How do you tell proto-sci­ence from pseudo-sci­ence?

DataPacRatNov 27, 2013, 7:15 PM
11 points
90 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don So­cial Meetup, 01/​12/​2013

TenokeNov 27, 2013, 4:45 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Wait vs In­ter­rupt Culture

BenquoNov 27, 2013, 3:38 PM
129 points
72 comments3 min readLW link

Map­ping the brain with water

polymathwannabeNov 27, 2013, 1:43 PM
−5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Map­ping the brain with wa­ter.

polymathwannabeNov 27, 2013, 1:40 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

On Wal­mart, And Who Bears Re­spon­si­bil­ity For the Poor

ChrisHallquistNov 27, 2013, 5:08 AM
23 points
512 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : New­cas­tle-upon-Tyne meetup, December

bramflakesNov 26, 2013, 10:00 PM
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Notic­ing some­thing com­pletely ab­surd about yourself

diegocaleiroNov 26, 2013, 7:24 PM
32 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

Stable and Un­sta­ble Risks

katydeeNov 25, 2013, 6:12 PM
10 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Links: so-called “knock­out game” a “myth and a “bo­gus trend.”

ChrisHallquistNov 25, 2013, 4:21 PM
−11 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

What do we already have right?

EndlessStrategyNov 24, 2013, 10:03 PM
10 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

Some thoughts on re­la­tions be­tween ma­jor eth­i­cal systems

[deleted]Nov 24, 2013, 9:32 PM
11 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Helsinki Meetup

mikkoNov 24, 2013, 8:16 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

‘Effec­tive Altru­ism’ as util­i­tar­ian equiv­o­ca­tion.

DiasNov 24, 2013, 6:35 PM
4 points
81 comments2 min readLW link

Gel­man Against Parsimony

lukeprogNov 24, 2013, 3:23 PM
10 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

What can we learn from freema­sonry?

Gunnar_ZarnckeNov 24, 2013, 3:18 PM
17 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­ity and rad­i­cal uncertainty

David_ChapmanNov 23, 2013, 10:34 PM
19 points
71 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Bos­ton /​ Cam­bridge—The fu­ture of life: a cos­mic per­spec­tive (Max Teg­mark), Dec 1

VikaNov 23, 2013, 5:55 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bos­ton /​ Cam­bridge—Sys­tems, Lev­er­age, and Win­ning at Life

VikaNov 23, 2013, 5:48 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Craft And The Com­mu­nity: The Ba­sics: Apologizing

RitalinNov 23, 2013, 4:55 PM
5 points
193 comments1 min readLW link

Clas­si­cal vs MWI Prob­a­bil­ity Nomenclature

DataPacRatNov 23, 2013, 4:23 PM
6 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Novem­ber 23-30, 2013

passive_fistNov 23, 2013, 6:04 AM
8 points
301 comments1 min readLW link

A Limited But Bet­ter Than Noth­ing Way To As­sign Prob­a­bil­ities to State­ments of Logic, Arith­metic, etc.

alex_zag_alNov 22, 2013, 9:14 PM
10 points
16 comments3 min readLW link

New LW Mee­tups: Am­s­ter­dam, Jack­sonville, Milwaukee

FrankAdamekNov 22, 2013, 5:01 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The sun re­flected off things

polymathwannabeNov 22, 2013, 2:59 PM
−6 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Mum­bai Meetup

RonakNov 22, 2013, 10:14 AM
6 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

2013 Less Wrong Cen­sus/​Survey

Scott AlexanderNov 22, 2013, 9:26 AM
112 points
620 comments2 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­is­tic self-defeat arguments

KatjaGraceNov 21, 2013, 8:25 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Saska­toon—Gaug­ing the strength of ev­i­dence and Bayesian rea­son­ing.

Nicholas_RutherfordNov 21, 2013, 7:33 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Com­putabil­ity and Logic

So8resNov 21, 2013, 1:52 PM
44 points
26 comments13 min readLW link

The dan­gers of zero and one

PhilGoetzNov 21, 2013, 12:21 PM
48 points
68 comments3 min readLW link

Be Skep­ti­cal of Cor­re­la­tional Studies

jefftkNov 20, 2013, 10:19 PM
17 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

Brain Preser­va­tion Foun­da­tion ask me any­thing on Red­dit 7:00PM EST Thurs­day Nov 21

aurellemNov 20, 2013, 9:24 PM
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Please vote for a ti­tle for an up­com­ing book

listicNov 20, 2013, 7:04 PM
6 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Less Wrong Is­rael Meetup (Tel Aviv): Quan­tum Computing

SoftFlareNov 20, 2013, 4:46 PM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Q: Cor­re­la­tion of­ten does im­ply Cau­sa­tion, but does not spec­ify which kind?

[deleted]Nov 20, 2013, 2:13 PM
2 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : Ur­bana-Cham­paign fun and games

ManfredNov 20, 2013, 4:47 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, Novem­ber 16-30

therufsNov 19, 2013, 9:01 PM
5 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Effec­tive Altru­ism and Cry­on­ics, Con­test Results

lsparrishNov 19, 2013, 5:06 PM
22 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Hap­piness and Pro­duc­tivity. Liv­ing Alone. Liv­ing with Friends. Liv­ing with Fam­ily.

diegocaleiroNov 19, 2013, 1:35 AM
28 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

CRISPR opens up new ge­netic en­g­ineer­ing potential

JordanNov 19, 2013, 12:56 AM
11 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Lon­don LW CoZE ex­er­cise report

philhNov 19, 2013, 12:34 AM
21 points
27 comments4 min readLW link

Lot­ter­ies & MWI

DataPacRatNov 18, 2013, 10:46 PM
2 points
65 comments1 min readLW link

Sk­irt­ing the mere ad­di­tion paradox

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 18, 2013, 5:50 PM
7 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

To the folks who met in Prince­ton Satur­day 11/​16/​2013

HalMorrisNov 18, 2013, 1:19 PM
−4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Another prob­lem with quan­tum measure

Stuart_Armstrong18 Nov 2013 11:03 UTC
2 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow, Me­mory Tricks

Yuu18 Nov 2013 10:57 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don So­cial Meetup, 24/​11/​2013 [Back to the Shake­speare’s Head]

Tenoke18 Nov 2013 10:38 UTC
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Feed­back from Less Wrong Community

scott_from_castify18 Nov 2013 6:06 UTC
9 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton DC fun and games meetup

rocurley18 Nov 2013 4:01 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link