What are some sci­ence mis­takes you made in col­lege?

aarongertlerMar 23, 2014, 5:28 AM
10 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

How to Study Un­safe AGI’s safely (and why we might have no choice)

PunoxysmMar 7, 2014, 7:24 AM
10 points
47 comments5 min readLW link

Log­i­cal ther­mo­dy­nam­ics: to­wards a the­ory of self-trust­ing un­cer­tain reasoning

SquarkMar 28, 2014, 4:06 PM
10 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

How valuable is vol­un­teer­ing?

JonahSMar 29, 2014, 9:55 PM
10 points
52 comments4 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes March 2014

MalcolmOceanMar 1, 2014, 3:34 PM
9 points
330 comments1 min readLW link

Akra­sia and Im­mu­nity to change

terasinubeMar 3, 2014, 4:04 PM
9 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Friendly AI ideas needed: how would you ban porn?

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 17, 2014, 6:00 PM
9 points
80 comments1 min readLW link

Learn­ing lan­guages effi­ciently.

FivehundredMar 2, 2014, 3:57 PM
9 points
95 comments1 min readLW link

FiveThir­tyEight (Nate Silver) rolls out new blog to­day, and at­tempts to teach peo­ple Bayes’ rule.

RomeoStevensMar 18, 2014, 6:37 AM
9 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

In­tel­li­gence-disadvantage

casebashMar 16, 2014, 7:14 AM
9 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Par­ent­ing ver­sus ca­reer choice think­ing in teenagers

VipulNaikMar 13, 2014, 5:56 PM
9 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

Refer­ence Frames for Ex­pected Value

ozziegooenMar 16, 2014, 7:22 PM
8 points
25 comments6 min readLW link

What at­tracts peo­ple to learn­ing things that they con­sider nei­ther in­ter­est­ing nor im­por­tant?

VipulNaikMar 14, 2014, 5:32 PM
8 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don So­cial Mee­tups − 23/​03 and 30/​03

TenokeMar 22, 2014, 12:21 PM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

March 2014 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisMar 1, 2014, 3:49 PM
7 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Pol­ling Thread

Gunnar_ZarnckeMar 1, 2014, 11:57 PM
7 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread: March 4 − 10

Scott GarrabrantMar 4, 2014, 3:55 AM
7 points
391 comments1 min readLW link

In­for­ma­tion-gen­er­at­ing re­search projects

JonahSMar 18, 2014, 6:53 PM
7 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Shoulds can be changed to Cans

StabilizerMar 15, 2014, 9:05 AM
7 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Effec­tive Effec­tive Altru­ism Fundrais­ing and Move­ment-Building

ChrisHallquistMar 28, 2014, 9:05 PM
7 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup: Philadelphia, March 9, 2014

NancyLebovitzMar 8, 2014, 6:43 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong Ham­burg Third Meetup Notes: Small Steps Forward

Gunnar_ZarnckeMar 4, 2014, 11:25 PM
6 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Is­rael Less Wrong Meetup—So­cial and Board Games

SoftFlareMar 5, 2014, 5:01 PM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Lat­inus ra­tio­nal­ior ist.

VAurochMar 6, 2014, 6:32 PM
6 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Should one be sad when an op­por­tu­nity is lost?

diegocaleiroMar 11, 2014, 1:48 AM
6 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Open thread, 11-17 March 2014

David_GerardMar 11, 2014, 10:45 PM
6 points
227 comments1 min readLW link

What are you work­ing on? March /​ April 2014

VincentYuMar 15, 2014, 3:45 AM
6 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

My book: Si­mu­lat­ing Den­nett—This Wed­nes­day in Sao Paulo

diegocaleiroMar 17, 2014, 8:15 AM
6 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup: Philadelphia, 1 PM, March 23-- treat­ing mis­takes as though they’re bugs

NancyLebovitzMar 19, 2014, 3:55 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : First LW Meetup in Warsaw

David AlthausMar 22, 2014, 4:41 PM
6 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] First talk by CSER

NoSuchPlaceMar 11, 2014, 3:01 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Find a study part­ner—March 2014 thread

Mati_RoyMar 2, 2014, 6:00 AM
5 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Berkeley: Beta-test­ing at CFAR

NisanMar 19, 2014, 5:32 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

High school stu­dents and epistemic rationality

VipulNaikMar 15, 2014, 5:40 PM
5 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Open thread, 18-24 March 2014

David_GerardMar 18, 2014, 12:26 PM
5 points
176 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Former Chris­tian fun­da­men­tal­ist: Science robbed me of my faith

BenquoMar 12, 2014, 9:32 PM
5 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] IBM to set Wat­son loose on can­cer genome data

TylerJayMar 20, 2014, 4:48 PM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham: Stupid Ra­tion­al­ity Questions

evandMar 18, 2014, 5:11 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Utrecht: Effec­tive Altruism

SoerenMindMar 3, 2014, 7:55 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA—Ex­pert At Vs. Ex­pert On

OpenThreadGuyMar 7, 2014, 10:10 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Can­berra: Meta-meetup + meditation

DanielFilanMar 7, 2014, 1:04 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Tempe, AZ (ASU)

MumpsimusLaneMar 3, 2014, 8:46 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bos­ton—Schel­ling Day

VikaMar 27, 2014, 5:08 PM
4 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ur­bana-Cham­paign: Discussion

ManfredMar 5, 2014, 9:14 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Prince­ton NJ Meetup

LarksMar 23, 2014, 12:22 AM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

On not di­ver­sify­ing charity

DanielLCMar 14, 2014, 5:14 AM
4 points
73 comments6 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, March 16-31

therufsMar 16, 2014, 10:47 PM
4 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

In­creas­ing the pool of peo­ple with out­stand­ing accomplishments

JonahSMar 28, 2014, 10:45 PM
4 points
34 comments3 min readLW link

Re­duced im­pact in prac­tice: ran­domly sam­pling the future

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 17, 2014, 4:30 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, March 1-15

therufsMar 2, 2014, 11:56 PM
4 points
12 comments1 min readLW link