How should nega­tive ex­ter­nal­ities be han­dled? (Warn­ing: poli­tics)

Jus­tifi­able Er­ro­neous Scien­tific Pessimism

[SEQ RERUN] The Sin of Underconfidence

Pas­cal’s Mug­gle: In­finites­i­mal Pri­ors and Strong Evidence

Test­ing lords over fool­ish lords: gam­ing Pas­cal’s mugging

Open Thread: how do you look for in­for­ma­tion?

Meetup : Durham NC meetup: Liv­ing Lu­mi­nously, Part 3

[LINK] An­tibiotic seem­ingly im­proves de­ci­sion-mak­ing in the pres­ence of at­trac­tive women.

Googling is the first step. Con­sider adding schol­arly searches to your ar­se­nal.

Catch­ing Up With the Pre­sent From the Devel­op­ing World

[SEQ RERUN] My Way

Be Nice to Non-Rationalists

Meetup :

Us­ing Evolu­tion for Mar­riage or Sex

[SEQ RERUN] Of Gen­der and Rationality

Pas­cal’s Mug­gle (short ver­sion)

Max­i­miz­ing Your Dona­tions via a Job

Meetup : Berkeley: In­for­ma­tion the­ory and the art of conversation

Meetup : Lon­don Spe­cial Guests: Jaan Tal­linn and Michael Vas­sar of Me­taMed

An­ti­jar­gon Project

[Link] More Right launched

Use Search Eng­ines Early and Often

Ray Kurzweil joins Google to work on AI (link)

Health/​Longevity Link List

LW Women- Fe­male privilege

[LINK] Fixed-ac­tion pat­terns: Stop FAPing!

Meetup : Pade­born Meetup May 8th

Es­ti­mates vs. head-to-head comparisons

Seek­ing re­li­able ev­i­dence—claim that clos­ing sweat­shops leads to child prostitution

Meetup : Visit­ing Swe­den and Switzer­land! Let’s get together

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes May 2013

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Austin, Lon­don, Melbourne, Moscow, Van­cou­ver, Wash­ing­ton DC

Meetup : [Cam­bridge] How To Do Everything

Meetup : [Moscow] Ra­tion­al­ity and Media

[SEQ RERUN] Bayesi­ans vs. Barbarians

Devel­op­men­tal Think­ing Shout-out to CFAR

Book Sugges­tion: “Di­a­minds” is worth read­ing (CFAR-es­que)

Meetup : [New York] Effec­tive Altru­ism (Out­door!) Din­ner Discussion

So­cial in­tel­li­gence, ed­u­ca­tion, & the workplace

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton DC fun and games meetup

Open Thread, May 1-14, 2013

Meetup : Durham/​RTLW HPMoR dis­cus­sion, ch. 61-63

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, May 1-15

What do pro­fes­sional philoso­phers be­lieve, and why?

May 2013 Me­dia Thread

[SEQ RERUN] Col­lec­tive Apa­thy and the Internet

Mor­tal: A Transpony­ist Fanfiction

[LINK] The Un­be­liev­ers: Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawk­ins Team Up Against Religion

Meetup : Group De­ci­sion Mak­ing (the good, the bad, and the con­fu­sion of welfare eco­nomics)

Meetup : Buf­falo LW Sun­day Meetup