Car­diol­o­gists and Chi­nese Robbers

Scott AlexanderSep 16, 2015, 7:00 PM
160 points
8 comments6 min readLW link

The Library of Scott Alexandria

Rob BensingerSep 14, 2015, 1:38 AM
127 points
34 comments7 min readLW link

How To Win The AI Box Ex­per­i­ment (Some­times)

pinkgothicSep 12, 2015, 12:34 PM
56 points
21 comments22 min readLW link

Flow­sheet Logic and Note­card Logic

moridinamaelSep 9, 2015, 4:42 PM
46 points
28 comments3 min readLW link

A toy model of the con­trol problem

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 16, 2015, 2:59 PM
40 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

Rudi­men­tary Cat­e­go­riza­tion of Less Wrong Topics

ScottLSep 5, 2015, 7:32 AM
39 points
4 comments49 min readLW link

Find some­one to talk to thread

hg00Sep 26, 2015, 10:24 PM
36 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

The Temp­ta­tion to Bubble

gressettdSep 23, 2015, 11:34 PM
34 points
28 comments5 min readLW link

Quan­tiliz­ers max­i­mize ex­pected util­ity sub­ject to a con­ser­va­tive cost constraint

jessicataSep 28, 2015, 2:17 AM
33 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Less­wrong real time chat

EloSep 4, 2015, 2:29 AM
27 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

One model of un­der­stand­ing in­de­pen­dent differ­ences in sen­sory perception

EloSep 20, 2015, 9:32 PM
27 points
24 comments9 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­ities Small Enough To Ig­nore: An at­tack on Pas­cal’s Mugging

Kaj_SotalaSep 16, 2015, 10:45 AM
27 points
176 comments5 min readLW link

Ex­am­ples of growth mind­set or prac­tice in fiction

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Sep 28, 2015, 9:47 PM
25 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Film about Stanis­lav Petrov

matheistSep 10, 2015, 6:43 PM
25 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

mak­ing notes—an in­stru­men­tal ra­tio­nal­ity pro­cess.

EloSep 5, 2015, 10:51 PM
25 points
20 comments7 min readLW link

Ul­ti­ma­tums in the Territory

MalcolmOceanSep 28, 2015, 10:01 PM
24 points
23 comments7 min readLW link

Notes on Ac­tu­ally Trying

NoSignalNoNoiseSep 23, 2015, 2:53 AM
23 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

“An­nounc­ing” the “Longevity for All” Short Movie Prize

infotropismSep 11, 2015, 1:44 PM
23 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Yud­kowsky, Thiel, de Grey, Vas­sar panel on chang­ing the world

NancyLebovitzSep 1, 2015, 3:57 PM
20 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Happy Petrov Day

EneaszSep 26, 2015, 3:41 PM
19 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Ac­tu­ally ex­ist­ing pre­dic­tion mar­kets?

Douglas_KnightSep 2, 2015, 10:24 PM
16 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Typ­i­cal Sneer Fallacy

calefSep 1, 2015, 3:13 AM
16 points
44 comments4 min readLW link

[Link] 2015 modafinil user survey

gwernSep 26, 2015, 5:28 PM
16 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

FAI and the In­for­ma­tion The­ory of Pleasure

johnsonmxSep 8, 2015, 9:16 PM
14 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

Choose with­out suffering

So8resSep 27, 2015, 3:00 AM
14 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

[LINK] Deep Learn­ing Ma­chine Teaches It­self Chess in 72 Hours

ESRogsSep 14, 2015, 7:38 PM
14 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Match­ing dona­tion funds and the prob­lem of illu­sory match­ing

Stefan_SchubertSep 18, 2015, 8:05 PM
14 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

[Link] Marek Rosa: An­nounc­ing GoodAI

Gunnar_ZarnckeSep 14, 2015, 9:48 PM
14 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

What is your ra­tio­nal­ist back­story?

Adam ZernerSep 25, 2015, 1:25 AM
13 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Ra­tion­al­ity-in­formed ap­proaches in the me­dia

Gleb_TsipurskySep 5, 2015, 4:09 PM
13 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Vladimir Slep­nev talks about log­i­cal counterfactuals

SquarkSep 3, 2015, 6:29 PM
13 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Help me test out my Bayes Academy game

Kaj_SotalaSep 22, 2015, 8:02 PM
13 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

The sub­agent prob­lem is re­ally hard

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 18, 2015, 1:06 PM
13 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Poli­ti­cal De­bi­as­ing and the Poli­ti­cal Bias Test

Stefan_SchubertSep 11, 2015, 7:04 PM
13 points
48 comments2 min readLW link

Kant’s Multiplication

Vamair0Sep 19, 2015, 2:25 PM
12 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Be­ing un­able to despair

So8resSep 13, 2015, 3:00 AM
12 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Dry Ice Cry­on­ics- Pre­limi­nary Thoughts

FluttershySep 28, 2015, 7:00 AM
12 points
9 comments6 min readLW link

Re­sid­ing in the mor­tal realm

So8resSep 6, 2015, 3:00 AM
12 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Dooms­day Ar­gu­ment Map

turchinSep 14, 2015, 3:04 PM
11 points
32 comments5 min readLW link

Why Don’t Ra­tion­al­ists Win?

Adam ZernerSep 5, 2015, 12:57 AM
11 points
118 comments6 min readLW link

Use­ful Wiki and spe­cial pages

ScottLSep 13, 2015, 4:33 AM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

See the dark world

So8resSep 20, 2015, 3:00 AM
10 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity Ques­tions Thread

NoSignalNoNoiseSep 27, 2015, 9:22 PM
10 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

Me­dian util­ity rather than mean?

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 8, 2015, 4:35 PM
10 points
86 comments6 min readLW link

Ideas for ra­tio­nal­ity slo­gans?

Gleb_TsipurskySep 19, 2015, 11:32 PM
10 points
55 comments1 min readLW link

What is the best way to de­velop a strong sense of hav­ing some­thing to protect

ChristianKlSep 6, 2015, 9:37 PM
9 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Chat­bots or set an­swers, not WBEs

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 8, 2015, 5:17 PM
8 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Brag­ging thread Septem­ber 2015

polymathwannabeSep 2, 2015, 6:24 PM
8 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions Septem­ber 2015

polymathwannabeSep 2, 2015, 6:26 PM
8 points
175 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread 7th septem­ber − 13th september

EloSep 6, 2015, 10:27 PM
8 points
147 comments1 min readLW link