Ran­dom vari­ables and Ev­i­den­tial De­ci­sion Theory

twanvlAug 8, 2013, 9:48 PM
−2 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

[LINK] Bit­coins, “In­vest­ment of Money,” and Law

TimSAug 8, 2013, 7:33 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

New ar­ti­cle on in vitro iter­ated em­bryo selection

CarlShulmanAug 8, 2013, 7:28 PM
18 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don So­cial—The Un­wel­come but Prob­a­ble De­cline and Fall of Direct Sunlight

philhAug 8, 2013, 2:08 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Should you work at 80,000 Hours?

Jess_WhittlestoneAug 8, 2013, 2:04 PM
26 points
11 comments9 min readLW link

Mo­ti­va­tion and Mer­ciless Com­mit­ment Contracts

peirceAug 8, 2013, 12:27 AM
7 points
68 comments4 min readLW link

What Would it Take to “Prove” a Spec­u­la­tive Cause?

Peter WildefordAug 7, 2013, 8:59 PM
10 points
15 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : Van­cou­ver!

[deleted]Aug 7, 2013, 7:56 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Im­prov­ing En­joy­ment and Re­ten­tion Read­ing Tech­ni­cal Literature

sentientplatypusAug 7, 2013, 6:29 AM
46 points
39 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : [Bos­ton] Us­ing Causal Graphs to Un­der­stand Bias in the Med­i­cal Literature

Ben_LandauTaylorAug 7, 2013, 4:32 AM
10 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

How to Mea­sure Anything

lukeprogAug 7, 2013, 4:05 AM
121 points
55 comments22 min readLW link

Meetup : LessWrong Is­rael Septem­ber meetup

DanArmakAug 6, 2013, 12:11 PM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : LW Mu­nich Meetup in August

ValeriyAug 6, 2013, 11:58 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : LW Mu­nich Meetup in August

ValeriyAug 6, 2013, 11:58 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Au­gust 5-11, 2013

David_GerardAug 5, 2013, 6:50 AM
6 points
308 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Saska­toon’s First Meetup!

Nicholas_RutherfordAug 5, 2013, 5:33 AM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton DC books meetup

rocurleyAug 5, 2013, 2:20 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Cross­ing the ex­per­i­ments: a baby

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 5, 2013, 12:31 AM
5 points
89 comments1 min readLW link

Seek­ing a reader for LessWrong sequences

Rick_from_CastifyAug 4, 2013, 10:58 AM
8 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton DC fun and games meetup

rocurleyAug 4, 2013, 3:20 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Al­gorith­mic Progress in Six Domains

lukeprogAug 3, 2013, 2:29 AM
38 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Au­gust 2013 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisAug 2, 2013, 9:49 PM
8 points
122 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Au­gust 2013

VaniverAug 2, 2013, 8:59 PM
12 points
730 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] AI ad­vances: com­put­ers can be al­most as funny as people

ShmiAug 2, 2013, 6:41 PM
12 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Vienna Meetup

RatcourseAug 2, 2013, 5:47 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekAug 2, 2013, 3:23 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, Au­gust 1-15

therufsAug 1, 2013, 8:38 PM
5 points
61 comments1 min readLW link

The Fermi para­dox as ev­i­dence against the likely­hood of un­friendly AI

chaosmageAug 1, 2013, 6:46 PM
9 points
54 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Pic­nic au Parc de la Tête d’Or

OrianeAug 1, 2013, 12:18 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

How does MIRI Know it Has a Medium Prob­a­bil­ity of Suc­cess?

Peter WildefordAug 1, 2013, 11:42 AM
35 points
146 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Van­cou­ver Open Discussion

eggmanAug 1, 2013, 9:43 AM
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link

RapGe­nius + Se­quences = ?

AlexandrosAug 1, 2013, 6:04 AM
20 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Com­mon Task Time Es­ti­ma­tion Repository

Arkanj3lAug 1, 2013, 12:21 AM
7 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Q for GiveWell: What is GiveDirectly’s mechanism of ac­tion?

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 31, 2013, 8:02 PM
33 points
28 comments8 min readLW link

Mu­tual Worth with­out de­fault point (but with po­ten­tial threats)

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 31, 2013, 9:52 AM
12 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

More “Stupid” Questions

NancyLebovitzJul 31, 2013, 9:18 AM
21 points
497 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­net Re­search (with tan­gent on in­tel­li­gence anal­y­sis and col­lapse)

Arkanj3lJul 31, 2013, 4:58 AM
16 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : [Bos­ton] Goal Factoring

Ben_LandauTaylorJul 30, 2013, 9:16 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A thought on the value of “ra­tio­nal­ity” as a value

D_AlexJul 30, 2013, 9:27 AM
1 point
11 comments1 min readLW link

Freako­nomics Study In­ves­ti­gates De­ci­sion-Mak­ing and Es­ti­mated Prior Probabilities

telmsJul 30, 2013, 4:08 AM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, July 29-Au­gust 4, 2013

David_GerardJul 29, 2013, 10:26 PM
7 points
389 comments1 min readLW link

Level­ing up...

RobertChangeJul 29, 2013, 9:38 PM
14 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Op­ti­mize Your Settings

katydeeJul 29, 2013, 9:10 PM
23 points
16 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham/​RTLW HPMoR dis­cus­sion, ch. 79-81

therufsJul 29, 2013, 7:19 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[link] Book re­view: Mind­meld­ing: Con­scious­ness, Neu­ro­science, and the Mind’s Privacy

Kaj_SotalaJul 29, 2013, 1:47 PM
5 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes from peo­ple as­so­ci­ated with LessWrong

ChristianKlJul 29, 2013, 1:19 PM
36 points
62 comments1 min readLW link

Valu­ing Sen­tience: Can They Suffer?

jefftkJul 29, 2013, 12:39 PM
9 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Why I’m Skep­ti­cal About Un­proven Causes (And You Should Be Too)

Peter WildefordJul 29, 2013, 9:09 AM
42 points
98 comments11 min readLW link

Re­pos­i­tory repository

pinyakaJul 28, 2013, 10:59 PM
68 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Ar­gu­ments Against Speciesism

Lukas_GloorJul 28, 2013, 6:24 PM
30 points
476 comments9 min readLW link