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Vanilla and chocolate and preference judgements
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
18 Apr 2011 22:14 UTC
39
points
32
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Nonsuperintelligent AI threat
PlaidX
18 Apr 2011 21:21 UTC
16
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learned Blankness
AnnaSalamon
18 Apr 2011 18:55 UTC
260
points
188
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Less Wrongers from Austin
MinibearRex
18 Apr 2011 14:07 UTC
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Austin Less Wrong Meetup, Saturday April 23rd, 12:00 Noon
NMJablonski
18 Apr 2011 3:18 UTC
8
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Build Small Skills in the Right Order
lukeprog
17 Apr 2011 23:01 UTC
168
points
219
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Sequence Exercise: “Extensions and Intensions” from “A Human’s Guide to Words”
Normal_Anomaly
17 Apr 2011 20:22 UTC
19
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Making Beliefs Pay Rent (in Anticipated Experiences): Exercises
RobinZ
17 Apr 2011 15:31 UTC
38
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A confused model of the self-indication assumption
AdeleneDawner
17 Apr 2011 13:40 UTC
3
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Shanghai Less Wrong Meetup April 30th, 2pm
Patrick
17 Apr 2011 11:11 UTC
11
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ray Kurzweil on The Colbert Report [video embed]
Kevin
17 Apr 2011 10:32 UTC
8
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ray Kurzweil on The Colbert Report [video embed]
Kevin
17 Apr 2011 10:13 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The right kind of fun?
Dorikka
16 Apr 2011 23:20 UTC
4
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“High Value” Karma vs “Regular” (i.e. Quirrell Points)
Raemon
16 Apr 2011 22:26 UTC
20
points
83
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Sequence Exercise: first 3 posts from “A Human’s Guide to Words”
Normal_Anomaly
16 Apr 2011 17:21 UTC
43
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Friendly to who?
TimFreeman
16 Apr 2011 11:43 UTC
4
points
38
comments
3
min read
LW
link
wireless-heading, value drift and so on
h-H
16 Apr 2011 6:45 UTC
−6
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Offense versus harm minimization
Scott Alexander
16 Apr 2011 1:06 UTC
87
points
429
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Cryonics: convincing my parents
Axel
15 Apr 2011 19:02 UTC
9
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How Many of Me Are There?
Eneasz
15 Apr 2011 19:00 UTC
17
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
DC Meetup: Last Discussion Thread
atucker
15 Apr 2011 4:48 UTC
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
First Triangle LW Meetup 5/4 7pm (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill)
curiousepic
15 Apr 2011 3:54 UTC
6
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How thoroughly do you research your dreams?
KatjaGrace
15 Apr 2011 1:35 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How You Make Judgments: The Elephant and its Rider
lukeprog
15 Apr 2011 1:02 UTC
62
points
19
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Say More, Justify Less
paulfchristiano
14 Apr 2011 22:41 UTC
28
points
26
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Brief Query- An Idea
Carinthium
14 Apr 2011 19:55 UTC
14
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Confused about the doomsday argument, please help
cousin_it
14 Apr 2011 18:56 UTC
11
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
First Phoenix, AZ Less Wrong Meetup 4/17 from 12-2pm
Danny_Hintze
14 Apr 2011 18:38 UTC
7
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Bias You Didn’t Expect
Psychohistorian
14 Apr 2011 16:20 UTC
132
points
91
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Link: Why and how to debate charitably
RobinZ
14 Apr 2011 16:14 UTC
18
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Book reviews
PhilGoetz
14 Apr 2011 13:50 UTC
7
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Three consistent positions for computationalists
dfranke
14 Apr 2011 13:15 UTC
7
points
183
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Specific Fiction Discusion (April 2011)
Armok_GoB
14 Apr 2011 12:29 UTC
10
points
162
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Might whole brain emulation require quantum-level emulation?
lukeprog
14 Apr 2011 6:12 UTC
17
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Gödel and Bayes: quick question
hairyfigment
14 Apr 2011 6:12 UTC
2
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Arational quotes
Dr_Manhattan
14 Apr 2011 0:58 UTC
1
point
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Levels of Action
alyssavance
14 Apr 2011 0:18 UTC
186
points
47
comments
9
min read
LW
link
David Marr on two types of information-processing problems
nhamann
13 Apr 2011 23:56 UTC
9
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
How not to be a Naïve Computationalist
diegocaleiro
13 Apr 2011 19:45 UTC
39
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Central Pennsylvania meetup?
[deleted]
13 Apr 2011 19:20 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Link: Forbes blog post on Cryonics
lsparrish
13 Apr 2011 18:31 UTC
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Podcast
Eneasz
13 Apr 2011 17:09 UTC
45
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hunger can make you stupid
Dorikka
13 Apr 2011 16:17 UTC
15
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Econtalk with Andresen on BitCoin (some interest here) - link
Dr_Manhattan
13 Apr 2011 15:01 UTC
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Eight questions for computationalists
dfranke
13 Apr 2011 12:46 UTC
22
points
89
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Melbourne Meetup May 6th, 6pm
Patrick
13 Apr 2011 8:32 UTC
4
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
When is it ever rational to enter a sweepstakes where you may have a 1/10,000 chance of winning?
InquilineKea
13 Apr 2011 6:43 UTC
1
point
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why death for oneself, suffering for others?
KatjaGrace
13 Apr 2011 2:59 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Best videos inspiring first interest in rationality or the singularity
Academian
13 Apr 2011 2:32 UTC
6
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Occam’s Razor, Complexity of Verbal Descriptions, and Core Concepts
TCB
13 Apr 2011 2:12 UTC
8
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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