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The failed simulation effect and its implications for the optimization of extracurricular activities
VipulNaik
Apr 8, 2014, 7:27 PM
18
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Google vs Wikipedia, for-profit vs not-for-profit
Schmoo
Apr 8, 2014, 2:42 PM
−3
points
42
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Open Thread April 8 - April 14 2014
Tenoke
Apr 8, 2014, 11:11 AM
6
points
245
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Be comfortable with hypocrisy
The_Duck
Apr 8, 2014, 10:03 AM
67
points
80
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Solomonoff induction on a random string
christopherj
Apr 8, 2014, 5:30 AM
2
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
HPMOR hypothesis: Harry will use Timeless Decision Theory to resolve some of the time-turner paradoxes
Punoxysm
Apr 8, 2014, 3:38 AM
−13
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A summary and broad points of agreement and disagreement with Cal Newport’s book on high school extracurriculars
VipulNaik
Apr 8, 2014, 1:55 AM
16
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Controversy—Healthy or Harmful?
Gunnar_Zarncke
Apr 7, 2014, 10:03 PM
4
points
18
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes April 2014
elharo
Apr 7, 2014, 5:25 PM
15
points
659
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Polling Thread
Gunnar_Zarncke
Apr 7, 2014, 3:13 PM
7
points
67
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Utrecht: Behavioural economics, game theory...
SoerenMind
Apr 7, 2014, 1:54 PM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
The Case For Free Will or Why LessWrong must commit to self determination
Troshen
Apr 7, 2014, 12:07 PM
−32
points
15
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Siren worlds and the perils of over-optimised search
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 7, 2014, 11:00 AM
83
points
418
comments
7
min read
LW
link
AI risk, executive summary
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 7, 2014, 10:33 AM
22
points
51
comments
5
min read
LW
link
SHRDLU, understanding, anthropomorphisation and hindsight bias
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 7, 2014, 9:59 AM
18
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
LW Australia Weekend Retreat
Ruby
Apr 7, 2014, 9:45 AM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Stanford Salon and LW inaugural meetup
BraydenM
Apr 7, 2014, 4:26 AM
5
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : The Second Warsaw Meetup
[deleted]
Apr 6, 2014, 9:48 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Stock phrases
KnaveOfAllTrades
Apr 6, 2014, 7:32 PM
6
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Observational learning and the importance of high quality examples
casebash
Apr 6, 2014, 7:00 AM
3
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The social value of high school extracurricular time
JonahS
Apr 6, 2014, 6:29 AM
6
points
25
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Next Meetup: Fermi Estimates and Singing
rocurley
Apr 6, 2014, 3:29 AM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
The Cold War divided Science
Douglas_Knight
Apr 5, 2014, 11:10 PM
35
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A puzzle concerning CS major vs. engineering major salaries
JonahS
Apr 5, 2014, 7:13 AM
9
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Community overview and resources for modern Less Wrong meetup organisers
BraydenM
Apr 4, 2014, 8:53 PM
26
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetups: Las Vegas, Warsaw
FrankAdamek
Apr 4, 2014, 4:14 PM
4
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
LINK-Bayesian methods in drug development and regulatory review
polymathwannabe
Apr 4, 2014, 2:58 PM
2
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Bratislava Meetup XII.
Viliam_Bur
Apr 4, 2014, 2:27 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Bratislava Meetup XI.
Viliam_Bur
Apr 4, 2014, 2:20 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Chicago: Seeing with Fresh Eyes Review
Nic_Smith
Apr 4, 2014, 12:26 PM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow Meet up
Yuu
Apr 4, 2014, 6:38 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Career prospects for physics majors
JonahS
Apr 4, 2014, 3:02 AM
20
points
32
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Thermodynamics of Intelligence and Cognitive Enhancement
CasioTheSane
Apr 3, 2014, 11:17 PM
17
points
71
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LessWrong Hamburg—Report from Berlin
Gunnar_Zarncke
Apr 3, 2014, 7:42 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Study of Anglophysics
Scott Alexander
Apr 3, 2014, 5:36 PM
38
points
1
comment
28
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Atlanta: Problems With Friendly AI: A (non-technical) MIRI Book Review
Nova_Division
Apr 3, 2014, 5:00 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Urbana-Champaign: Rationality and Cooking
Manfred
Apr 3, 2014, 4:18 PM
4
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Frankfurt meetup
Kendra
Apr 3, 2014, 7:08 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Items to Have In Case of Emergency...Maybe.
daenerys
Apr 3, 2014, 12:23 AM
42
points
76
comments
3
min read
LW
link
NY Megameetup this weekend
Raemon
Apr 2, 2014, 10:35 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Business Networking through LessWrong
JoshuaFox
Apr 2, 2014, 5:39 PM
45
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
0.5% of amazon purchases to a charity of your choice (opt-in)
Jonathan_Graehl
Apr 2, 2014, 1:55 AM
10
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Group Rationality Diary, April 1-15
therufs
Apr 1, 2014, 8:35 PM
6
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
April 2014 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Apr 1, 2014, 7:14 AM
7
points
70
comments
1
min read
LW
link
College discussion thread
benkuhn
Apr 1, 2014, 3:21 AM
9
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread March 31 - April 7 2014
beoShaffer
Apr 1, 2014, 1:41 AM
5
points
236
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Biomedical research as a career
JonahS
Apr 1, 2014, 1:33 AM
9
points
12
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Natural Rights as Impediment to Artificial Intelligence
[deleted]
Mar 31, 2014, 11:23 PM
−24
points
9
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Kazdin’s The Everyday Parenting Toolkit
Gunnar_Zarncke
Mar 31, 2014, 9:29 PM
19
points
22
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The concept of belief and the nature of abstraction
common_law
31 Mar 2014 20:14 UTC
4
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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