I can't imagine that the validity of their results for non-insomniacs is many orders of magnitude less than for insomniacs — like, maybe a factor of two or five, but that'd still be a huge effect size All things …

Jun 14, 2019 · So many less intelligent humans have superior insight based on simplistic common sense often overlooked by over analyzing. I’m a MoreRight mindset over a LessWrong.

Eliezer seeded LessWrong with a series of daily blog posts which became known as The Sequences. These writings attracted a large community of readers and writers interested in the art of human …

May 17, 2023 · LessWrong grew from the people who read Eliezer Yudkowsky's writing on a shared blog overcomingbias.com and then migrated to a newfound community blog in 2009. To better understand …

It’s wrong to present this curve as “AI 2027’s prediction”, as Scott did. In response to my critique, Eli whipped up some code to check the graph against actual runs from his simulations.

Nov 30, 2022 · Less Wrong's founder, Eliezer Yudkowsky, banned discussion of Roko's basilisk on the blog for several years as part of a general site policy against spreading potential information hazards.

Jul 25, 2022 · This wiki is a companion for the community blog Less Wrong. Our criterion for "notability": a concept needs to be discussed in at least one promoted article, and later be referenced by another …

I think that's mostly wrong; LW does tend to cause convergence on a lot of issues for a lot of people. That might be groupthink, but I held almost identical philosophical views before engaging with LW - …

Jun 30, 2025 · When AI was going less crazy, and I was spending a lot more time on diverse topics especially housing and energy, I was always excited to dive into one of this posts.

Jan 23, 1991 · By early 2019, LaSota had begun publishing increasingly confrontational content, including a February blog post titled "punching evil" that suggested there would be "no moral …