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July 2014 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Jul 1, 2014, 10:50 PM
8
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Group Rationality Diary, July 1-15
therufs
Jul 1, 2014, 3:46 PM
3
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Canberra: Paranoid Debating
DanielFilan
Jul 1, 2014, 9:52 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An answer to a possible objection to cash-transfer charities
B_For_Bandana
Jul 1, 2014, 12:49 AM
12
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Parable of Elites and Takeoffs
gwern
Jun 30, 2014, 11:04 PM
39
points
98
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LW Sydney Rationality Dojo—Agency
luminosity
Jun 30, 2014, 11:28 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, 30 June 2014- 6 July 2014
DanielDeRossi
Jun 30, 2014, 10:58 AM
7
points
247
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An Attempt at Logical Uncertainty
BenjaminFox
Jun 30, 2014, 6:59 AM
14
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Upper Canada LW Megameetup: Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Waterloo, London
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Jun 28, 2014, 10:48 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Jun 27, 2014, 4:48 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Neuroeconomics course on coursera started just this week
IsTheLittleLion
Jun 26, 2014, 6:38 PM
12
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Hyperlink Superorganism
[deleted]
Jun 26, 2014, 5:00 PM
−12
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Rationality Practice—Be Specific
Benquo
Jun 26, 2014, 2:14 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
R support group and the benefits of applied statistics
sixes_and_sevens
Jun 26, 2014, 2:11 PM
27
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The silos of expertise: beyond heuristics and biases
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 26, 2014, 1:13 PM
48
points
16
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Setting an example too good
KatjaGrace
Jun 26, 2014, 12:21 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Happiness and Children
Carinthium
Jun 26, 2014, 7:36 AM
3
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
General-purpose forecasting and the associated community
VipulNaik
Jun 26, 2014, 2:49 AM
6
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Separating the roles of theory and direct empirical evidence in belief formation: the examples of minimum wage and anthropogenic global warming
VipulNaik
Jun 25, 2014, 9:47 PM
38
points
66
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Doubt regarding basic assumptions
KatjaGrace
Jun 25, 2014, 7:05 PM
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A new derivation of the Born rule
MrMind
Jun 25, 2014, 3:07 PM
29
points
19
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The representational fallacy
DanielDeRossi
Jun 25, 2014, 11:29 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The representational fallacy
DanielDeRossi
Jun 25, 2014, 11:28 AM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Artificial Utility Monsters as Effective Altruism
[deleted]
Jun 25, 2014, 9:52 AM
22
points
13
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[LINK] seL4, secure operating system kernel is being open-sourced
Mark_Friedenbach
Jun 24, 2014, 11:02 PM
6
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An overview of forecasting for politics, conflict, and political violence
VipulNaik
Jun 24, 2014, 10:10 PM
10
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
How do you notice when you are ignorant of necessary alternative hypotheses?
[deleted]
Jun 24, 2014, 6:12 PM
27
points
69
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Tel Aviv: Choosing research topics
JoshuaFox
Jun 24, 2014, 8:33 AM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Tel Aviv Meetup: Choosing research topics
JoshuaFox
Jun 24, 2014, 8:33 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Tel Aviv Meetup: Choosing research topics
JoshuaFox
Jun 24, 2014, 8:31 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Vector psychology
[deleted]
Jun 23, 2014, 8:43 PM
−18
points
21
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Utilitarianism and Relativity Realism
TruePath
Jun 23, 2014, 7:12 PM
−5
points
31
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Why Talk to Philosophers: Physicist Sean Carroll Discusses “Common Misunderstandings” about Philosophy
Shmi
Jun 23, 2014, 7:09 PM
18
points
59
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Lessons from weather forecasting and its history for forecasting as a domain
VipulNaik
Jun 23, 2014, 5:08 PM
23
points
8
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Open thread, 23-29 June 2014
David_Gerard
Jun 23, 2014, 7:21 AM
6
points
194
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How do you take notes?
ChristianKl
Jun 22, 2014, 10:45 AM
19
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Will AGI surprise the world?
lukeprog
Jun 21, 2014, 10:27 PM
21
points
129
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Motivators: Altruistic Actions for Non-Altruistic Reasons
Ruby
Jun 21, 2014, 4:32 PM
26
points
20
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Jun 21, 2014, 4:14 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington D.C.: Seeing Off
RobinZ
Jun 21, 2014, 8:23 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Identification of Force Multipliers for Success
Nick5a1
Jun 21, 2014, 5:15 AM
21
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Bratislava Meetup XIV.
Viliam_Bur
Jun 20, 2014, 6:41 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Conservation of expected moral evidence, clarified
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 20, 2014, 10:28 AM
23
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow meet up
Yuu
Jun 20, 2014, 5:05 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Vienna
Viliam_Bur
Jun 19, 2014, 8:28 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Scott Aaronson on Google, Breaking Circularity and Eigenmorality
Shmi
Jun 19, 2014, 8:17 PM
31
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An AI Takeover Thought Experiment
Gavin
Jun 19, 2014, 4:59 PM
16
points
11
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Proper value learning through indifference
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 19, 2014, 9:39 AM
30
points
51
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Against utility functions
Qiaochu_Yuan
Jun 19, 2014, 5:56 AM
67
points
87
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Paperclip Maximizer Revisited
Jan_Rzymkowski
Jun 19, 2014, 1:25 AM
23
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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