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This is: References & Resources for LessWrong, published by XiXiDu on the LessWrong.
A list of references and resources for LW. Updated: 2011-05-24. F = Free. E = Easy (adequate for a low educational background) M = Memetic Hazard (controversial ideas or works of fiction) Summary. Do not flinch, most of LessWrong can be read and understood by people with a previous level of education less than secondary school. (And Khan Academy followed by BetterExplained plus the help of Google and Wikipedia ought to be enough to let anyone read anything directed at the scientifically literate.) Most of these references aren't prerequisite, and only a small fraction are pertinent to any particular post on LessWrong. Do not be intimidated, just go ahead and start reading the Sequences if all this sounds too long.
It's much easier to understand than this list makes it look like. Nevertheless, as it says in the Twelve Virtues of Rationality, scholarship is a virtue, and in particular: It is especially important to eat math and science which impinges upon rationality: Evolutionary psychology, heuristics and biases, social psychology, probability theory, decision theory. Contents. LessWrong.com. Overview. Why read Less Wrong? Artificial Intelligence. General. Friendly AI. Machine Learning. The Technological Singularity. Heuristics and Biases. Mathematics. Learning Mathematics. Basics. General. Probability. Logic. Foundations. Miscellaneous. Decision theory. Game Theory. Programming. Python. Haskell. General. Computer science. (Algorithmic) Information Theory. Physics. General. General relativity. Quantum physics. Foundations. Evolution. Philosophy. General. The Mind. Epistemology. Linguistics. Neuroscience. General Education. Miscellaneous. Concepts. Websites. Fun & Fiction. Fiction. Fun. Go.
LessWrong.com. This list is hosted on LessWrong.com, a community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality - the art of thinking. If you follow the links below you'll learn more about this community. It is one of the most important resources you'll ever come across if your aim is to get what you want, if you want to win. It shows you that there is more to most things than meets the eye, but more often than not much less than you think. It shows you that even smart people can be completely wrong but that most people are not even wrong. It teaches you to be careful in what you emit and to be skeptical of what you receive. It doesn't tell you what is right, it teaches you how to think and to become less wrong. And to do so is in your own self interest because it helps you to attain your goals, it helps you to achieve what you want. Overview. About Less Wrong FE. FAQ FE. Less Wrong wiki (The wiki about rationality.)
F. Less Wrong discussion area F. The Sequences (The most systematic way to approach the Less Wrong archives.) FE. Sequences in Alternative Formats (HTML, Markdown, PDF, and ePub versions.) FE. List of all articles from Less Wrong (In chronological order.) F. Graphical Visualization of Major Dependencies (Dependencies between Eliezer Yudkowsky posts.) FE. Eliezer's Posts Index (Autogenerated index of all Yudkowsky posts in chronological order.) FE. Eliezer Yudkowsky's Homepage (Founder of LW and top contributor.) FE. Less Wrong Q&A with Eliezer Yudkowsky: Video Answers FE. An interview with Eliezer Yudkowsky (Parts 1, 2 and 3) FE. Eliezer Yudkowsky on Bloggingheads.tv FE. Best of Rationality Quotes 2009/2010 FE. Less Wrong Rationality Quotes (Sorted by points. Created by DanielVarga.) FE. Comment formatting FE. Why read Less Wrong? A few articles exemplifying in detail what you can expect from reading Less Wrong, why it is important, what you can learn and how it does help you.
Yes, a blog. FE. What I've learned from Less Wrong FE. Goals for which Less Wrong does (and doesn't) help FE. Ra...
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