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To reduce astronomical waste: take your time, then go very fast
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 13, 2013, 4:41 PM
70
points
50
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Some highlights from Nate Silver’s “The Signal and the Noise”
JonahS
Jul 13, 2013, 3:21 PM
35
points
11
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Meetup : London Social—Direct Sunlight 2, Vitamin Boogaloo—July 21st
Leonhart
Jul 13, 2013, 11:09 AM
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Stupid” questions thread
gothgirl420666
Jul 13, 2013, 2:42 AM
62
points
854
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Jul 12, 2013, 3:37 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Cosmic expansion vs uploads economics?
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 12, 2013, 7:37 AM
−7
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] If correlation doesn’t imply causation, then what does?
Strilanc
Jul 12, 2013, 5:39 AM
5
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : [Columbus] Upcoming Workshop Topics
daenerys
Jul 12, 2013, 4:12 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The WASH-1400 Reactor Safety Study
JonahS
Jul 11, 2013, 11:16 PM
16
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[META] Open threads (and repository threads) are underutilized.
Adele_L
Jul 11, 2013, 5:48 PM
29
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong London New Arrival Integration Task Force
sixes_and_sevens
Jul 11, 2013, 4:53 PM
44
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : [Moscow] The Meet up
Yuu
Jul 11, 2013, 12:57 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Seed Study: Polyphasic Sleep in Ten Steps
LoganStrohl
Jul 11, 2013, 7:17 AM
45
points
135
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Durham/RTLW HPMoR discussion, ch. 77-78
therufs
Jul 10, 2013, 11:20 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Svante Arrhenius’s Prediction of Climate Change
JonahS
Jul 10, 2013, 11:00 PM
13
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Hypothesis about the mechanism for storing long-term memory
Andy_McKenzie
Jul 10, 2013, 2:33 PM
6
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Against easy superintelligence: the unforeseen friction argument
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 10, 2013, 1:47 PM
39
points
48
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The failure of counter-arguments argument
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 10, 2013, 1:38 PM
26
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Help please! Making a good choice between two jobs
cjb230
Jul 10, 2013, 11:23 AM
3
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[LINK] XKCD Comic #1236, Seashells and Bayes’ Theorem
Petruchio
Jul 10, 2013, 11:05 AM
−11
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Buffalo LW—Biased Boardgaming
StonesOnCanvas
Jul 10, 2013, 2:34 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Can we make Drake-like Fermi estimates of expected distance to the next planet with primitive, sentient or self-improving life?
chaosmage
Jul 10, 2013, 1:34 AM
−1
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Effectiveness or altruism?
KatjaGrace
Jul 9, 2013, 11:19 PM
1
point
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Prisoner’s dilemma tournament results
AlexMennen
Jul 9, 2013, 8:50 PM
54
points
124
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Can we know what to do about AI?”: An Introduction
JonahS
Jul 9, 2013, 6:22 PM
28
points
69
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Where Are We the Weakest?
DiscyD3rp
Jul 9, 2013, 6:07 PM
9
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Gauging interest for a Zurich, Switzerland meetup group
roland
Jul 9, 2013, 6:00 PM
3
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Analysis of why excluding hostile people is worth it
NancyLebovitz
Jul 9, 2013, 4:01 PM
22
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
HPMoR the Youtube Series! But in need of advice
wobster109
Jul 9, 2013, 2:50 PM
−1
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My Take on a Decision Theory
ygert
Jul 9, 2013, 10:46 AM
4
points
30
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Four Focus Areas of Effective Altruism
lukeprog
Jul 9, 2013, 12:59 AM
68
points
55
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Strategic Bestseller: Taking the Blog Path (4HS002)
Neotenic
Jul 8, 2013, 9:44 PM
5
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Zagreb LW meetup
mikko
Jul 8, 2013, 4:22 PM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Responses to Catastrophic AGI Risk: A Survey
lukeprog
Jul 8, 2013, 2:33 PM
17
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 23, chapter 94
elharo
Jul 8, 2013, 12:04 PM
13
points
344
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : [Moscow] Weekday meet up
Yuu
Jul 8, 2013, 8:44 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Evidential Decision Theory, Selection Bias, and Reference Classes
Qiaochu_Yuan
Jul 8, 2013, 5:16 AM
32
points
128
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Estimating the kolmogorov complexity of the known laws of physics?
Strilanc
Jul 8, 2013, 4:30 AM
26
points
51
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Home Economics
Ritalin
Jul 7, 2013, 9:30 PM
19
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Gamification Of Education: a modest proposal based on the Universal Decimal Classification and RPG skill trees
Ritalin
Jul 7, 2013, 6:27 PM
19
points
80
comments
6
min read
LW
link
On-line conference for LW readers and meet up members
Yuu
Jul 7, 2013, 9:53 AM
8
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Helsinki LW meetup
mikko
Jul 7, 2013, 8:08 AM
2
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Optimizing Workouts for Intellectual Performance
Ritalin
Jul 6, 2013, 7:56 PM
16
points
40
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Prioritizing Happiness
jefftk
Jul 6, 2013, 4:01 PM
0
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What’s the name of this cognitive bias?
pete22
Jul 6, 2013, 3:05 PM
14
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 22, chapter 93
daenerys
Jul 6, 2013, 3:02 AM
10
points
354
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Personal Library Management
Ritalin
Jul 5, 2013, 10:14 PM
10
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[HPMOR][Possible Spoilers] Gedankenexperiment: Time Turner Meta-Informational Relativity
stcredzero
Jul 5, 2013, 7:33 PM
2
points
42
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Free ebook: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
PhilGoetz
Jul 5, 2013, 7:20 PM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Beeminding Sin
[deleted]
Jul 5, 2013, 4:32 PM
21
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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