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How do you tell proto-science from pseudo-science?
DataPacRat
Nov 27, 2013, 7:15 PM
11
points
90
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : London Social Meetup, 01/12/2013
Tenoke
Nov 27, 2013, 4:45 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Wait vs Interrupt Culture
Benquo
Nov 27, 2013, 3:38 PM
129
points
72
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Mapping the brain with water
polymathwannabe
Nov 27, 2013, 1:43 PM
−5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mapping the brain with water.
polymathwannabe
Nov 27, 2013, 1:40 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On Walmart, And Who Bears Responsibility For the Poor
ChrisHallquist
Nov 27, 2013, 5:08 AM
23
points
512
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Newcastle-upon-Tyne meetup, December
bramflakes
Nov 26, 2013, 10:00 PM
10
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Noticing something completely absurd about yourself
diegocaleiro
Nov 26, 2013, 7:24 PM
32
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Stable and Unstable Risks
katydee
Nov 25, 2013, 6:12 PM
10
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Links: so-called “knockout game” a “myth and a “bogus trend.”
ChrisHallquist
Nov 25, 2013, 4:21 PM
−11
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What do we already have right?
EndlessStrategy
Nov 24, 2013, 10:03 PM
10
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some thoughts on relations between major ethical systems
[deleted]
Nov 24, 2013, 9:32 PM
11
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Helsinki Meetup
mikko
Nov 24, 2013, 8:16 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
‘Effective Altruism’ as utilitarian equivocation.
Dias
Nov 24, 2013, 6:35 PM
4
points
81
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Gelman Against Parsimony
lukeprog
Nov 24, 2013, 3:23 PM
10
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What can we learn from freemasonry?
Gunnar_Zarncke
Nov 24, 2013, 3:18 PM
17
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Probability and radical uncertainty
David_Chapman
Nov 23, 2013, 10:34 PM
19
points
71
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Boston / Cambridge—The future of life: a cosmic perspective (Max Tegmark), Dec 1
Vika
Nov 23, 2013, 5:55 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Boston / Cambridge—Systems, Leverage, and Winning at Life
Vika
Nov 23, 2013, 5:48 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Craft And The Community: The Basics: Apologizing
Ritalin
Nov 23, 2013, 4:55 PM
5
points
193
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Classical vs MWI Probability Nomenclature
DataPacRat
Nov 23, 2013, 4:23 PM
6
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, November 23-30, 2013
passive_fist
Nov 23, 2013, 6:04 AM
8
points
301
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Limited But Better Than Nothing Way To Assign Probabilities to Statements of Logic, Arithmetic, etc.
alex_zag_al
Nov 22, 2013, 9:14 PM
10
points
16
comments
3
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetups: Amsterdam, Jacksonville, Milwaukee
FrankAdamek
Nov 22, 2013, 5:01 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The sun reflected off things
polymathwannabe
Nov 22, 2013, 2:59 PM
−6
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Mumbai Meetup
Ronak
Nov 22, 2013, 10:14 AM
6
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
2013 Less Wrong Census/Survey
Scott Alexander
Nov 22, 2013, 9:26 AM
112
points
620
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Probabilistic self-defeat arguments
KatjaGrace
Nov 21, 2013, 8:25 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Saskatoon—Gauging the strength of evidence and Bayesian reasoning.
Nicholas_Rutherford
Nov 21, 2013, 7:33 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Computability and Logic
So8res
Nov 21, 2013, 1:52 PM
44
points
26
comments
13
min read
LW
link
The dangers of zero and one
PhilGoetz
Nov 21, 2013, 12:21 PM
48
points
68
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Be Skeptical of Correlational Studies
jefftk
Nov 20, 2013, 10:19 PM
17
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Brain Preservation Foundation ask me anything on Reddit 7:00PM EST Thursday Nov 21
aurellem
Nov 20, 2013, 9:24 PM
11
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Please vote for a title for an upcoming book
listic
Nov 20, 2013, 7:04 PM
6
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Less Wrong Israel Meetup (Tel Aviv): Quantum Computing
SoftFlare
Nov 20, 2013, 4:46 PM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Q: Correlation often does imply Causation, but does not specify which kind?
[deleted]
Nov 20, 2013, 2:13 PM
2
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Urbana-Champaign fun and games
Manfred
Nov 20, 2013, 4:47 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Group Rationality Diary, November 16-30
therufs
Nov 19, 2013, 9:01 PM
5
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Effective Altruism and Cryonics, Contest Results
lsparrish
Nov 19, 2013, 5:06 PM
22
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Happiness and Productivity. Living Alone. Living with Friends. Living with Family.
diegocaleiro
Nov 19, 2013, 1:35 AM
28
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
CRISPR opens up new genetic engineering potential
Jordan
Nov 19, 2013, 12:56 AM
11
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
London LW CoZE exercise report
philh
Nov 19, 2013, 12:34 AM
21
points
27
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Lotteries & MWI
DataPacRat
Nov 18, 2013, 10:46 PM
2
points
65
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Skirting the mere addition paradox
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 18, 2013, 5:50 PM
7
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
To the folks who met in Princeton Saturday 11/16/2013
HalMorris
Nov 18, 2013, 1:19 PM
−4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Another problem with quantum measure
Stuart_Armstrong
18 Nov 2013 11:03 UTC
2
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow, Memory Tricks
Yuu
18 Nov 2013 10:57 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : London Social Meetup, 24/11/2013 [Back to the Shakespeare’s Head]
Tenoke
18 Nov 2013 10:38 UTC
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Feedback from Less Wrong Community
scott_from_castify
18 Nov 2013 6:06 UTC
9
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington DC fun and games meetup
rocurley
18 Nov 2013 4:01 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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