The failed simu­la­tion effect and its im­pli­ca­tions for the op­ti­miza­tion of ex­tracur­ricu­lar activities

VipulNaik8 Apr 2014 19:27 UTC
18 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Google vs Wikipe­dia, for-profit vs not-for-profit

Schmoo8 Apr 2014 14:42 UTC
−3 points
42 comments3 min readLW link

Open Thread April 8 - April 14 2014

Tenoke8 Apr 2014 11:11 UTC
6 points
245 comments1 min readLW link

Be com­fortable with hypocrisy

The_Duck8 Apr 2014 10:03 UTC
67 points
79 comments2 min readLW link

Solomonoff in­duc­tion on a ran­dom string

christopherj8 Apr 2014 5:30 UTC
2 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

HPMOR hy­poth­e­sis: Harry will use Time­less De­ci­sion The­ory to re­solve some of the time-turner paradoxes

Punoxysm8 Apr 2014 3:38 UTC
−13 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

A sum­mary and broad points of agree­ment and dis­agree­ment with Cal New­port’s book on high school extracurriculars

VipulNaik8 Apr 2014 1:55 UTC
16 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Con­tro­versy—Healthy or Harm­ful?

Gunnar_Zarncke7 Apr 2014 22:03 UTC
4 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes April 2014

elharo7 Apr 2014 17:25 UTC
15 points
659 comments1 min readLW link

Pol­ling Thread

Gunnar_Zarncke7 Apr 2014 15:13 UTC
7 points
67 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Utrecht: Be­havi­oural eco­nomics, game the­ory...

SoerenMind7 Apr 2014 13:54 UTC
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

The Case For Free Will or Why LessWrong must com­mit to self determination

Troshen7 Apr 2014 12:07 UTC
−32 points
15 comments4 min readLW link

Siren wor­lds and the per­ils of over-op­ti­mised search

Stuart_Armstrong7 Apr 2014 11:00 UTC
83 points
418 comments7 min readLW link

AI risk, ex­ec­u­tive summary

Stuart_Armstrong7 Apr 2014 10:33 UTC
22 points
51 comments5 min readLW link

SHRDLU, un­der­stand­ing, an­thro­po­mor­phi­sa­tion and hind­sight bias

Stuart_Armstrong7 Apr 2014 9:59 UTC
18 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

LW Aus­tralia Week­end Retreat

Ruby7 Apr 2014 9:45 UTC
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Stan­ford Salon and LW inau­gu­ral meetup

BraydenM7 Apr 2014 4:26 UTC
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : The Se­cond War­saw Meetup

[deleted]6 Apr 2014 21:48 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Stock phrases

KnaveOfAllTrades6 Apr 2014 19:32 UTC
6 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

Ob­ser­va­tional learn­ing and the im­por­tance of high qual­ity examples

casebash6 Apr 2014 7:00 UTC
3 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

The so­cial value of high school ex­tracur­ricu­lar time

JonahS6 Apr 2014 6:29 UTC
6 points
25 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Next Meetup: Fermi Es­ti­mates and Singing

rocurley6 Apr 2014 3:29 UTC
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

The Cold War di­vided Science

Douglas_Knight5 Apr 2014 23:10 UTC
35 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

A puz­zle con­cern­ing CS ma­jor vs. en­g­ineer­ing ma­jor salaries

JonahS5 Apr 2014 7:13 UTC
9 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Com­mu­nity overview and re­sources for mod­ern Less Wrong meetup organisers

BraydenM4 Apr 2014 20:53 UTC
26 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

New LW Mee­tups: Las Ve­gas, Warsaw

FrankAdamek4 Apr 2014 16:14 UTC
4 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

LINK-Bayesian meth­ods in drug de­vel­op­ment and reg­u­la­tory review

polymathwannabe4 Apr 2014 14:58 UTC
2 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bratis­lava Meetup XII.

Viliam_Bur4 Apr 2014 14:27 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bratis­lava Meetup XI.

Viliam_Bur4 Apr 2014 14:20 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago: See­ing with Fresh Eyes Review

Nic_Smith4 Apr 2014 12:26 UTC
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow Meet up

Yuu4 Apr 2014 6:38 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ca­reer prospects for physics majors

JonahS4 Apr 2014 3:02 UTC
20 points
32 comments5 min readLW link

Ther­mo­dy­nam­ics of In­tel­li­gence and Cog­ni­tive Enhancement

CasioTheSane3 Apr 2014 23:17 UTC
17 points
71 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : LessWrong Ham­burg—Re­port from Berlin

Gunnar_Zarncke3 Apr 2014 19:42 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Study of Anglophysics

Scott Alexander3 Apr 2014 17:36 UTC
36 points
1 comment28 min readLW link

Meetup : At­lanta: Prob­lems With Friendly AI: A (non-tech­ni­cal) MIRI Book Review

Nova_Division3 Apr 2014 17:00 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ur­bana-Cham­paign: Ra­tion­al­ity and Cooking

Manfred3 Apr 2014 16:18 UTC
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Frank­furt meetup

Kendra3 Apr 2014 7:08 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Items to Have In Case of Emer­gency...Maybe.

daenerys3 Apr 2014 0:23 UTC
42 points
76 comments3 min readLW link

NY Megameetup this weekend

Raemon2 Apr 2014 22:35 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Busi­ness Net­work­ing through LessWrong

JoshuaFox2 Apr 2014 17:39 UTC
45 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

0.5% of ama­zon pur­chases to a char­ity of your choice (opt-in)

Jonathan_Graehl2 Apr 2014 1:55 UTC
10 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, April 1-15

therufs1 Apr 2014 20:35 UTC
6 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

April 2014 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsaris1 Apr 2014 7:14 UTC
7 points
70 comments1 min readLW link

Col­lege dis­cus­sion thread

benkuhn1 Apr 2014 3:21 UTC
9 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread March 31 - April 7 2014

beoShaffer1 Apr 2014 1:41 UTC
5 points
236 comments1 min readLW link

Biomed­i­cal re­search as a career

JonahS1 Apr 2014 1:33 UTC
9 points
12 comments5 min readLW link

Nat­u­ral Rights as Im­ped­i­ment to Ar­tifi­cial Intelligence

[deleted]31 Mar 2014 23:23 UTC
−24 points
9 comments9 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Kazdin’s The Every­day Par­ent­ing Toolkit

Gunnar_Zarncke31 Mar 2014 21:29 UTC
19 points
22 comments7 min readLW link

The con­cept of be­lief and the na­ture of abstraction

common_law31 Mar 2014 20:14 UTC
4 points
3 comments4 min readLW link