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Rationality A-Z (discussion & meta)
History of Rationality
Prioritization
Bucket Errors
Value of Rationality
General Semantics
Criticisms of The Rationalist Movement
Cognitive Fusion
65 posts
History
395
Rationalism before the Sequences
Eric Raymond
1y
80
76
A summary of every "Highlights from the Sequences" post
Akash
5mo
7
202
The Rationalists of the 1950s (and before) also called themselves “Rationalists”
Owain_Evans
1y
28
114
Lives of the Cambridge polymath geniuses
Owain_Evans
10mo
40
155
Is Rationalist Self-Improvement Real?
Jacob Falkovich
3y
74
79
Fusion and Equivocation in Korzybski's General Semantics
abramdemski
1y
14
2
Is German rationality more memetically derived from the west or former east?
Trevor1
29d
5
76
Criticism of some popular LW articles
AllAmericanBreakfast
2y
19
212
"Flinching away from truth” is often about *protecting* the epistemology
AnnaSalamon
6y
56
73
Your Prioritization is Underspecified
romeostevensit
2y
12
69
Subscripting Typographic Convention For Citations/Dates/Sources/Evidentials: A Proposal
gwern
2y
15
70
Intentional Bucket Errors
Scott Garrabrant
3y
6
83
New edition of "Rationality: From AI to Zombies"
Rob Bensinger
4y
25
151
Rationality: From AI to Zombies
Rob Bensinger
7y
102
115
Fiber arts, mysterious dodecahedrons, and waiting on “Eureka!”
eukaryote
4mo
9
246
12 interesting things I learned studying the discovery of nature's laws
Ben Pace
10mo
40
32
From technocracy to the counterculture
jasoncrawford
2mo
1
178
An Observation of Vavilov Day
Elizabeth
11mo
42
101
Clem's Memo
abstractapplic
8mo
8
69
Reinventing the wheel
jasoncrawford
6mo
13
18
American invention from the “heroic age” to the system-building era
jasoncrawford
2mo
1
16
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance History
jefftk
2mo
0
107
The bonds of family and community: Poverty and cruelty among Russian peasants in the late 19th century
jasoncrawford
1y
34
103
Where did the 5 micron number come from? Nowhere good. [Wired.com]
Elizabeth
1y
6
213
A tale from Communist China
Wei_Dai
2y
65
60
Conspiracy-proof archeology
Malmesbury
9mo
10
67
Why do we need a NEW philosophy of progress?
jasoncrawford
10mo
26
52
Observed patterns around major technological advancements
Richard Korzekwa
10mo
15