“Why doesn’t that cool thing hap­pen when I *try* to do it?”

RukifellthMar 6, 2013, 8:21 PM
−1 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham/​RTLW HPMoR dis­cus­sion, ch. 43-46

therufsMar 6, 2013, 5:05 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Caelum est Con­ter­rens: I frankly don’t see how this is a hor­ror story

chaosmageMar 6, 2013, 10:31 AM
38 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Pre­tend­ing to be Wise

MinibearRexMar 6, 2013, 5:24 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

SENS and Givewell: Con­ver­sa­tion be­tween Holden Karnofsky and Aubrey de Grey

curiousepicMar 5, 2013, 7:24 PM
30 points
12 comments12 min readLW link

Me­taMed: Ev­i­dence-Based Healthcare

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 5, 2013, 1:16 PM
112 points
193 comments6 min readLW link

Daimons

Douglas_ReayMar 5, 2013, 11:58 AM
−5 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Against Maturity

MinibearRexMar 5, 2013, 6:06 AM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

LINK: In­finity, prob­a­bil­ity and disagreement

Alejandro1Mar 5, 2013, 4:36 AM
3 points
52 comments2 min readLW link

Meta De­ci­sion The­ory and New­comb’s Problem

wdmacaskillMar 5, 2013, 1:29 AM
10 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

March 2013 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisMar 4, 2013, 10:35 PM
7 points
65 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moun­tain View: Rough Numbers

fiddlemathMar 4, 2013, 6:51 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The more priv­ileged lover

[deleted]Mar 4, 2013, 4:20 PM
−26 points
112 comments2 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Good Ideal­is­tic Books are Rare

MinibearRexMar 4, 2013, 5:08 AM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Sur­plus split­ting strategy

KatjaGraceMar 4, 2013, 1:08 AM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link

In­duc­tion; or, the rules and eti­quette of refer­ence class tennis

paulfchristianoMar 3, 2013, 11:27 PM
11 points
8 comments9 min readLW link

Giv­ing in to small vices

[deleted]Mar 3, 2013, 8:46 PM
10 points
43 comments3 min readLW link

Risks of Ge­netic Publicy

jefftkMar 3, 2013, 5:30 PM
10 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Berlin

blobMar 3, 2013, 10:08 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Berkeley: Dun­geons & Discourse

NisanMar 3, 2013, 6:13 AM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Cyn­i­cal About Cynicism

MinibearRexMar 3, 2013, 3:28 AM
4 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

The VNM in­de­pen­dence ax­iom ig­nores the value of information

kilobugMar 2, 2013, 2:36 PM
15 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Well-writ­ten ar­ti­cle on the Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity In­sti­tute and Ex­is­ten­tial Risk

ESRogsMar 2, 2013, 12:36 PM
25 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

[Video] Brain­washed—A Nor­we­gian doc­u­men­tary se­ries on na­ture and nurture

GLaDOSMar 2, 2013, 12:34 PM
18 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes March 2013

Jayson_VirissimoMar 2, 2013, 10:45 AM
12 points
343 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge First-Sun­day Meetup

jimrandomhMar 1, 2013, 5:28 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Ber­lin, Cam­bridge UK, Durham, Frank­furt, Lon­don, NYC, Van­cou­ver, Wash­ing­ton DC

FrankAdamekMar 1, 2013, 4:34 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Pos­i­tive In­for­ma­tion Diet, Take the Challenge

diegocaleiroMar 1, 2013, 2:51 PM
4 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Pader­born Meetup March 6th

Just_existingMar 1, 2013, 2:10 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Open Thread, March 1-15, 2013

Jayson_VirissimoMar 1, 2013, 12:00 PM
7 points
239 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge, UK LW Meetup [Read­ing Group, HAEFB-04]

SohumMar 1, 2013, 9:08 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

On the good­ness of Beeminder

KatjaGraceMar 1, 2013, 2:31 AM
3 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don Meetup, 10th March

philhMar 1, 2013, 12:32 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Con­struc­tive math­e­math­ics and its dual

MrMindFeb 28, 2013, 5:21 PM
18 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­ory FAQ

lukeprogFeb 28, 2013, 2:15 PM
119 points
487 comments58 min readLW link

Seize the Max­i­mal Prob­a­bil­ity Moment

diegocaleiroFeb 28, 2013, 11:22 AM
41 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] An Afri­can Folktale

MinibearRexFeb 28, 2013, 5:43 AM
4 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Risk-aver­sion and in­vest­ment (for al­tru­ists)

paulfchristianoFeb 28, 2013, 3:44 AM
27 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

Fea­ture re­quest: Green glow for “con­tinue this thread”

NancyLebovitzFeb 27, 2013, 6:00 PM
17 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Need some psy­chol­ogy advice

KenoubiFeb 27, 2013, 5:03 PM
10 points
111 comments1 min readLW link

[VIDEO] Harm re­duc­tion, hacker psychology

NancyLebovitzFeb 27, 2013, 3:50 PM
10 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Idea: Self-Im­prov­ing Task Man­age­ment Software

rlp10Feb 27, 2013, 1:04 PM
19 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Need help with an MLP fan­fic­tion with a tran­shu­man­ist theme.

SalivanthFeb 27, 2013, 11:57 AM
15 points
74 comments4 min readLW link

Why might the fu­ture be good?

paulfchristianoFeb 27, 2013, 7:22 AM
11 points
14 comments9 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] An Espe­cially Ele­gant Evpsych Experiment

MinibearRexFeb 27, 2013, 6:33 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup—Nootropics

[deleted]Feb 27, 2013, 5:06 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

When should you give to mul­ti­ple char­i­ties?

jefftkFeb 27, 2013, 2:56 AM
13 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

Grace-Han­son Podcast

KatjaGraceFeb 27, 2013, 2:26 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Is the En­dow­ment Effect Real?

Matt_SimpsonFeb 26, 2013, 10:47 PM
14 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­po­nent of Desire

ShmiFeb 26, 2013, 6:01 PM
12 points
13 comments1 min readLW link