VNM agents and lot­ter­ies in­volv­ing an in­finite num­ber of pos­si­ble outcomes

AlexMennenFeb 21, 2013, 9:58 PM
26 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Why Poli­tics are Im­por­tant to Less Wrong...

OrphanWildeFeb 21, 2013, 4:24 PM
8 points
97 comments2 min readLW link

[Link] You May Already Be Aware of Your Cog­ni­tive Biases

maiaFeb 21, 2013, 1:23 PM
11 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

CEA does not seem to be cred­ibly high impact

Joanna MorningstarFeb 21, 2013, 10:29 AM
18 points
32 comments8 min readLW link

[Links] Brain map­ping/​em­u­la­tion news

John_MaxwellFeb 21, 2013, 8:17 AM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The Logic of the Hy­poth­e­sis Test: A Steel Man

Matt_SimpsonFeb 21, 2013, 6:19 AM
9 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

Utili­tar­i­anism twice fails

[deleted]Feb 21, 2013, 6:10 AM
−45 points
17 comments4 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Thing That I Protect

MinibearRexFeb 21, 2013, 5:39 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge, UK LW Meetup [Read­ing Group, HAEFB-03]

SohumFeb 20, 2013, 9:29 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

sin­ginst read­ing recommendations

hankx7787Feb 20, 2013, 4:35 PM
−1 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Strong­man­ning Pas­cal’s Mugging

PentashagonFeb 20, 2013, 12:36 PM
4 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Tu­tor­ing Small Groups of Chil­dren (for money)

bramflakesFeb 20, 2013, 11:51 AM
11 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

De­sires You’re Not Think­ing About at the Moment

GhatanathoahFeb 20, 2013, 9:41 AM
2 points
37 comments4 min readLW link

Cal­ibrat­ing Against Un­de­tectable Utilons and Goal Chang­ing Events (part1)

diegocaleiroFeb 20, 2013, 9:09 AM
13 points
11 comments10 min readLW link

Think Like a Supervillain

Qiaochu_YuanFeb 20, 2013, 8:34 AM
46 points
111 comments2 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Epi­logue: Atone­ment (8/​8)

MinibearRexFeb 20, 2013, 3:21 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Eth­i­cal heuristics

KatjaGraceFeb 20, 2013, 2:03 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : RTLW HPMoR dis­cus­sion, chap­ters 39-43

therufsFeb 20, 2013, 12:09 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Fate of our meta-sta­ble Uni­verse: kil­led by a vac­uum bub­ble?

ShmiFeb 19, 2013, 10:29 PM
1 point
9 comments1 min readLW link

Vi­sual Men­tal Imagery Training

SarahNibsFeb 19, 2013, 10:21 PM
36 points
51 comments4 min readLW link

Poli­tics Fil­ter­ing and Higher Stan­dard Discussions

ikraseFeb 19, 2013, 8:35 PM
−1 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Search­ing for con­se­quence-imag­in­ing games for children

[deleted]Feb 19, 2013, 5:59 PM
9 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Effec­tive Altru­ism Din­ner Party

RaemonFeb 19, 2013, 5:16 PM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Are coin flips quan­tum ran­dom to my con­scious brain-parts?

AcademianFeb 19, 2013, 9:51 AM
11 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Ber­lin Meetup

blobFeb 19, 2013, 6:10 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Van­cou­ver!

[deleted]Feb 19, 2013, 4:42 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] True End­ing: Sacri­fi­cial Fire

MinibearRexFeb 19, 2013, 4:38 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Falsifi­able and non-Falsifi­able Ideas

shaihFeb 19, 2013, 2:24 AM
−3 points
40 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton DC Show and tell meetup: Eco­nomics II

rocurleyFeb 18, 2013, 11:36 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne, prac­ti­cal rationality

mattFeb 18, 2013, 11:00 PM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Giv­ing What We Can Septem­ber In­tern­ship

LarksFeb 18, 2013, 8:03 PM
9 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Imi­ta­tion is the Sincer­est Form of Argument

palladiasFeb 18, 2013, 5:05 PM
124 points
96 comments2 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Nor­mal End­ing: Last Tears

MinibearRexFeb 18, 2013, 8:03 AM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Shang­hai Meetup Wed­nes­day, 7:30

Barry_CotterFeb 18, 2013, 5:18 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Three Wor­lds De­cide (5/​8)

MinibearRexFeb 17, 2013, 6:28 AM
4 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Help me re­fac­tor my life

MixedNutsFeb 16, 2013, 12:19 PM
11 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

What’s your hy­po­thet­i­cal apos­tasy?

[deleted]Feb 16, 2013, 11:25 AM
−11 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] In­ter­lude with the Confessor

MinibearRexFeb 16, 2013, 1:31 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Great ra­tio­nal­ity posts by LWers not posted to LW

lukeprogFeb 16, 2013, 12:31 AM
40 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Fe­bru­ary 15-28, 2013

David_GerardFeb 15, 2013, 11:17 PM
9 points
338 comments1 min readLW link

Cryo: Le­gal fees of $2500

DataPacRatFeb 15, 2013, 6:43 PM
20 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Toronto—What’s all this about Bayesian Prob­a­bil­ity and stuff?!

GilesFeb 15, 2013, 5:28 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Austin, Ber­lin, Cam­bridge UK, London

FrankAdamekFeb 15, 2013, 5:00 PM
3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

What are your rules of thumb?

DataPacRatFeb 15, 2013, 3:59 PM
29 points
76 comments1 min readLW link

Is pro­tect­ing your­self from your own bi­ases self-defeat­ing?

[deleted]Feb 15, 2013, 2:21 PM
−2 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Un­in­ten­tional bayesian

[deleted]Feb 15, 2013, 10:46 AM
9 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

The Virtue of Compartmentalization

b1shopFeb 15, 2013, 8:53 AM
6 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Three Axes of Prohibitions

daenerysFeb 15, 2013, 7:34 AM
47 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Su­per Happy Peo­ple (3/​8)

MinibearRexFeb 15, 2013, 7:06 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Robot ethics returns

KatjaGraceFeb 15, 2013, 3:25 AM
−1 points
0 comments1 min readLW link