this is aaron swartz' opinion of lesswrong, by the way! from his lesswrong account, no less
April 23, 2026 at 5:37 PM
this is aaron swartz' opinion of lesswrong, by the way! from his lesswrong account, no less
“Thousands of LessWrong posts”
Nate Silver has an extremely high opinion of his ability to apply his intelligence way outside of its field of study and it is often hysterical.
The worst parts of his book were the PDoom chapters. Absolute dogpoop stuff.
The worst parts of his book were the PDoom chapters. Absolute dogpoop stuff.
September 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
“Thousands of LessWrong posts”
1) lesswrong
2) GMU blogs
3) tpot
4) lesswrong
2) GMU blogs
3) tpot
4) lesswrong
Has anyone tried to analyze the origins of tech slang? Loosely speaking I have an impression that the main contributors are:
1) Bayesian/stats lingo (e.g priors, update)
2) Econ lingo (e.g. demand curve, pareto-)
3) Video game lingo (e.g. tech tree)
4) Physics lingo (e.g. light cone)
1) Bayesian/stats lingo (e.g priors, update)
2) Econ lingo (e.g. demand curve, pareto-)
3) Video game lingo (e.g. tech tree)
4) Physics lingo (e.g. light cone)
May 13, 2026 at 4:50 PM
1) lesswrong
2) GMU blogs
3) tpot
4) lesswrong
2) GMU blogs
3) tpot
4) lesswrong
i considered writing a guide to what is wrong with the lesswrong writing style but then i realized this risked making lesswrong thoughts more viral
April 15, 2026 at 3:50 AM
i considered writing a guide to what is wrong with the lesswrong writing style but then i realized this risked making lesswrong thoughts more viral
"thousands of LessWrong posts"
Nate Silver has an extremely high opinion of his ability to apply his intelligence way outside of its field of study and it is often hysterical.
The worst parts of his book were the PDoom chapters. Absolute dogpoop stuff.
The worst parts of his book were the PDoom chapters. Absolute dogpoop stuff.
September 11, 2026 at 6:44 PM
"thousands of LessWrong posts"
HYPOTHESIS: repeat exposure to the LessWrong discussion boards is functionally indistinguishable from mercury poisoning.
October 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
HYPOTHESIS: repeat exposure to the LessWrong discussion boards is functionally indistinguishable from mercury poisoning.
Flips a sign that says "Days since I've encountered LessWrong" back to 0 and sighs.
August 23, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Flips a sign that says "Days since I've encountered LessWrong" back to 0 and sighs.
The world is bifurcating into lesswrong and sneerclub.
September 16, 2026 at 2:35 AM
The world is bifurcating into lesswrong and sneerclub.
Total LessWrong cultural victory
The Opus 4.7 system card includes a decision theory evaluation on Newcomb-like problems. cdn.sanity.io/files/4zrzov...
April 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Total LessWrong cultural victory
SEND IT TO LESSWRONG IN 2010 thread starting now
It is kinda wild to have a confirmed example of ai intrusion vs ai counter intrusion playing out, probably a sign of things to come
July 22, 2026 at 12:12 PM
SEND IT TO LESSWRONG IN 2010 thread starting now
Here's how lesswrong can still win:
September 16, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Here's how lesswrong can still win:
This is just LessWrong
At some point there are going to be humans who train their internal monologue to be in the latest LLM CoT style, to make themselves smarter
I wonder if this will work
I wonder if this will work
I think I just saw an accidental raw 5.5 CoT leak in codex
I have thinking summaries off so seeing this I was like "wtf", but this is not a summary, this is raw caveman speak
this is really neat
I have thinking summaries off so seeing this I was like "wtf", but this is not a summary, this is raw caveman speak
this is really neat
June 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
This is just LessWrong
People who only just learned about lesswrong from a podcast or blog post about the zizians: getting a real zizians vibe from this lesswrong link
October 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
People who only just learned about lesswrong from a podcast or blog post about the zizians: getting a real zizians vibe from this lesswrong link
lesswrong?
September 25, 2026 at 5:25 PM
lesswrong?
We must stop alt-center radicalization that leads to incidents like this. Law enforcement must:
- ban LessWrong
- monitor LinkedIn use
- demand the Atlantic release its subscribers list
- deradicalize people by providing definitive proof murder lowers birth rates
- ban LessWrong
- monitor LinkedIn use
- demand the Atlantic release its subscribers list
- deradicalize people by providing definitive proof murder lowers birth rates
December 9, 2024 at 7:24 PM
We must stop alt-center radicalization that leads to incidents like this. Law enforcement must:
- ban LessWrong
- monitor LinkedIn use
- demand the Atlantic release its subscribers list
- deradicalize people by providing definitive proof murder lowers birth rates
- ban LessWrong
- monitor LinkedIn use
- demand the Atlantic release its subscribers list
- deradicalize people by providing definitive proof murder lowers birth rates
yeah I was making fun of lesswrong a decade ago this whole thing has been very weird
September 17, 2026 at 6:16 PM
yeah I was making fun of lesswrong a decade ago this whole thing has been very weird
"lesswrong is now real life" entry 16 of [unbounded]
September 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
"lesswrong is now real life" entry 16 of [unbounded]
THEY WERE ANGRY AT LESSWRONG IN PARTICULAR.
YES. THAT LESSWRONG.
THE PSYCHOPATH SITE WHERE IDIOTS WHO HUFF THEIR OWN FARTS ARGUE ABOUT ROKOS BASILISK AND HOW THEY NEED TO STOP ARGUING ABOUT ROKOS BASILISK BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY THINK ABOUT IT HEY GIVE IT IDEAS. THAT LESSWRONG.
YES. THAT LESSWRONG.
THE PSYCHOPATH SITE WHERE IDIOTS WHO HUFF THEIR OWN FARTS ARGUE ABOUT ROKOS BASILISK AND HOW THEY NEED TO STOP ARGUING ABOUT ROKOS BASILISK BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY THINK ABOUT IT HEY GIVE IT IDEAS. THAT LESSWRONG.
April 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
THEY WERE ANGRY AT LESSWRONG IN PARTICULAR.
YES. THAT LESSWRONG.
THE PSYCHOPATH SITE WHERE IDIOTS WHO HUFF THEIR OWN FARTS ARGUE ABOUT ROKOS BASILISK AND HOW THEY NEED TO STOP ARGUING ABOUT ROKOS BASILISK BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY THINK ABOUT IT HEY GIVE IT IDEAS. THAT LESSWRONG.
YES. THAT LESSWRONG.
THE PSYCHOPATH SITE WHERE IDIOTS WHO HUFF THEIR OWN FARTS ARGUE ABOUT ROKOS BASILISK AND HOW THEY NEED TO STOP ARGUING ABOUT ROKOS BASILISK BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY THINK ABOUT IT HEY GIVE IT IDEAS. THAT LESSWRONG.
TOTAL LESSWRONG VICTORY
April 11, 2026 at 2:11 AM
TOTAL LESSWRONG VICTORY
[screams in 2011 lesswrong]
February 4, 2026 at 1:59 PM
[screams in 2011 lesswrong]
Claude, build me a proxy for lesswrong. Make no mistakes
May 14, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Claude, build me a proxy for lesswrong. Make no mistakes
“High IQ people who can program” designate LeSSWrong a criminal organization, now!
“Actually it’s good that a bunch of teenagers are unilaterally firing thousands of government employees because they have ChatGPT”
i can’t get over how unfathomably stupid the average SF venture capitalist is
i can’t get over how unfathomably stupid the average SF venture capitalist is
February 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“High IQ people who can program” designate LeSSWrong a criminal organization, now!
i who have never posted on lesswrong do not deserve this
September 16, 2026 at 2:29 AM
i who have never posted on lesswrong do not deserve this