space Efficiently
by Elithrion | 22v (26c)Decision Theories: A Semi-Formal Analysis, Part II
by orthonormal | 16v (27c)SotW: Be Specific
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 34v (302c)Rationality Quotes April 2012
by Oscar_Cunningham | 4v (858c)Fictional Bias
by thomblake | 2v (55c)Examine your assumptions
by Douglas_Reay | 32v (13c)Minicamps on Rationality and Awesomeness: May 11-13, June 22-24, and July 21-28
by AnnaSalamon | 24v (239c)SotW: Check Consequentialism
by Eliezer_Yudkowsky | 37v (310c)Brain Preservation
by jkaufman | 22v (108c)Fundamentals of kicking anthropic butt
by Manfred | 18v (60c)Decision Theories: A Semi-Formal Analysis, Part I
by orthonormal | 21v (90c)Emotional regulation Part II: research summary
by Swimmer963 | 22v (40c)6 Tips for Productive Arguments
by John_Maxwell_IV | 28v (120c)Fallacies as weak Bayesian evidence
by Kaj_Sotala | 55v (41c)How to avoid dying in a car crash
by michaelcurzi | 64v (258c)Schelling fences on slippery slopes
by Yvain | 139v (156c)Biased Pandemic
by freyley | 52v (35c)Decision Theories: A Less Wrong Primer
by orthonormal | 68v (172c)I Was Not Almost Wrong But I Was Almost Right: Close-Call Counterfactuals and Bias
by Kaj_Sotala | 52v (39c)Rationally Irrational
by HungryTurtle | -14v (414c)Causal diagrams and software engineering
by Morendil | 32v (29c)How to Fix Science
by lukeprog | 46v (140c)The Fox and the Low-Hanging Grapes
by Strange7 | -2v (34c)Emotional regulation, Part I: a problem summary
by Swimmer963 | 9v (38c)The kinesthesia switch
by NancyLebovitz | 7v (24c)Rationality Quotes March 2012
by Thomas | 4v (525c)Heuristics and Biases in Charity
by Kaj_Sotala | 20v (55c)Status and Changing your Mind
by jkaufman | 12v (19c)Get Curious
by lukeprog | 49v (98c)Ambiguity in cognitive bias names; a refresher
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