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Heaven+Earth+Joe Davis Documentary
EvelynM
11 Sep 2011 23:08 UTC
−5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Seeking rationality-related blogs
nerfhammer
11 Sep 2011 19:45 UTC
6
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Help]: Social cost of cryonics?
[deleted]
11 Sep 2011 19:26 UTC
14
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
First German Meeting
[deleted]
11 Sep 2011 17:13 UTC
10
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LessWrong and Rationality ebooks via Amazon
anonym
11 Sep 2011 16:08 UTC
30
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] 20 2020 Pennies (a webcomic chapter about many worlds and decision theory… sort of)
ArisKatsaris
11 Sep 2011 15:35 UTC
8
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rationalist sites worth archiving?
gwern
11 Sep 2011 15:24 UTC
42
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
‘The Battle for Compassion’: ethics in a world of accelerating change
lukeprog
11 Sep 2011 12:54 UTC
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Helsinki Meetup
Kellopyy
11 Sep 2011 11:35 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Embodied cognition summary
lukeprog
11 Sep 2011 9:20 UTC
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
‘Mapping Biases to the Components of Rationalistic and Naturalistic Decision Making’
lukeprog
11 Sep 2011 8:42 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
‘Paley’s iPod: The cognitive basis of the design argument within natural theology’
lukeprog
11 Sep 2011 4:35 UTC
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Bottom Line
MinibearRex
11 Sep 2011 3:25 UTC
5
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My favorite popular scientific self-help books
lukeprog
10 Sep 2011 21:53 UTC
17
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Atheisim Reddit Rage Comic
MatthewBaker
10 Sep 2011 21:42 UTC
−14
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Free Online Stanford Courses: AI and Machine Learning
Alex_Altair
10 Sep 2011 20:58 UTC
8
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Language, Color Perception, and Mental Maps
jsbennett86
10 Sep 2011 17:48 UTC
10
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Dubstep and algorithmic information theory
Will_Newsome
10 Sep 2011 14:32 UTC
−4
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Word Pronunciation
Oscar_Cunningham
10 Sep 2011 14:25 UTC
7
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Old OB repost: Share likelihood ratios, not posterior beliefs
Will_Newsome
10 Sep 2011 12:56 UTC
16
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Probably-incomprehensible decision theory exposition and speculation
Will_Newsome
10 Sep 2011 9:16 UTC
−13
points
58
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] How to Convince Me That 2 + 2 = 3
MinibearRex
10 Sep 2011 3:13 UTC
7
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Ottawa, West LA, Orange County, Washington DC, Melbourne, Shanghai
FrankAdamek
10 Sep 2011 2:46 UTC
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rational Communication
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
10 Sep 2011 2:30 UTC
37
points
38
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Statistical error in half of neuroscience papers
Paul Crowley
9 Sep 2011 23:07 UTC
31
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tool ideology
PhilGoetz
9 Sep 2011 22:37 UTC
36
points
66
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Living Forever is Hard, part 2: Adult Longevity
gwern
9 Sep 2011 18:52 UTC
20
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Optimal User-End Internet Security (Or, Rational Internet Browsing)
Arkanj3l
9 Sep 2011 18:23 UTC
2
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What are good techniques and resources for teaching bayes theorem hands on?
jsalvatier
9 Sep 2011 15:51 UTC
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Occam’s Razor
MinibearRex
9 Sep 2011 14:38 UTC
9
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
JSTOR gives public access to pre-1870 publications
satt
9 Sep 2011 14:19 UTC
15
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 9
Oscar_Cunningham
9 Sep 2011 13:29 UTC
14
points
725
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Partners in scholarship—Search and Find
TrE
9 Sep 2011 12:50 UTC
6
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Scholarship Booster: My favorite journals
lukeprog
9 Sep 2011 9:41 UTC
14
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An attempt to ‘explain away’ virtue ethics
lukeprog
9 Sep 2011 8:49 UTC
7
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Friends do not let friends compute p values.”
lukeprog
9 Sep 2011 7:10 UTC
15
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Human consciousness as a tractable scientific problem
lukeprog
9 Sep 2011 6:39 UTC
17
points
103
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Seattle Biweekly Meetup: Occam’s Razor, Repetition and Time’s Up
jsalvatier
9 Sep 2011 4:46 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Story] Rejection
atucker
9 Sep 2011 4:39 UTC
28
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Optimal User-End Internet Security (Or, Rational Internet Browsing)
Arkanj3l
9 Sep 2011 1:04 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Vancouver Rationalists: LAN Party + Board Games + Discussion at Waves Cafe: September 10th 3:00 to 5:00PM
Arkanj3l
8 Sep 2011 22:39 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] New arm of GiveWell Research: GiveWell Labs
multifoliaterose
8 Sep 2011 21:23 UTC
21
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New arm of GiveWell Research: GiveWell Labs [Link]
multifoliaterose
8 Sep 2011 21:23 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Pressure to publish increases scientists’ vulnerability to positive bias
lukeprog
8 Sep 2011 20:49 UTC
14
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Fort Collins, Colorado Meetup
EvelynM
8 Sep 2011 20:28 UTC
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question] Do you know a good game or demo for demonstrating sunk costs?
AnnaSalamon
8 Sep 2011 20:07 UTC
11
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Boot [Mini]Camp… night class style?
jwhendy
8 Sep 2011 16:35 UTC
15
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rough calculations: Fermi and the art of guessing
XiXiDu
8 Sep 2011 10:39 UTC
15
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Video: You Are Not So Smart
XiXiDu
8 Sep 2011 9:43 UTC
16
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Einstein’s Arrogance
MinibearRex
8 Sep 2011 2:34 UTC
10
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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