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Does an­chor­ing on dead­lines cause pro­cras­ti­na­tion?

alex_zag_alJul 18, 2013, 7:12 PM
9 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

The idiot sa­vant AI isn’t an idiot

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 18, 2013, 3:43 PM
10 points
133 comments1 min readLW link

Valuable eco­nomics knowl­edge available, iron­i­cally, for free

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 18, 2013, 11:30 AM
38 points
37 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Cinc­in­nati: Fi­nan­cial optimisation

RolfAndreassenJul 18, 2013, 4:37 AM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

In­stru­men­tal ra­tio­nal­ity/​self help re­sources

gothgirl420666Jul 18, 2013, 2:58 AM
52 points
107 comments1 min readLW link

Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 24, chap­ter 95

palladiasJul 18, 2013, 2:23 AM
8 points
306 comments1 min readLW link

Model Com­bi­na­tion and Adjustment

lukeprogJul 17, 2013, 8:31 PM
102 points
41 comments5 min readLW link

See Eliezer talk with PZ My­ers and David Brin (and me) about im­mor­tal­ity this Sunday

EneaszJul 17, 2013, 3:56 PM
26 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Three Ap­proaches to “Friendli­ness”

Wei DaiJul 17, 2013, 7:46 AM
37 points
86 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham NC/​Tri­an­gle Area: Ra­tion­al­ity Check­list Workshop

therufsJul 17, 2013, 5:41 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup—The Great­est Good for the Great­est Number

Scott GarrabrantJul 17, 2013, 1:06 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

One is­sue: teach 10 or sway 200?

JDMJul 16, 2013, 9:33 PM
−8 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

An un­usual counterargument

KatjaGraceJul 16, 2013, 9:14 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

HIKE: A Group Dy­nam­ics Case Study

iconreforgedJul 16, 2013, 7:14 PM
19 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Com­par­a­tive and ab­solute ad­van­tage in AI

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 16, 2013, 9:52 AM
28 points
50 comments2 min readLW link

An At­tempt at Prefer­ence Uncer­tainty Us­ing VNM

[deleted]Jul 16, 2013, 5:20 AM
15 points
33 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : South­east Michigan

Scott AlexanderJul 16, 2013, 2:50 AM
13 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Akra­sia Tac­tics Re­view 2: The Akra­sia Strikes Back

polutroponJul 16, 2013, 2:17 AM
31 points
44 comments2 min readLW link

Re­cent MIRI work­shop re­sults?

johnswentworthJul 16, 2013, 1:25 AM
2 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

For Hap­piness, Keep a Grat­i­tude Journal

Peter WildefordJul 15, 2013, 9:11 PM
38 points
29 comments5 min readLW link

Open thread, July 16-22, 2013

David_GerardJul 15, 2013, 8:13 PM
23 points
305 comments1 min readLW link

Per­son­ally miti­gat­ing ex­is­ten­tial risk

MetusJul 15, 2013, 5:56 PM
−2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Semi-open thread: blackmail

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 15, 2013, 4:25 PM
0 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne So­cial Meetup

MaelinJul 15, 2013, 2:10 PM
1 point
6 comments1 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, July 16-31

therufsJul 15, 2013, 1:39 PM
3 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

Dul­ler black­mail definitions

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 15, 2013, 10:08 AM
16 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

Count­ess and Baron at­tempt to define black­mail, fail

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 15, 2013, 10:07 AM
20 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Notes/​blog posts on two re­cent MIRI papers

QuinnJul 14, 2013, 11:11 PM
35 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bratis­lava Meetup V.

Viliam_BurJul 14, 2013, 9:03 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Writ­ing Style and the Typ­i­cal Mind Fallacy

lukeprogJul 14, 2013, 4:47 AM
42 points
76 comments1 min readLW link

To re­duce as­tro­nom­i­cal waste: take your time, then go very fast

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 13, 2013, 4:41 PM
70 points
50 comments3 min readLW link

Some high­lights from Nate Silver’s “The Sig­nal and the Noise”

JonahSJul 13, 2013, 3:21 PM
35 points
11 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don So­cial—Direct Sun­light 2, Vi­tamin Booga­loo—July 21st

LeonhartJul 13, 2013, 11:09 AM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

“Stupid” ques­tions thread

gothgirl420666Jul 13, 2013, 2:42 AM
62 points
854 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekJul 12, 2013, 3:37 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Cos­mic ex­pan­sion vs up­loads eco­nomics?

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 12, 2013, 7:37 AM
−7 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] If cor­re­la­tion doesn’t im­ply cau­sa­tion, then what does?

StrilancJul 12, 2013, 5:39 AM
5 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : [Colum­bus] Up­com­ing Work­shop Topics

daenerysJul 12, 2013, 4:12 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The WASH-1400 Re­ac­tor Safety Study

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

[META] Open threads (and repos­i­tory threads) are un­der­uti­lized.

Adele_LJul 11, 2013, 5:48 PM
29 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Less Wrong Lon­don New Ar­rival In­te­gra­tion Task Force

sixes_and_sevensJul 11, 2013, 4:53 PM
44 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : [Moscow] The Meet up

YuuJul 11, 2013, 12:57 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Seed Study: Polypha­sic Sleep in Ten Steps

LoganStrohlJul 11, 2013, 7:17 AM
45 points
135 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham/​RTLW HPMoR dis­cus­sion, ch. 77-78

therufsJul 10, 2013, 11:20 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Svante Ar­rhe­nius’s Pre­dic­tion of Cli­mate Change

JonahSJul 10, 2013, 11:00 PM
13 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Hy­poth­e­sis about the mechanism for stor­ing long-term memory

Andy_McKenzieJul 10, 2013, 2:33 PM
6 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Against easy su­per­in­tel­li­gence: the un­fore­seen fric­tion argument

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 10, 2013, 1:47 PM
39 points
48 comments5 min readLW link

The failure of counter-ar­gu­ments argument

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 10, 2013, 1:38 PM
26 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

Help please! Mak­ing a good choice be­tween two jobs

cjb230Jul 10, 2013, 11:23 AM
3 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

[LINK] XKCD Comic #1236, Seashells and Bayes’ Theorem

PetruchioJul 10, 2013, 11:05 AM
−11 points
32 comments1 min readLW link