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Link: Study finds that using a foreign language changes moral decisions
Vladimir_Golovin
Apr 30, 2014, 5:26 AM
14
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Positive Queries—How Fetching
Benquo
Apr 30, 2014, 2:24 AM
37
points
43
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Cognito Mentoring and zero-sum competition
JonahS
Apr 29, 2014, 11:06 PM
12
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
The Universal Medical Journal Article Error
PhilGoetz
Apr 29, 2014, 5:57 PM
6
points
191
comments
5
min read
LW
link
MIRI Donation Collaboration Station
Skeptityke
Apr 29, 2014, 2:11 PM
30
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
European Community Weekend 2014 retrospective
blob
Apr 29, 2014, 2:08 PM
36
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Value of Uncertainty Reduction—references to academic literature appreciated
Mike Bishop
Apr 29, 2014, 1:51 PM
4
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Control Group Is Out Of Control
Scott Alexander
Apr 29, 2014, 12:46 AM
51
points
5
comments
15
min read
LW
link
LessWrong as social catalyst
JoshuaFox
Apr 28, 2014, 2:10 PM
21
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A brief summary of effective study methods
Arran_Stirton
Apr 28, 2014, 12:40 PM
73
points
16
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[LINK] The errors, insights and lessons of famous AI predictions
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 28, 2014, 9:41 AM
13
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Request for concrete AI takeover mechanisms
KatjaGrace
Apr 28, 2014, 1:04 AM
35
points
123
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Durham: Ugh Fields Followup
evand
Apr 28, 2014, 12:32 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Houston, TX
[deleted]
Apr 27, 2014, 10:44 PM
4
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dealing with a Major Personal Crisis II
Gunnar_Zarncke
Apr 27, 2014, 10:20 PM
8
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why don’t you attend your local LessWrong meetup? / General meetup feedback
philh
Apr 27, 2014, 10:17 PM
33
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Should I take an academic class on rationality?
aarongertler
Apr 27, 2014, 9:54 PM
8
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, April 27-May 4, 2014
NancyLebovitz
Apr 27, 2014, 8:34 PM
1
point
206
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Israel Less Wrong Meetup—Existential Risk and AI discussion
SoftFlare
Apr 27, 2014, 12:37 PM
2
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup Notes: Community Building
Gunnar_Zarncke
Apr 27, 2014, 7:59 AM
7
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Tapestries of Gold
[deleted]
Apr 27, 2014, 7:23 AM
37
points
27
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Berkeley: Alpha-testing at CFAR
PeerInfinity
Apr 27, 2014, 4:24 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Helsinki Meetup—Effective Altruism
mikko
Apr 26, 2014, 10:50 AM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Skills and Antiskills
katydee
Apr 26, 2014, 6:54 AM
43
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Questions to ask theist philosophers? I will soon be speaking with several
kokotajlod
Apr 26, 2014, 12:46 AM
11
points
85
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Parametric polymorphism in updateless intelligence metrics
Squark
Apr 25, 2014, 7:46 PM
8
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetup: Christchurch NZ
FrankAdamek
Apr 25, 2014, 4:01 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Russian native speakers wanted as editors (translating “Smarter Than Us”)
listic
Apr 24, 2014, 10:40 PM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA—Honor and Glory
OpenThreadGuy
Apr 24, 2014, 10:24 PM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How Tim O’Brien gets around the logical fallacy of generalization from fictional evidence
mszegedy
Apr 24, 2014, 9:41 PM
16
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington DC Singing Meetup
rocurley
Apr 24, 2014, 5:27 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread April 23 − 29, 2014
pinyaka
Apr 24, 2014, 4:50 PM
−9
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Cryonics Strategy Space
Froolow
Apr 24, 2014, 4:11 PM
40
points
47
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong Business Networking Google Group
moridinamael
Apr 24, 2014, 2:45 PM
12
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Sunday Meetup
StonesOnCanvas
Apr 24, 2014, 2:42 AM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
LessWrongWiki User Pages Underutilized; Tag Proposal
Gunnar_Zarncke
Apr 23, 2014, 9:50 PM
17
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Urbana-Champaign, Consciousness
Mestroyer
Apr 23, 2014, 4:54 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Less Wrong Montreal—Easy Lifehacks
bartimaeus
Apr 23, 2014, 4:42 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: So Good They Can’t Ignore You, by Cal Newport
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Apr 23, 2014, 3:27 AM
43
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Ergonomics Revisited
diegocaleiro
Apr 22, 2014, 9:57 PM
15
points
78
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Link-Keeping organs alive on their own
polymathwannabe
Apr 22, 2014, 5:45 PM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The track record of survey-based macroeconomic forecasting
VipulNaik
Apr 22, 2014, 4:57 AM
7
points
7
comments
7
min read
LW
link
How do you approach the problem of social discovery?
InquilineKea
Apr 21, 2014, 9:05 PM
26
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Ottawa—How to Run a Successful Less Wrong Meetup Group
amacfie
Apr 21, 2014, 5:41 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hawking/Russell/Tegmark/Wilczek on dangers of Superintelligent Machines [link]
Dr_Manhattan
Apr 21, 2014, 4:55 PM
27
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Effective Altruism 102 (NYC)
Raemon
Apr 21, 2014, 2:53 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Munich Meetup
cadac
Apr 21, 2014, 1:36 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, 21-27 April 2014
Metus
Apr 21, 2014, 10:54 AM
7
points
349
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Utilitarian discernment bleg
VipulNaik
Apr 20, 2014, 11:33 PM
1
point
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Human capital or signaling? No, it’s about doing the Right Thing and acquiring karma
VipulNaik
Apr 20, 2014, 9:04 PM
35
points
16
comments
8
min read
LW
link
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