[LINK] Why tak­ing ideas se­ri­ously is prob­a­bly a bad thing to do

David_GerardJan 5, 2013, 11:37 PM
31 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Harsanyi’s So­cial Ag­gre­ga­tion The­o­rem and what it means for CEV

AlexMennenJan 5, 2013, 9:38 PM
37 points
90 comments4 min readLW link

[Link] The school of sci­ence fiction

[deleted]Jan 5, 2013, 6:07 PM
15 points
17 comments21 min readLW link

Meetup : Pader­born Meetup, Jan­uary 9th

Just_existingJan 5, 2013, 2:57 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

A re­ply to Mark Linsen­mayer about philosophy

lukeprogJan 5, 2013, 11:25 AM
30 points
68 comments3 min readLW link

Re: Se­cond-Order Logic: The Controversy

abramdemskiJan 5, 2013, 10:33 AM
22 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

Pigliucci’s com­ment on Yud­kowsky’s and Dai’s stance on moral­ity and logic

mapnoterritoryJan 5, 2013, 8:05 AM
1 point
19 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Prole­gom­ena to a The­ory of Fun

MinibearRexJan 5, 2013, 4:35 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Van­cou­ver Me­taethics and Really Trying

[deleted]Jan 5, 2013, 3:21 AM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Just One Sentence

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 5, 2013, 1:27 AM
97 points
143 comments1 min readLW link

How to up­date P(x this week), upon hear­ing P(x next month) = 99.5%?

RolfAndreassenJan 4, 2013, 9:09 PM
3 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Se­cond-Order Logic: The Controversy

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 4, 2013, 7:51 PM
68 points
192 comments15 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Bielefeld, Mont­pel­lier, Vancouver

FrankAdamekJan 4, 2013, 4:28 PM
3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

How to Teach Stu­dents to Not Guess the Teacher’s Pass­word?

PetruchioJan 4, 2013, 3:18 PM
35 points
96 comments1 min readLW link

How to Teach Stu­dents to Not Guess the Teacher’s Pass­word?

PetruchioJan 4, 2013, 3:09 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Vi­su­al­iz­ing Eutopia

MinibearRexJan 4, 2013, 4:46 AM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Buf­falo Meetup

StonesOnCanvasJan 4, 2013, 4:46 AM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Case Study: the Death Note Script and Bayes

gwernJan 4, 2013, 4:33 AM
34 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­per­sonal and in­trap­er­sonal util­ity comparisons

AlexMennenJan 4, 2013, 3:05 AM
18 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

PSA: Please list your refer­ences, don’t just link them

BenyaJan 4, 2013, 1:57 AM
36 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Can in­finite quan­tities ex­ist? A philo­soph­i­cal approach

metaphysicistJan 3, 2013, 10:52 PM
−26 points
28 comments4 min readLW link

How much to spend on a high-var­i­ance op­tion?

RolfAndreassenJan 3, 2013, 6:38 PM
15 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

My Best Case vs Your Worst Case

HalMorrisJan 3, 2013, 2:11 PM
7 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

2012: Year in Review

Kaj_SotalaJan 3, 2013, 11:56 AM
62 points
35 comments6 min readLW link

[Link] Hey Ex­traverts: Enough is Enough

[deleted]Jan 3, 2013, 8:59 AM
−4 points
35 comments3 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] For The Peo­ple Who Are Still Alive

MinibearRexJan 3, 2013, 6:52 AM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­plied Ra­tion­al­ity Work­shops: Jan 25-28 and March 1-4

AnnaSalamonJan 3, 2013, 1:00 AM
34 points
25 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : 13th Jan­uary Lon­don Meetup

philhJan 2, 2013, 10:37 PM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

How to Disen­tan­gle the Past and the Future

royfJan 2, 2013, 5:43 PM
22 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Jan­uary 2013

katydeeJan 2, 2013, 5:23 PM
9 points
604 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] On the Height of a Field

badgerJan 2, 2013, 11:20 AM
17 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] You Only Live Twice

MinibearRexJan 2, 2013, 6:00 AM
6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Poli­tics Dis­cus­sion Thread Jan­uary 2013

OrphanWildeJan 2, 2013, 3:31 AM
5 points
350 comments1 min readLW link

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