In Fa­vor of Nice­ness, Com­mu­nity, and Civilization

Scott AlexanderFeb 23, 2014, 10:24 PM
84 points
9 comments20 min readLW link

Bridge Col­lapse: Re­duc­tion­ism as Eng­ineer­ing Problem

Rob BensingerFeb 18, 2014, 10:03 PM
81 points
62 comments15 min readLW link

A Fer­vent Defense of Fre­quen­tist Statistics

jsteinhardtFeb 18, 2014, 8:08 PM
75 points
129 comments16 min readLW link

A self-ex­per­i­ment in train­ing “notic­ing con­fu­sion”

whalesFeb 20, 2014, 1:55 AM
65 points
18 comments7 min readLW link

Be­ware Triv­ial Fears

StabilizerFeb 4, 2014, 5:40 AM
64 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

White Lies

ChrisHallquistFeb 8, 2014, 1:20 AM
60 points
903 comments5 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Lin­ear Alge­bra Done Right (MIRI course list)

So8resFeb 17, 2014, 8:52 PM
58 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

The Jan­uary 2013 CFAR work­shop: one-year retrospective

Qiaochu_YuanFeb 18, 2014, 6:41 PM
53 points
18 comments5 min readLW link

L-zom­bies! (L-zom­bies?)

BenyaFeb 7, 2014, 6:30 PM
52 points
74 comments7 min readLW link

LINK: In fa­vor of nice­ness, com­mu­nity, and civilisation

SolventFeb 24, 2014, 4:13 AM
42 points
137 comments1 min readLW link

“Smarter than us” is out!

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 25, 2014, 3:50 PM
41 points
57 comments1 min readLW link

I like sim­plic­ity, but not THAT much

BenyaFeb 14, 2014, 7:51 PM
38 points
33 comments8 min readLW link

A few re­marks about mass-downvoting

gjmFeb 13, 2014, 5:06 PM
34 points
89 comments1 min readLW link

Em­brac­ing the “sadis­tic” conclusion

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 13, 2014, 10:30 AM
33 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Arthur Chu: Jeop­ardy! cham­pion through ex­em­plary rationality

syllogismFeb 2, 2014, 8:02 AM
33 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

The Ra­tion­al­ity Wars

Stefan_SchubertFeb 27, 2014, 5:08 PM
30 points
43 comments3 min readLW link

True num­bers and fake numbers

cousin_itFeb 6, 2014, 12:29 PM
29 points
131 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity train­ing: aca­demic and clini­cal perspectives

whalesFeb 19, 2014, 7:09 AM
29 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

Meth­ods for treat­ing depression

JonahSFeb 17, 2014, 7:02 PM
28 points
51 comments4 min readLW link

SUDT: A toy de­ci­sion the­ory for up­date­less anthropics

BenyaFeb 23, 2014, 11:50 PM
27 points
14 comments8 min readLW link

Prefer­ences with­out Existence

Scott GarrabrantFeb 8, 2014, 1:34 AM
27 points
101 comments4 min readLW link

Jobs and in­tern­ships available at the Cen­tre for Effec­tive Altruism

togFeb 7, 2014, 12:16 PM
26 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Sin­gle player ex­ten­sive-form games as a model of UDT

cousin_itFeb 25, 2014, 10:43 AM
26 points
26 comments2 min readLW link

Fi­nance as a ca­reer option

JonahSFeb 9, 2014, 8:47 PM
26 points
90 comments5 min readLW link

On Straw Vul­can Rationality

LoganStrohlFeb 2, 2014, 8:11 AM
25 points
28 comments2 min readLW link

In­tel­li­gence Met­rics with Nat­u­ral­ized In­duc­tion us­ing UDT

SquarkFeb 21, 2014, 12:23 PM
24 points
28 comments7 min readLW link

Meta: so­cial in­fluence bias and the karma system

[deleted]Feb 17, 2014, 1:07 AM
24 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

How can I spend money to im­prove my life?

Jonathan PaulsonFeb 2, 2014, 10:16 AM
24 points
233 comments1 min readLW link

How to teach to mag­i­cal thinkers?

polymathwannabeFeb 24, 2014, 1:43 PM
23 points
79 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity & Low-IQ People

kokotajlodFeb 2, 2014, 3:11 PM
23 points
107 comments1 min readLW link

17 Rules to Make a Defi­ni­tion that Avoids the 37 Ways of Words Be­ing Wrong

mathnerd314Feb 22, 2014, 5:16 AM
21 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Don’t rely on the sys­tem to guaran­tee you life satisfaction

JonahSFeb 18, 2014, 5:48 AM
21 points
64 comments2 min readLW link

Publi­ca­tion: the “anti-sci­ence” trope is cul­turally po­lariz­ing and makes peo­ple dis­trust scientists

ancientcampusFeb 7, 2014, 5:09 PM
21 points
78 comments1 min readLW link

[Meta] Open thread even more of­ten?

solipsistFeb 12, 2014, 9:28 PM
20 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

Mind Hacks

RyanCareyFeb 3, 2014, 7:32 PM
19 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

The in­no­va­tion tree, over­shad­owed in the in­no­va­tion forest

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 25, 2014, 2:11 PM
19 points
34 comments2 min readLW link

Au­dio Ver­sion of “How to Ac­tu­ally Change Your Mind”

Rick_from_CastifyFeb 18, 2014, 8:23 PM
19 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Logic as Probability

ManfredFeb 8, 2014, 6:39 AM
18 points
33 comments3 min readLW link

Learn (and Maybe Get a Cre­den­tial in) Data Science

Jayson_VirissimoFeb 1, 2014, 6:39 PM
18 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup re­port: Lon­don LW para­noid de­bat­ing session

philhFeb 16, 2014, 11:46 PM
17 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

What are some re­lated com­mu­ni­ties on­line?

casebashFeb 24, 2014, 1:04 PM
17 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Manag­ing your time spent learning

JonahSFeb 19, 2014, 6:48 PM
17 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Cam­bridge (England) lec­ture: Ex­is­ten­tial Risk: Sur­viv­ing the 21st Cen­tury, 26th Fe­bru­ary

Sean_o_hFeb 14, 2014, 7:39 PM
15 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

LINK-How we make our de­pres­sion worse

polymathwannabeFeb 21, 2014, 7:02 PM
14 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Brain­storm­ing: chil­dren’s stories

EmileFeb 11, 2014, 1:23 PM
14 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

I love zebras

ApprenticeFeb 5, 2014, 5:47 PM
14 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

The ra­tio­nal­ity of split­ting donations

JonahSFeb 10, 2014, 3:13 AM
14 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Iden­tity and Death

TenokeFeb 18, 2014, 11:35 AM
14 points
56 comments2 min readLW link

Ap­proach­ing Log­i­cal Probability

ManfredFeb 27, 2014, 7:44 AM
13 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

A medium for more ra­tio­nal discussion

Adam ZernerFeb 24, 2014, 5:20 PM
13 points
21 comments2 min readLW link