How not to sort by a com­pli­cated fre­quen­tist formula

Meni_RosenfeldJan 1, 2013, 9:58 PM
4 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

What is the best pa­per ex­plain­ing the su­pe­ri­or­ity of Bayesi­anism over fre­quen­tism?

Meni_RosenfeldJan 1, 2013, 8:58 PM
−6 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] TEDx talk of An­ders Sand­berg on the Fermi “para­dox”

PabloJan 1, 2013, 8:52 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Some scary life ex­ten­sion dilemmas

GhatanathoahJan 1, 2013, 6:41 PM
1 point
38 comments4 min readLW link

New Year’s Pre­dic­tion Thread (2013)

ThomasJan 1, 2013, 2:03 PM
9 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

You can’t sig­nal to rubes

PatrickJan 1, 2013, 6:40 AM
18 points
117 comments6 min readLW link

Gaug­ing of in­ter­est: LW stock pick­ing?

simplicioJan 1, 2013, 6:36 AM
10 points
31 comments2 min readLW link

Open Thread, Jan­uary 1-15, 2013

OpenThreadGuyJan 1, 2013, 6:09 AM
8 points
336 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Economists’ views differ by gender

GLaDOSDec 31, 2012, 1:34 PM
10 points
28 comments3 min readLW link

[Link] The Col­lapse of Com­plex So­cieties

[deleted]Dec 31, 2012, 12:11 PM
13 points
14 comments12 min readLW link

[Link] Statis­ti­cally, Peo­ple Are Not Very Good At Mak­ing Vot­ing Decisions

[deleted]Dec 31, 2012, 11:50 AM
25 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] We Agree: Get Froze

MinibearRexDec 31, 2012, 5:22 AM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Stop Us­ing LessWrong: A Prac­ti­cal In­ter­pre­ta­tion of the 2012 Sur­vey Results

aceofspadesDec 30, 2012, 10:00 PM
−55 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

Should a judge do it’s job or max­i­mize over­all happiness

ChristianKlDec 30, 2012, 7:47 PM
−9 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham LW Meetup: Zendo

evandDec 30, 2012, 7:30 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Three kinds of moral uncertainty

Kaj_SotalaDec 30, 2012, 10:43 AM
57 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

A Game for Prob­a­bil­is­tic Thinking

ErdrickDec 30, 2012, 8:20 AM
12 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup—Defense Against the Dark Arts, Part I

[deleted]Dec 30, 2012, 6:54 AM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Not Tak­ing Over the World

MinibearRexDec 30, 2012, 5:14 AM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Brain-in-a-vat Trol­ley Question

nick012000Dec 30, 2012, 3:22 AM
−12 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Fourth Buenos Aires Less Wrong meetup

PabloDec 29, 2012, 10:47 PM
4 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

In­fer­ring Values from Im­perfect Optimizers

nigerweissDec 29, 2012, 10:22 PM
5 points
20 comments3 min readLW link

The on­go­ing trans­for­ma­tion of quan­tum field theory

Mitchell_PorterDec 29, 2012, 9:45 AM
32 points
19 comments3 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] What I Think, If Not Why

MinibearRexDec 29, 2012, 6:01 AM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham HPMoR Dis­cus­sion, chap­ters 24-26

evandDec 28, 2012, 11:40 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Is ruth­less­ness in busi­ness ex­ec­u­tives ever use­ful?

DesrtopaDec 28, 2012, 7:46 PM
−5 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

A cure for akrasia

[deleted]Dec 28, 2012, 7:11 PM
1 point
32 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne, prac­ti­cal rationality

mattDec 28, 2012, 5:08 PM
4 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Cleve­land, Moscow

FrankAdamekDec 28, 2012, 5:00 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ri­tual 2012: A Mo­ment of Darkness

RaemonDec 28, 2012, 9:09 AM
54 points
136 comments10 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] What Core Ar­gu­ment?

MinibearRexDec 28, 2012, 6:11 AM
6 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Van­cou­ver New Year!

[deleted]Dec 28, 2012, 4:20 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Re­la­tion Pro­jec­tion Fal­lacy and the pur­pose of life

AcademianDec 28, 2012, 4:14 AM
129 points
42 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Bielefeld Meetup, Jan­uary 2nd

Just_existingDec 27, 2012, 8:28 PM
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

What Hap­pened in the Fort Marcy Park­ing Lot?

UnknownsDec 27, 2012, 7:42 PM
−11 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Dona­tion trade­offs in con­scien­tious objection

[deleted]Dec 27, 2012, 5:23 PM
0 points
52 comments4 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Me­chan­ics of Disagreement

MinibearRexDec 27, 2012, 5:46 AM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

In­tel­li­gence ex­plo­sion in or­ga­ni­za­tions, or why I’m not wor­ried about the singularity

sbenthallDec 27, 2012, 4:32 AM
13 points
187 comments3 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity Isn’t Logical

Wei DaiDec 26, 2012, 11:08 PM
35 points
86 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity by Other Means

DataPacRatDec 26, 2012, 2:52 PM
−12 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

META: Dele­tion policy

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 26, 2012, 1:46 AM
28 points
92 comments1 min readLW link

Group ra­tio­nal­ity di­ary, 12/​25/​12

cataDec 25, 2012, 9:51 PM
10 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

Ideal Ad­vi­sor The­o­ries and Per­sonal CEV

lukeprogDec 25, 2012, 1:04 PM
35 points
35 comments10 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Two Vi­sions of Heritage

MinibearRexDec 25, 2012, 2:20 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Godel’s Com­plete­ness and In­com­plete­ness Theorems

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 25, 2012, 1:16 AM
80 points
87 comments11 min readLW link

[LINK] Too Soon for Doom Gloom?

ShmiDec 24, 2012, 9:14 PM
4 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

What if “sta­tus” IS a ter­mi­nal value for most peo­ple?

handoflixueDec 24, 2012, 8:31 PM
29 points
112 comments2 min readLW link

Li­cens­ing dis­cus­sion for LessWrong Posts

Rick_from_CastifyDec 24, 2012, 10:00 AM
4 points
71 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Are AIs Homo Eco­nomi­cus?

MinibearRexDec 24, 2012, 5:36 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Se­man­tic Space Distributed Through The Brain

diegocaleiroDec 23, 2012, 9:50 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link