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If you live in London, it might be of some interest to you.

Somewhere in the distant galaxy, Clippys post pictures of alternative uses of humans.

IMDB top 250 list is dominated by old movies, which conflicts with my perception (shared by majority of people as far as I can tell) that ne

Nice article about paperclip industry, I'm sure it will be of considerable interest to many LessWrong readers.

This is hardly news, but this Guardian article reminded me of it - genes are really overrated, both among unwashed masses, and also here on

Here's an interesting but very old paper - two theories of Heat Control. It discusses mental models of home heating systems (thermostats)

GDP measures essentially how good we are at making widgets - and while widgets are useful, it is a very weak and indirect measure of welfare

There's considerable amount of evidence that willpower is severely diminished if blood glucose get down, and this effect is not limited to h

Related to: Babies and Bunnies: A Caution About Evo-Psych, Superstimuli and the Collapse of Western Civilization. The main proximate cause

One of the most useful techniques of rationality is taking the outside view, also known as reference class forecasting. Instead of thinking