Top Hackernews posts from astralcodexten.substack.com

1. Heuristics that almost always work (astralcodexten.substack.com)
   1000 points by mudro_zboris over 2 years ago | 520 comments
2. Still alive (astralcodexten.substack.com)
   898 points by Lewton over 3 years ago | 342 comments
3. Statement on New York Times Article (astralcodexten.substack.com)
   866 points by jger15 over 3 years ago | 411 comments
4. Ivermectin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know (astralcodexten.substack.com)
   735 points by 4monthsaway almost 3 years ago | 755 comments
5. Asking robots to design stained glass windows (astralcodexten.substack.com)
   477 points by Ariarule over 2 years ago | 137 comments
6. Moderation is different from censorship (astralcodexten.substack.com)
   380 points by feross almost 2 years ago | 508 comments
7. Even More Bay Area House Party (astralcodexten.substack.com)
   311 points by mjirv over 1 year ago | 177 comments
8. Idol Words (astralcodexten.substack.com)
   271 points by andromaton over 2 years ago | 37 comments
9. Does Georgism work? Is land a big deal? (astralcodexten.substack.com)
   268 points by feross almost 3 years ago | 368 comments
10. Declining sperm count: Much more than you wanted to know (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    255 points by pseudolus over 1 year ago | 283 comments
11. Perhaps it is a bad thing that the leading AI companies cannot control their AIs (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    246 points by jger15 almost 2 years ago | 225 comments
12. Flashing elements alienate users (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    230 points by feross about 1 year ago | 146 comments
13. Fictional Cryptocurrencies (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    213 points by gadtfly over 3 years ago | 135 comments
14. Drug users use a lot of drugs (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    178 points by feross over 3 years ago | 185 comments
15. Chilling Effects (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    167 points by Amorymeltzer almost 3 years ago | 136 comments
16. Book Review: The Laws of Trading (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    159 points by feross about 1 year ago | 30 comments
17. Constitutional AI: RLHF on Steroids (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    153 points by jstanley over 1 year ago | 69 comments
18. Why I'm less than infinitely hostile to cryptocurrency (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    152 points by jger15 almost 2 years ago | 192 comments
19. Book Review: From Oversight To Overkill (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    149 points by apsec112 over 1 year ago | 46 comments
20. Lavender's Game: Silexan for Anxiety (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    144 points by andsoitis over 2 years ago | 79 comments
21. Book Review: Fussell on Class (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    136 points by DaoIsTheWay over 3 years ago | 75 comments
22. Trapped priors as a basic problem of rationality (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    131 points by yamrzou over 3 years ago | 73 comments
23. Book Review: Double Fold (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    125 points by mhb over 3 years ago | 59 comments
24. Epistemic Minor Leagues (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    110 points by zby almost 3 years ago | 70 comments
25. Book Review: Rhythms of the Brain (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    108 points by feross almost 2 years ago | 18 comments
26. Book Review: 1587, a Year of No Significance (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    105 points by Michelangelo11 about 2 years ago | 22 comments
27. Ontology of Psychiatric Conditions: Taxometrics (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    104 points by bschne over 3 years ago | 30 comments
28. We're not Platonists, we've just learned the bitter lesson (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    102 points by Michelangelo11 about 1 year ago | 136 comments
29. Most technologies aren't races (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    98 points by HALtheWise over 1 year ago | 88 comments
30. How do AIs' political opinions change as they get smarter and better-trained? (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    96 points by kneebonian over 1 year ago | 102 comments
31. Safe Enough? (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    94 points by emtel about 1 year ago | 70 comments
32. Every Bay Area House Party (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    94 points by Ariarule over 2 years ago | 26 comments
33. The hypergamy hypothesis: much more than you wanted to know (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    90 points by feross over 1 year ago | 66 comments
34. Change my mind: Density increases local but decreases global prices (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    90 points by feross over 1 year ago | 170 comments
35. Metis and Bodybuilders (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    81 points by feross over 3 years ago | 89 comments
36. The Phrase “No Evidence” Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Communication (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    77 points by feross almost 3 years ago | 27 comments
37. Don't give up on having kids because of climate change (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    77 points by jger15 almost 3 years ago | 209 comments
38. Book Review: Consciousness and the Brain (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    74 points by feross over 2 years ago | 14 comments
39. SlateStarCodex Is Back (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    67 points by apsec112 over 3 years ago | 3 comments
40. Troof on Nootropics (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    67 points by jseliger over 2 years ago | 67 comments
41. Mantic Monday: Let Me Google That for You (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    63 points by aleyan over 2 years ago | 8 comments
42. Secrets of The Great Families (astralcodexten.substack.com)
    58 points by jger15 almost 3 years ago | 26 comments