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Meetup : New Year meetup Frankfurt
Kendra
Dec 27, 2014, 9:30 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
SciAm article about rationality corresponding only weakly with IQ
DavidPlumpton
Dec 27, 2014, 8:56 PM
10
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : January Meetup in Munich
Valeriy
Dec 27, 2014, 7:14 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tachyon neutrinos (again)
JoshuaZ
Dec 27, 2014, 5:19 PM
13
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
We Haven’t Uploaded Worms
jefftk
Dec 27, 2014, 11:44 AM
156
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Suggestions for 31C3 (Chaos Communication Congress)
Gunnar_Zarncke
Dec 27, 2014, 10:08 AM
9
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Bangalore Meetup
anandjeyahar
Dec 26, 2014, 5:15 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Dec 26, 2014, 3:54 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
CFAR in 2014: Continuing to climb out of the startup pit, heading toward a full prototype
AnnaSalamon
Dec 26, 2014, 3:33 PM
92
points
61
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Open and closed mental states
Vika
Dec 26, 2014, 6:53 AM
31
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
LINK: TED-Ed video on death and cryonics
maxikov
Dec 26, 2014, 4:52 AM
10
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Methodology for predicting speed dating participants’ decisions
JonahS
Dec 25, 2014, 8:43 PM
10
points
4
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Using Doulingo ‘Immersion’ feature to translate HPMOR
efim
Dec 25, 2014, 8:25 PM
13
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why “Changing the World” is a Horrible Phrase
ozziegooen
Dec 25, 2014, 6:04 AM
39
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Factoring cost-effectiveness
owencb
Dec 24, 2014, 11:25 PM
12
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
2015 New Years Resolution Thread
Andy_McKenzie
Dec 24, 2014, 10:16 PM
7
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Pomodoro for Programmers
Peter Wildeford
Dec 24, 2014, 6:26 PM
15
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Nth_Level_Player
Minds_Eye
Dec 24, 2014, 12:54 AM
−7
points
17
comments
5
min read
LW
link
LINK: Nematode brain uploaded with success
polymathwannabe
Dec 23, 2014, 11:27 PM
4
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
MIRI’s technical research agenda
So8res
Dec 23, 2014, 6:45 PM
55
points
52
comments
3
min read
LW
link
State of the Solstice 2014
Raemon
Dec 23, 2014, 6:18 AM
54
points
48
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence 15: Oracles, genies and sovereigns
KatjaGrace
Dec 23, 2014, 2:01 AM
11
points
30
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Enlightened AI, two stories
[deleted]
Dec 22, 2014, 9:35 PM
−14
points
40
comments
5
min read
LW
link
How to deal with Santa Claus?
jkadlubo
Dec 22, 2014, 5:50 PM
10
points
67
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Mini Talks + Socializing
RobinZ
Dec 22, 2014, 5:45 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to Read
Peter Wildeford
Dec 22, 2014, 5:40 AM
21
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Dec. 22 - Dec. 28, 2014
Gondolinian
Dec 22, 2014, 2:34 AM
7
points
218
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Bratislava
Viliam_Bur
Dec 21, 2014, 10:20 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Training Reflective Attention
LoganStrohl
Dec 21, 2014, 12:53 PM
41
points
30
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Signalling with T-Shirt slogans
Gunnar_Zarncke
Dec 21, 2014, 11:37 AM
14
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] The Dominant Life Form In the Cosmos Is Probably Superintelligent Robots
Gunnar_Zarncke
Dec 20, 2014, 12:28 PM
6
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Velocity of behavioral evolution
Dr_Manhattan
Dec 19, 2014, 5:34 PM
7
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Dec 19, 2014, 5:27 PM
5
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Post Resource Request
Minds_Eye
Dec 19, 2014, 5:04 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Letting it go: when you shouldn’t respond to someone who is wrong
[deleted]
Dec 19, 2014, 3:12 PM
11
points
35
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Munchkining for Fun and Profit, Ideas, Experience, Successes, Failures
Username
Dec 19, 2014, 5:39 AM
12
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Nobody Is Perfect, Everything Is Commensurable
Scott Alexander
Dec 19, 2014, 5:00 AM
43
points
4
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun & Games
RobinZ
Dec 19, 2014, 4:56 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Short, Meta] Should open threads be more frequent?
Metus
Dec 18, 2014, 11:41 PM
5
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An explanation of the ‘Many Interacting Worlds’ theory of quantum mechanics (by Sean Carroll and Chip Sebens)
Ander
Dec 18, 2014, 11:36 PM
7
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bayes Academy Development Report 2 - improved data visualization
Kaj_Sotala
Dec 18, 2014, 10:11 PM
12
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rationality Jokes Thread
Gunnar_Zarncke
Dec 18, 2014, 4:17 PM
20
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow Meetup: biology, CBT and something mysterious
Slava Matyukhin
Dec 18, 2014, 3:48 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(Very Short) PSA: Combined Main and Discussion Feed
Gondolinian
Dec 18, 2014, 3:46 PM
21
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How many words do we have and how many distinct concepts do we have?
[deleted]
Dec 17, 2014, 11:04 PM
−6
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Giving What We Can—New Year drive
Smaug123
Dec 17, 2014, 3:26 PM
15
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Entropy and Temperature
spxtr
17 Dec 2014 8:04 UTC
39
points
96
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Understanding Agency
Gordon Seidoh Worley
17 Dec 2014 6:35 UTC
−1
points
32
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Using machine learning to predict romantic compatibility: empirical results
JonahS
17 Dec 2014 2:54 UTC
37
points
18
comments
11
min read
LW
link
“incomparable” outcomes—multiple utility functions?
Emanresu
17 Dec 2014 0:06 UTC
6
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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