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Politics is hard mode
Rob Bensinger
Jul 21, 2014, 10:14 PM
61
points
109
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Knightian Uncertainty and Ambiguity Aversion: Motivation
So8res
Jul 21, 2014, 8:32 PM
48
points
44
comments
13
min read
LW
link
[ACTIVITY]: Exploratory Visit to the Bay Area
Daniel_Burfoot
Jul 21, 2014, 7:49 PM
6
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Open thread, July 21-27, 2014
polymathwannabe
Jul 21, 2014, 1:15 PM
7
points
163
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to buy a truth from a liar
KatjaGrace
Jul 21, 2014, 4:11 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A simple game that has no solution
James_Miller
Jul 20, 2014, 6:36 PM
21
points
124
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Experiments 1: Learning trivia
casebash
Jul 20, 2014, 10:31 AM
25
points
15
comments
5
min read
LW
link
LINK: Top HIV researcher killed in plane crash
polymathwannabe
Jul 19, 2014, 5:03 PM
−5
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[QUESTION]: Academic social science and machine learning
VipulNaik
Jul 19, 2014, 3:13 PM
16
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Look for the Next Tech Gold Rush?
Wei Dai
Jul 19, 2014, 10:08 AM
71
points
115
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Effective Writing
diegocaleiro
Jul 18, 2014, 8:45 PM
13
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Be Wary of Thinking Like a FAI
kokotajlod
Jul 18, 2014, 8:22 PM
12
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mapping Extra Buttons
ChristianKl
Jul 18, 2014, 5:32 PM
−20
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Jul 18, 2014, 4:25 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Another “LessWrongers are crazy” article—this time on Slate
CronoDAS
Jul 18, 2014, 4:57 AM
17
points
131
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : MIRIxAtlanta: 19 July 2014
Adele_L
Jul 18, 2014, 4:04 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington DC: Short Talks
RobinZ
Jul 18, 2014, 1:02 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Correct Use of Analogy
SilentCal
Jul 16, 2014, 9:07 PM
40
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Canberra: Intro to Anthropic Reasoning
DanielFilan
Jul 16, 2014, 1:10 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne Social Meetup
Maelin
Jul 16, 2014, 1:09 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LINK: Blood from youth keeps you young
polymathwannabe
Jul 16, 2014, 1:06 AM
4
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Group Rationality Diary, July 16-31
therufs
Jul 16, 2014, 12:34 AM
4
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An Experiment In Social Status: Software Engineer vs. Data Science Manager
JQuinton
Jul 15, 2014, 8:24 PM
28
points
37
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why would info worsen altruistic options?
KatjaGrace
Jul 15, 2014, 8:56 AM
1
point
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Wealth from Self-Replicating Robots
Algernoq
Jul 15, 2014, 4:42 AM
4
points
27
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How deferential should we be to the forecasts of subject matter experts?
VipulNaik
Jul 14, 2014, 11:41 PM
22
points
5
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Scenario analyses for technological progress for the next decade
VipulNaik
Jul 14, 2014, 4:31 PM
14
points
13
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Meetup : MIRIx Tel-Aviv
[deleted]
Jul 14, 2014, 1:58 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, 14-20 July 2014
David_Gerard
Jul 14, 2014, 11:16 AM
8
points
146
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LW Australia’s online hangout results, (short stories about cognitive biases)
Elo
Jul 14, 2014, 6:25 AM
5
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Bragging Thread, July 2014
diegocaleiro
Jul 14, 2014, 3:22 AM
10
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
This is why we can’t have social science
Costanza
Jul 13, 2014, 9:04 PM
51
points
83
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why I Am Not a Rationalist, or, why several of my friends warned me that this is a cult
Algernoq
Jul 13, 2014, 5:54 PM
20
points
193
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Confused as to usefulness of ‘consciousness’ as a concept
KnaveOfAllTrades
Jul 13, 2014, 11:01 AM
47
points
230
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Robin Hanson: Why is Abstraction both Statusful and Silly?
Vika
Jul 13, 2014, 6:18 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Communicating forecast uncertainty
VipulNaik
Jul 12, 2014, 9:30 PM
8
points
6
comments
17
min read
LW
link
“Dialectics”?
CyrilDan
Jul 12, 2014, 6:34 AM
0
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Retracted] More silent deletion; LessWrong’s moderation needs to change
Will_Newsome
Jul 12, 2014, 12:36 AM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Forecasting rare events
VipulNaik
Jul 11, 2014, 10:48 PM
6
points
4
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Too good to be true
PhilGoetz
Jul 11, 2014, 8:16 PM
35
points
121
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question] Adoption and twin studies confounders
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 11, 2014, 4:44 PM
10
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Jul 11, 2014, 4:00 PM
2
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[QUESTION]: Driverless car forecasts
VipulNaik
Jul 11, 2014, 12:25 AM
11
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Israel Less Wrong Meetup—Social Topics and LW outreach
Anatoly_Vorobey
Jul 10, 2014, 10:26 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Prisoner’s Dilemna tournament
Markas
Jul 9, 2014, 6:40 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[link] [poll] Future Progress in Artificial Intelligence
Pablo
Jul 9, 2014, 1:51 PM
16
points
89
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Domains of forecasting
VipulNaik
Jul 9, 2014, 1:45 PM
11
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Confound it! Correlation is (usually) not causation! But why not?
gwern
Jul 9, 2014, 3:04 AM
67
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The insularity critique of climate science
VipulNaik
Jul 9, 2014, 1:17 AM
14
points
40
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Brussels—August (topic TBD)
Roxolan
Jul 9, 2014, 12:26 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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