I would be more inclined to be charitable about this if everything else about how the human society works weren't things that were being proposed as improvements to make to our society in the OvercomingBias/Lesswrong milieu at the time.
September 18, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I would be more inclined to be charitable about this if everything else about how the human society works weren't things that were being proposed as improvements to make to our society in the OvercomingBias/Lesswrong milieu at the time.
Most people, the first time they hear Roko's Basilisk explained, are like "OMG that's so dumb". Completely as a reflex.
The minority who lack that reflex, tend to respond with a stoner-sophomoric "wow, that's deep".
The LessWrong/OvercomingBias subculture was set up to dismiss group 1.
The minority who lack that reflex, tend to respond with a stoner-sophomoric "wow, that's deep".
The LessWrong/OvercomingBias subculture was set up to dismiss group 1.
March 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Most people, the first time they hear Roko's Basilisk explained, are like "OMG that's so dumb". Completely as a reflex.
The minority who lack that reflex, tend to respond with a stoner-sophomoric "wow, that's deep".
The LessWrong/OvercomingBias subculture was set up to dismiss group 1.
The minority who lack that reflex, tend to respond with a stoner-sophomoric "wow, that's deep".
The LessWrong/OvercomingBias subculture was set up to dismiss group 1.
i should just dump the web archive for old overcomingbias and run a count of the comments. we got our curtis yarvin, our michael anissimov, our roko, our ... dude just fucking everyone is there
January 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
i should just dump the web archive for old overcomingbias and run a count of the comments. we got our curtis yarvin, our michael anissimov, our roko, our ... dude just fucking everyone is there
iirc the extropians mailing list and overcomingbias had less founder-worship compared to lesswrong and ssc, maybe the original sin was just the switch from group blog to personal blog
this is at the subtext of LessWrong -- everyone there was Very Online and veterans of multiple forum wars. The subtext was "how do we create an Enlightenment-era forum after spending all of this time in Online equivalents of the 30 Years War"
January 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
iirc the extropians mailing list and overcomingbias had less founder-worship compared to lesswrong and ssc, maybe the original sin was just the switch from group blog to personal blog
robin hanson was there too. i try to forget that robin hanson exists completely, but he does. he is connected to this up at the overcomingbias node of the rat graph bsky.app/profile/star...
wait oh my god the great filter concept is from the sally-hemmings-consented-to-her-enslavement professor's blog what the fuck
September 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
robin hanson was there too. i try to forget that robin hanson exists completely, but he does. he is connected to this up at the overcomingbias node of the rat graph bsky.app/profile/star...
for context this is overcomingbias, also on the diagram, and it was a blog with a total of like maybe twenty comments per post
September 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
for context this is overcomingbias, also on the diagram, and it was a blog with a total of like maybe twenty comments per post
moldbug was on OvercomingBias as a commenter around this same time so he's sort of always been baked into the community, he just wasn't very visible as anything but an odd screen name at the time
September 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
moldbug was on OvercomingBias as a commenter around this same time so he's sort of always been baked into the community, he just wasn't very visible as anything but an odd screen name at the time
i really need to mine my overcomingbias comments because i suspect i said this way way back in the day
April 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
i really need to mine my overcomingbias comments because i suspect i said this way way back in the day
it was always like this, i pulled ye olde overcomingbias comments a while ago and this was going strong in like 2006-2007
June 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
it was always like this, i pulled ye olde overcomingbias comments a while ago and this was going strong in like 2006-2007
I was literally on overcomingbias during this period and all of these names were *meaningless* to me, they were just dudes in a comment section, it is just REALLY WEIRD when i go to grab archives from this that every third prominent commenter is now a famous neoreactionary
also shane legg and scott
also shane legg and scott
January 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I was literally on overcomingbias during this period and all of these names were *meaningless* to me, they were just dudes in a comment section, it is just REALLY WEIRD when i go to grab archives from this that every third prominent commenter is now a famous neoreactionary
also shane legg and scott
also shane legg and scott
this is the most accurate description of the degradation in quality, really old comments on overcomingbias are like 50% people who are realname posting many of whom are professors or otherwise notable people and the pseudonyms are also high quality. lesswrong is just notably much worse
April 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
this is the most accurate description of the degradation in quality, really old comments on overcomingbias are like 50% people who are realname posting many of whom are professors or otherwise notable people and the pseudonyms are also high quality. lesswrong is just notably much worse
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July 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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specific irritant producing above pearl was some deckerstack quote tweet, which -- "say what you will about gentle silent rape . overcomingbias" -- lacks the originality of vision and autistic work ethic of the original master, so you're just left with the internet edgelordism. not great
August 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
specific irritant producing above pearl was some deckerstack quote tweet, which -- "say what you will about gentle silent rape . overcomingbias" -- lacks the originality of vision and autistic work ethic of the original master, so you're just left with the internet edgelordism. not great
also that the path the subculture took occurred under extremely specific initial conditions
you have a couple leftist computer scientists hanging around overcomingbias back in the day and by 2020 "is AGI synonymous with what marx meant by communism" is a common topic of discussion
you have a couple leftist computer scientists hanging around overcomingbias back in the day and by 2020 "is AGI synonymous with what marx meant by communism" is a common topic of discussion
April 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
also that the path the subculture took occurred under extremely specific initial conditions
you have a couple leftist computer scientists hanging around overcomingbias back in the day and by 2020 "is AGI synonymous with what marx meant by communism" is a common topic of discussion
you have a couple leftist computer scientists hanging around overcomingbias back in the day and by 2020 "is AGI synonymous with what marx meant by communism" is a common topic of discussion
old overcomingbias post which attempts to explain this kind of thing, but also squarely in the category of "things Yudkowsky said which his followers promptly ignored" which is why the author and date are amusing to me
April 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
old overcomingbias post which attempts to explain this kind of thing, but also squarely in the category of "things Yudkowsky said which his followers promptly ignored" which is why the author and date are amusing to me
lmao this is mostly overcomingbias but yes
August 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
lmao this is mostly overcomingbias but yes
✨ Last Thursday, our team hosted @giladfeldman.bsky.social for an insightful seminar on "Collaborative Open-Science and Meta-Research (CORE): Insights from Coordinating an International Team to Improve Science."
✅Topics included #metascience, #collaborativeresearch, and #overcomingbias.
✅Topics included #metascience, #collaborativeresearch, and #overcomingbias.
January 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
✨ Last Thursday, our team hosted @giladfeldman.bsky.social for an insightful seminar on "Collaborative Open-Science and Meta-Research (CORE): Insights from Coordinating an International Team to Improve Science."
✅Topics included #metascience, #collaborativeresearch, and #overcomingbias.
✅Topics included #metascience, #collaborativeresearch, and #overcomingbias.
#Women #Womenofcolor #Underrepresentedpopulations #Intersectionality #Diversity #Inclusion #Overcomingbias #Systemicracism #Systemicsexism #Femalescientists #Feminists
(Did I hit all the forbidden words?)
(Did I hit all the forbidden words?)
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
February 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
#Women #Womenofcolor #Underrepresentedpopulations #Intersectionality #Diversity #Inclusion #Overcomingbias #Systemicracism #Systemicsexism #Femalescientists #Feminists
(Did I hit all the forbidden words?)
(Did I hit all the forbidden words?)
what would being excessively hostile twenty years ago have accomplished, besides getting you banned from the overcomingbias comment section or whatever?
July 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
what would being excessively hostile twenty years ago have accomplished, besides getting you banned from the overcomingbias comment section or whatever?
On #Rationalism, #EffectiveAltruism, and #PostRationalism:
“Rational Magic”, The New Atlantis (www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...).
#EliezerYudkowsky #MetaTribe #Rationality #LessWrong #OvercomingBias #SlateStarCodex
“Rational Magic”, The New Atlantis (www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...).
#EliezerYudkowsky #MetaTribe #Rationality #LessWrong #OvercomingBias #SlateStarCodex
How “post-rationalism” is reshaping tech culture
Tara Isabella Burton on Silicon Valley’s Endarkenment
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 27, 2023 at 9:12 AM
On #Rationalism, #EffectiveAltruism, and #PostRationalism:
“Rational Magic”, The New Atlantis (www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...).
#EliezerYudkowsky #MetaTribe #Rationality #LessWrong #OvercomingBias #SlateStarCodex
“Rational Magic”, The New Atlantis (www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...).
#EliezerYudkowsky #MetaTribe #Rationality #LessWrong #OvercomingBias #SlateStarCodex
Bias in an objective world
tinyurl.com/2cbwlehh
#unconsciousbias #cognitivebias #objectivethinking #criticalthinking #selfawareness #overcomingbias #fairness #equity #inclusion #implicitbias #biasawareness
#technospirituality #rajesh30menon #careersoftskills
#friday #FridayVibes #weekendvibes
tinyurl.com/2cbwlehh
#unconsciousbias #cognitivebias #objectivethinking #criticalthinking #selfawareness #overcomingbias #fairness #equity #inclusion #implicitbias #biasawareness
#technospirituality #rajesh30menon #careersoftskills
#friday #FridayVibes #weekendvibes
Rajesh Menon on LinkedIn: #biasintheobjectiveworld #objectivethinking #overcomingbias #biasawareness…
Bias in an objective world
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Bias, often seen as an inevitable human trait, can significantly distort our objective view of the…
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January 31, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I want to time travel to 2007 when I was reading EY posts on OvercomingBias for the sole purpose of procrastination and scream at my past self "IT'S ALL REAL"
September 3, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I want to time travel to 2007 when I was reading EY posts on OvercomingBias for the sole purpose of procrastination and scream at my past self "IT'S ALL REAL"
I thin Anissimov was gone before I ever heard about the rats, and not a whole lot of his stuff made it to LessWrong.
(I think LessWrong was seeded with posts and comments from OvercomingBias' WordPress?)
(I think LessWrong was seeded with posts and comments from OvercomingBias' WordPress?)
May 1, 2023 at 3:51 AM
I thin Anissimov was gone before I ever heard about the rats, and not a whole lot of his stuff made it to LessWrong.
(I think LessWrong was seeded with posts and comments from OvercomingBias' WordPress?)
(I think LessWrong was seeded with posts and comments from OvercomingBias' WordPress?)
February 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
We set our aims high, because everyone deserves a fresh start.
#newbeginnings #freshstart #cleansheetworks #overcomingbias
#newbeginnings #freshstart #cleansheetworks #overcomingbias
February 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We set our aims high, because everyone deserves a fresh start.
#newbeginnings #freshstart #cleansheetworks #overcomingbias
#newbeginnings #freshstart #cleansheetworks #overcomingbias