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Open Thread, April 2011

ata2 Apr 2011 18:43 UTC
10 points
111 comments1 min readLW link

An­throp­ics in a Teg­mark Multiverse

paulfchristiano2 Apr 2011 18:34 UTC
20 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

Where does un­cer­tainty come from?

paulfchristiano2 Apr 2011 17:18 UTC
13 points
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[LINK] Cloth­ing as sta­tus sig­nal­ling, lo­gos and co-operation

Barry_Cotter2 Apr 2011 15:41 UTC
14 points
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De­scribing how much at­ten­tion you’ve paid to an argument

NancyLebovitz2 Apr 2011 14:01 UTC
17 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Paris Meetup, Satur­day April 30th, 2PM

Emile2 Apr 2011 12:27 UTC
7 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

The AI-box for hunter-gatherers

Alex Flint2 Apr 2011 12:09 UTC
11 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

I want a bet­ter mem­ory.

Alex Flint2 Apr 2011 11:36 UTC
25 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

In­clu­sive fitness

cerebus2 Apr 2011 11:07 UTC
−2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] What’s The Most Difficult CEO Skill? Manag­ing Your Own Psychology

David_Gerard2 Apr 2011 10:22 UTC
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Q: What has Ra­tion­al­ity Done for You?

atucker2 Apr 2011 4:13 UTC
18 points
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New Ra­tion­al­ity Blog: ‘Mea­sure of Doubt’

lukeprog1 Apr 2011 20:11 UTC
33 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

The Good News of Si­tu­a­tion­ist Psychology

lukeprog1 Apr 2011 19:28 UTC
80 points
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An An­chor­ing Experiment

prase1 Apr 2011 14:19 UTC
17 points
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Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute fea­tured on Philanthroper

Louie1 Apr 2011 5:46 UTC
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Link: “Health Care Myth Busters: Is There a High De­gree of Scien­tific Cer­tainty in Modern Medicine?”

CronoDAS1 Apr 2011 5:25 UTC
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De­ci­sion the­ory and par­ti­tion dependence

[deleted]1 Apr 2011 4:46 UTC
2 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Dense Math Notation

JK_Ravenclaw1 Apr 2011 3:37 UTC
33 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Any­one read Erf­world?

Raemon1 Apr 2011 1:48 UTC
33 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Bal­ti­more Meetup 4/​10 1PM

groupuscule31 Mar 2011 21:01 UTC
8 points
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Link: Giz­modo dis­cusses SIAI, matches donations

Normal_Anomaly31 Mar 2011 20:35 UTC
6 points
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Seat­tle Meetup Sun April 10th 5pm + new mailing list

jsalvatier31 Mar 2011 20:29 UTC
3 points
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An­a­lyz­ing our dis­cus­sions in other forums

ArisKatsaris31 Mar 2011 19:22 UTC
13 points
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Ex­am­ine suc­cess as much as failure

gwern31 Mar 2011 17:29 UTC
9 points
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Where do du­al­ists go wrong?

AlephNeil31 Mar 2011 8:56 UTC
1 point
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Icon­o­clas­tic ra­tio­nal cri­tique of par­li­men­tary democracy

[deleted]31 Mar 2011 6:23 UTC
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Read­ing the Se­quences be­fore Start­ing to Post: Costs and Benefits

Normal_Anomaly31 Mar 2011 2:01 UTC
22 points
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Reflec­tions on ra­tio­nal­ity a year out

[deleted]31 Mar 2011 1:35 UTC
126 points
108 comments4 min readLW link

Guilt: Another Gift No­body Wants

Scott Alexander31 Mar 2011 0:27 UTC
102 points
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Size of the small­est re­cur­sively self-im­prov­ing AI?

Alex Flint30 Mar 2011 23:31 UTC
5 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Soft­ware for Crit­i­cal Think­ing, Prof. Ge­off Cumming

Mike Bishop30 Mar 2011 17:13 UTC
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ad­vice in fight­ing de­pres­sion?

N_R30 Mar 2011 9:09 UTC
19 points
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San Fran­cisco Meetup 4/​4 7:00 PM

bisserlis30 Mar 2011 3:56 UTC
10 points
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Men­tal Metadata

Alicorn30 Mar 2011 3:07 UTC
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Timescales Matter

paulfchristiano30 Mar 2011 2:50 UTC
20 points
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Ithaca Meetup?

Dorikka30 Mar 2011 0:51 UTC
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Towards an Al­gorithm for (Hu­man) Self-Modification

moridinamael29 Mar 2011 23:40 UTC
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Au­dio from Eliezer’s talk at the Oxford Transhumanists

Alex Flint29 Mar 2011 21:31 UTC
13 points
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John Baez In­ter­views with Eliezer (Parts 2 and 3)

multifoliaterose29 Mar 2011 17:36 UTC
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Lon­don Hack­day, this Fri­day, April 1st (No, this is not a joke)

Alexandros29 Mar 2011 14:57 UTC
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HP:MoR Au­dio Book Pilot

Eneasz29 Mar 2011 6:05 UTC
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12-year old challenges the Big Bang

[deleted]29 Mar 2011 5:40 UTC
1 point
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Life hacks from the dark side

ata29 Mar 2011 3:22 UTC
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Q: Ex­per­i­ment on blam­ing the one you hurt?

Eliezer Yudkowsky29 Mar 2011 1:10 UTC
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Clare­mont Meetup

atucker28 Mar 2011 22:07 UTC
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Creation­ism’s effect on the progress of our un­der­stand­ing of evolution

AlexMennen28 Mar 2011 20:36 UTC
0 points
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Philos­o­phy: A Diseased Discipline

lukeprog28 Mar 2011 19:31 UTC
150 points
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How to talk to yourself

KatjaGrace28 Mar 2011 16:10 UTC
1 point
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Ra­tion­al­ist Movies (Spoilers for the film Limitless)

Mycroft6553628 Mar 2011 4:58 UTC
17 points
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Free Will as Un­solv­abil­ity by Rivals

Pavitra28 Mar 2011 3:28 UTC
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