Re­v­ersed stu­pidity some­times pro­vides use­ful information

Scott AlexanderSep 28, 2011, 10:28 AM
25 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Hous­ton Meetup—Satur­day, Oc­to­ber 1

CogSep 28, 2011, 6:08 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Quixey—startup ap­ply­ing LW-style ra­tio­nal­ity—hiring engineers

LironSep 28, 2011, 4:50 AM
39 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes With At­tri­bu­tions Hid­den: from Mein Kampf to Men****x

lessdazedSep 28, 2011, 4:50 AM
23 points
70 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago Meetup

steven0461Sep 28, 2011, 4:29 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Log­i­cal Fal­lacy of Gen­er­al­iz­ing from Fic­tional Evidence

MinibearRexSep 28, 2011, 3:33 AM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ye­hweh and the Meth­ods of Rationality

DanielLCSep 28, 2011, 3:06 AM
−29 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Con­cepts Don’t Work That Way

lukeprogSep 28, 2011, 2:01 AM
88 points
92 comments8 min readLW link

$100 off for Less Wrong: Sin­gu­lar­ity Sum­mit 2011 on Oct 15 − 16 in New York

LouieSep 28, 2011, 2:01 AM
13 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

A Ra­tion­al­ist’s Tale

lukeprogSep 28, 2011, 1:17 AM
122 points
308 comments6 min readLW link

Cry­onic sus­pen­sion where?

lavalampSep 27, 2011, 11:32 PM
24 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

MIT Challenge: blog­ger to at­tempt CS cur­ricu­lum on own

komponistoSep 27, 2011, 11:01 PM
12 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Paid DC in­tern­ship for autis­tics with tech­ni­cal skills who are re­cent col­lege graduates

James_MillerSep 27, 2011, 9:51 PM
9 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Prim­ing with Hy­po­thet­i­cal questions

EvelynMSep 27, 2011, 4:53 PM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Ed­ward Nel­son claims proof of in­con­sis­tency in Peano Arithmetic

JoshuaZSep 27, 2011, 12:46 PM
21 points
116 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] How to Seem (and Be) Deep

MinibearRexSep 27, 2011, 3:12 AM
15 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

How to in­cen­tivize peo­ple do­ing use­ful stuff on Less Wrong

lukeprogSep 27, 2011, 1:26 AM
27 points
60 comments2 min readLW link

Sur­vey on X-risk: Feed­back needed

vallinderSep 26, 2011, 10:15 PM
6 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

Bio­p­reser­va­tion (of the cells of nearly-ex­tinct an­i­mals) in hopes that fu­ture tech can re­store them

SynapticSep 26, 2011, 7:09 PM
7 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

My ra­tio­nal­ity story: Goals aren’t what you think they are

OklordSep 26, 2011, 3:37 PM
−7 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Stanis­lav Petrov Day

gwernSep 26, 2011, 2:49 PM
46 points
167 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne, prac­ti­cal ra­tio­nal­ity, Fri­day 7th Oc­to­ber, 7pm

mattSep 26, 2011, 11:26 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Utility Ar­gu­ments for Prob­a­bil­ism [Link]

XiXiDuSep 26, 2011, 11:10 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Hard prob­lem? Hack away at the edges.

lukeprogSep 26, 2011, 10:03 AM
66 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

[gooey re­quest-for-help] I don’t know what to do.

[deleted]Sep 26, 2011, 7:07 AM
14 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Origi­nal Seeing

MinibearRexSep 26, 2011, 2:46 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong gam­ing community

TwistingFingersSep 26, 2011, 2:19 AM
1 point
43 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong gam­ing community

TwistingFingersSep 26, 2011, 2:15 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

How Likely Is Cry­on­ics To Work?

jefftkSep 25, 2011, 11:38 PM
25 points
124 comments3 min readLW link

Guardian An­gels: Discrete Ex­trap­o­lated Volitions

lessdazedSep 25, 2011, 10:51 PM
1 point
9 comments1 min readLW link

A boltz­mann brain ques­tion.

DuncanSSep 25, 2011, 10:35 PM
10 points
27 comments2 min readLW link

Con­vinc­ing my dad to sign up for Al­cor: Ad­vice?

EphemeralNightSep 25, 2011, 10:01 PM
7 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

Ideas for heuris­tics and bi­ases re­search topic?

TesseractSep 25, 2011, 6:20 PM
7 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

What if we make bet­ter de­ci­sions when we trust our gut in­stincts? [Link]

XiXiDuSep 25, 2011, 12:22 PM
15 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Fort Col­lins, Colorado Meetup Wed­nes­day Sept 28 7pm

EvelynMSep 25, 2011, 11:48 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

SIAI vs. FHI achieve­ments, 2008-2010

Kaj_SotalaSep 25, 2011, 11:42 AM
40 points
62 comments4 min readLW link

Cog­ni­tive Neu­ro­science, Ar­row’s Im­pos­si­bil­ity The­o­rem, and Co­her­ent Ex­trap­o­lated Volition

lukeprogSep 25, 2011, 11:15 AM
26 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Trou­ble with Bayes The­o­rem? (The ac­tual math is con­fus­ing)

TheatreAddictSep 25, 2011, 4:49 AM
12 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The “Out­side the Box” Box

MinibearRexSep 25, 2011, 3:40 AM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Or­ga­ni­za­tions fo­cused on the ethics and safety of fu­ture technologies

lukeprogSep 25, 2011, 2:46 AM
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Use­ful Things Vol­un­teers Can Do Right Now

lukeprogSep 24, 2011, 11:33 PM
25 points
26 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Seat­tle: In­tro to Bayes’ Theorem

SarahNibsSep 24, 2011, 9:15 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Madison

fiddlemathSep 24, 2011, 8:24 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

100 tran­shu­man­ists de­manded im­mor­tal­ity re­searh in the cen­ter of Moscow

turchinSep 24, 2011, 5:43 PM
10 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Cached Thoughts

MinibearRexSep 24, 2011, 3:24 AM
12 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[link] Women in Com­puter Science, Where to Find More Info?

magfrumpSep 23, 2011, 9:11 PM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

The Ap­par­ent Real­ity of Physics

ec429Sep 23, 2011, 8:10 PM
−4 points
62 comments2 min readLW link

Cog­ni­tive Style Tends To Pre­dict Reli­gious Con­vic­tion (psy­ch­cen­tral.com)

IncorrectSep 23, 2011, 6:28 PM
19 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Sili­con Valley AI/​Ma­chine Learn­ing study group

AlexMennenSep 23, 2011, 5:18 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Wash­ing­ton DC, Bal­ti­more, Hous­ton, Seat­tle, Edinburgh

FrankAdamekSep 23, 2011, 4:37 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link