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Meetup : Helsinki Meetup
mikko
Aug 10, 2013, 10:20 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup: Philadelphia, August 11, games
NancyLebovitz
Aug 10, 2013, 5:32 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Proposal: periodic repost of the Best Learning resources
Dr_Manhattan
Aug 10, 2013, 4:21 PM
15
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Who are some of the best writers in history?
Crux
Aug 10, 2013, 9:04 AM
2
points
35
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Effective Rationality Training Online
Brendon_Wong
Aug 10, 2013, 1:58 AM
4
points
23
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Interesting new Pew Research study on American opinions about radical life extension
[deleted]
Aug 9, 2013, 5:26 PM
15
points
21
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Durham NC/Triangle Area: “Rationality is hard! Let’s do math” (Utility Functions/Prospect Theory)
therufs
Aug 9, 2013, 5:18 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Aug 9, 2013, 3:46 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Greatest Philosopher in History
Carinthium
Aug 9, 2013, 12:50 PM
0
points
61
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA Meetup—Confess Your Unpopular Opinion
OpenThreadGuy
Aug 9, 2013, 6:07 AM
7
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Atlanta LessWrong: Games Night
Nova_Division
Aug 9, 2013, 3:19 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Random variables and Evidential Decision Theory
twanvl
Aug 8, 2013, 9:48 PM
−2
points
37
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Bitcoins, “Investment of Money,” and Law
TimS
Aug 8, 2013, 7:33 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New article on in vitro iterated embryo selection
CarlShulman
Aug 8, 2013, 7:28 PM
18
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : London Social—The Unwelcome but Probable Decline and Fall of Direct Sunlight
philh
Aug 8, 2013, 2:08 PM
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Should you work at 80,000 Hours?
Jess_Whittlestone
Aug 8, 2013, 2:04 PM
26
points
11
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Motivation and Merciless Commitment Contracts
peirce
Aug 8, 2013, 12:27 AM
7
points
68
comments
4
min read
LW
link
What Would it Take to “Prove” a Speculative Cause?
Peter Wildeford
Aug 7, 2013, 8:59 PM
10
points
15
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Vancouver!
[deleted]
Aug 7, 2013, 7:56 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Improving Enjoyment and Retention Reading Technical Literature
sentientplatypus
Aug 7, 2013, 6:29 AM
46
points
39
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : [Boston] Using Causal Graphs to Understand Bias in the Medical Literature
Ben_LandauTaylor
Aug 7, 2013, 4:32 AM
10
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to Measure Anything
lukeprog
Aug 7, 2013, 4:05 AM
121
points
55
comments
22
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LessWrong Israel September meetup
DanArmak
Aug 6, 2013, 12:11 PM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LW Munich Meetup in August
Valeriy
Aug 6, 2013, 11:58 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LW Munich Meetup in August
Valeriy
Aug 6, 2013, 11:58 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, August 5-11, 2013
David_Gerard
Aug 5, 2013, 6:50 AM
6
points
308
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Saskatoon’s First Meetup!
Nicholas_Rutherford
Aug 5, 2013, 5:33 AM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington DC books meetup
rocurley
Aug 5, 2013, 2:20 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Crossing the experiments: a baby
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 5, 2013, 12:31 AM
5
points
89
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Seeking a reader for LessWrong sequences
Rick_from_Castify
Aug 4, 2013, 10:58 AM
8
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington DC fun and games meetup
rocurley
4 Aug 2013 3:20 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Algorithmic Progress in Six Domains
lukeprog
3 Aug 2013 2:29 UTC
38
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
August 2013 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
2 Aug 2013 21:49 UTC
8
points
122
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes August 2013
Vaniver
2 Aug 2013 20:59 UTC
12
points
730
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] AI advances: computers can be almost as funny as people
Shmi
2 Aug 2013 18:41 UTC
12
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Vienna Meetup
Ratcourse
2 Aug 2013 17:47 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
2 Aug 2013 15:23 UTC
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Group Rationality Diary, August 1-15
therufs
1 Aug 2013 20:38 UTC
5
points
61
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Fermi paradox as evidence against the likelyhood of unfriendly AI
chaosmage
1 Aug 2013 18:46 UTC
9
points
54
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Picnic au Parc de la Tête d’Or
Oriane
1 Aug 2013 12:18 UTC
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
How does MIRI Know it Has a Medium Probability of Success?
Peter Wildeford
1 Aug 2013 11:42 UTC
35
points
146
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Vancouver Open Discussion
eggman
1 Aug 2013 9:43 UTC
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
RapGenius + Sequences = ?
Alexandros
1 Aug 2013 6:04 UTC
20
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Common Task Time Estimation Repository
Arkanj3l
1 Aug 2013 0:21 UTC
7
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Q for GiveWell: What is GiveDirectly’s mechanism of action?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
31 Jul 2013 20:02 UTC
33
points
28
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Mutual Worth without default point (but with potential threats)
Stuart_Armstrong
31 Jul 2013 9:52 UTC
12
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
More “Stupid” Questions
NancyLebovitz
31 Jul 2013 9:18 UTC
21
points
497
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Internet Research (with tangent on intelligence analysis and collapse)
Arkanj3l
31 Jul 2013 4:58 UTC
16
points
23
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : [Boston] Goal Factoring
Ben_LandauTaylor
30 Jul 2013 21:16 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A thought on the value of “rationality” as a value
D_Alex
30 Jul 2013 9:27 UTC
1
point
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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