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Epistemology
Truth, Semantics, & Meaning
Map and Territory
Calibration
Mind Projection Fallacy
Humility
Games (posts describing)
Reductionism
Aumann's Agreement Theorem
Modest Epistemology
Underconfidence
The Problem of the Criterion
171 posts
Philosophy
Religion
Futurism
Confirmation Bias
Priors
Cognitive Science
Absurdity Heuristic
Aversion
Hindsight Bias
Addiction
161
Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
157
157
The Useful Idea of Truth
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10y
543
151
My research methodology
paulfchristiano
1y
36
145
Mundane Magic
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
97
142
Irrational Modesty
Tomás B.
1y
7
123
Building Phenomenological Bridges
Rob Bensinger
8y
116
120
The Proper Use of Humility
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16y
54
118
Use Normal Predictions
Jan Christian Refsgaard
11mo
69
117
Calibrate your self-assessments
Scott Alexander
11y
121
106
The Lens That Sees Its Flaws
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
41
102
Bridge Collapse: Reductionism as Engineering Problem
Rob Bensinger
8y
62
102
2-Place and 1-Place Words
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
38
100
Skill: The Map is Not the Territory
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10y
181
98
How to Convince Me That 2 + 2 = 3
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
407
181
Talking Snakes: A Cautionary Tale
Scott Alexander
13y
232
173
Less Wrong Rationality and Mainstream Philosophy
lukeprog
11y
342
127
Philosophy: A Diseased Discipline
lukeprog
11y
448
123
Epistemic Luck
Alicorn
12y
133
122
Situating LessWrong in contemporary philosophy: An interview with Jon Livengood
Suspended Reason
2y
21
121
Atheism = Untheism + Antitheism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
179
111
"Nahh, that wouldn't work"
lionhearted
12y
50
111
Train Philosophers with Pearl and Kahneman, not Plato and Kant
lukeprog
10y
515
103
If you can see the box, you can open the box
ThePrussian
7y
108
103
Concepts Don't Work That Way
lukeprog
11y
92
97
Trapped Priors As A Basic Problem Of Rationality
Scott Alexander
1y
29
95
There is essentially one best-validated theory of cognition.
abramdemski
1y
34
94
After critical event W happens, they still won't believe you
Eliezer Yudkowsky
9y
107
91
Privileging the Hypothesis
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
131