Help Re­quest: How to main­tain fo­cus when emo­tion­ally overwhelmed

throwaway7 Dec 2010 23:29 UTC
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$100 for the best ar­ti­cle on effi­cient char­ity: the finalists

Roko7 Dec 2010 21:15 UTC
7 points
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Best ca­reer mod­els for do­ing re­search?

Kaj_Sotala7 Dec 2010 16:25 UTC
43 points
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Akra­sia as a col­lec­tive ac­tion problem

fortyeridania7 Dec 2010 15:44 UTC
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The End of Men

Kaj_Sotala7 Dec 2010 13:40 UTC
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An un­e­d­u­cated thought on the ir­re­al­ity of reality

righthereonthisrock7 Dec 2010 13:31 UTC
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Writ­ing and enthusiasm

NancyLebovitz7 Dec 2010 12:01 UTC
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Won­der who is go­ing to be there...

xamdam7 Dec 2010 3:14 UTC
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It’s not about truth

Eneasz6 Dec 2010 19:43 UTC
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New Haven Meetup, Satur­day, Dec. 11

Alicorn6 Dec 2010 15:15 UTC
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Less Wrong: Open Thread, De­cem­ber 2010

David_Gerard6 Dec 2010 14:29 UTC
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Berkeley LW Meet-up Fri­day De­cem­ber 10

LucasSloan6 Dec 2010 6:11 UTC
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It’s Not About Efficiency

DanielLC6 Dec 2010 4:12 UTC
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How se­ri­ously should I take the sup­posed prob­lems with Cox’s the­o­rem?

jsalvatier6 Dec 2010 2:04 UTC
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The Truth about Scots­men, or: Dis­solv­ing Fallacies

Tesseract5 Dec 2010 21:57 UTC
37 points
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The Truth about Scots­men, or: Dis­solv­ing Fallacies

Tesseract5 Dec 2010 21:49 UTC
2 points
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LINK: BBC News on liv­ing for­ever, cryonics

[deleted]5 Dec 2010 18:08 UTC
3 points
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Some ideas on com­mu­ni­cat­ing risks to the gen­eral public

Lightwave5 Dec 2010 10:44 UTC
4 points
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Help re­quest: What is the Kol­mogorov com­plex­ity of com­putable ap­prox­i­ma­tions to AIXI?

AnnaSalamon5 Dec 2010 10:23 UTC
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Ge­net­i­cally Eng­ineered Intelligence

Jordan5 Dec 2010 10:19 UTC
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The Trol­ley Prob­lem: Dodg­ing moral questions

Desrtopa5 Dec 2010 4:58 UTC
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A neu­ral cor­re­late of certainty

PhilGoetz5 Dec 2010 1:44 UTC
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A Cat­a­log of Confusions

sixes_and_sevens5 Dec 2010 1:17 UTC
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“Be­hind the Power Curve” by Si­mon Funk

cousin_it4 Dec 2010 17:35 UTC
11 points
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Ap­plied cog­ni­tive sci­ence: learn­ing from a faux pas

Kaj_Sotala4 Dec 2010 11:15 UTC
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Effi­cient Charity

multifoliaterose4 Dec 2010 10:27 UTC
42 points
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How to Live on 24 Hours a Day

Mass_Driver4 Dec 2010 9:12 UTC
17 points
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Se­quences in Alter­na­tive Formats

OneWhoFrogs4 Dec 2010 1:40 UTC
22 points
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Cam­bridge Sun­day meetup: New time and location

jimrandomh4 Dec 2010 0:11 UTC
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Are stereo­types ever ir­ra­tional?

[deleted]3 Dec 2010 23:45 UTC
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Start­ing point for calcu­lat­ing in­fer­en­tial dis­tance?

JenniferRM3 Dec 2010 20:20 UTC
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Longterm/​Difficult to mea­sure charities

Raemon3 Dec 2010 18:47 UTC
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Two pub­lic­ity ideas

NancyLebovitz3 Dec 2010 15:41 UTC
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One ar­gu­ment in fa­vor of limited life spans

NancyLebovitz3 Dec 2010 15:34 UTC
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Aieee! The stupid! it burns!

Richard_Kennaway3 Dec 2010 14:53 UTC
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How Greedy Bas­tards Have Saved More Lives Than Mother Theresa Ever Did

waitingforgodel3 Dec 2010 6:20 UTC
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Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes: De­cem­ber 2010

Tiiba3 Dec 2010 3:23 UTC
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Defi­ni­tions, char­ac­ter­i­za­tions, and hard-to-ground variables

Sniffnoy3 Dec 2010 3:18 UTC
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$100 for the best ar­ti­cle on effi­cient char­ity—Sub­mit your articles

Roko2 Dec 2010 20:57 UTC
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So­cial Presuppositions

lucidfox2 Dec 2010 13:25 UTC
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Hard To See What

Ferd2 Dec 2010 3:54 UTC
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Cheat codes

sketerpot1 Dec 2010 21:19 UTC
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Smart peo­ple who are usu­ally wrong

PhilGoetz1 Dec 2010 20:45 UTC
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Philadelphia Meetup: Dec 5 or 6

PhilGoetz1 Dec 2010 20:24 UTC
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A pos­si­ble ex­am­ple of failure to ap­ply les­sons from Less Wrong

JoshuaZ1 Dec 2010 19:33 UTC
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Is am­bi­tion ra­tio­nal?

sliverlake1 Dec 2010 18:54 UTC
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Ask and Guess

[deleted]1 Dec 2010 17:54 UTC
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How to Save the World

Louie1 Dec 2010 17:17 UTC
103 points
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Gen­der Iden­tity and Rationality

lucidfox1 Dec 2010 16:32 UTC
56 points
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Defect­ing by Ac­ci­dent—A Flaw Com­mon to An­a­lyt­i­cal People

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)1 Dec 2010 8:25 UTC
125 points
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