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Cardiologists and Chinese Robbers
Scott Alexander
Sep 16, 2015, 7:00 PM
160
points
8
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Library of Scott Alexandria
Rob Bensinger
Sep 14, 2015, 1:38 AM
127
points
34
comments
7
min read
LW
link
How To Win The AI Box Experiment (Sometimes)
pinkgothic
Sep 12, 2015, 12:34 PM
56
points
21
comments
22
min read
LW
link
Flowsheet Logic and Notecard Logic
moridinamael
Sep 9, 2015, 4:42 PM
46
points
28
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A toy model of the control problem
Stuart_Armstrong
Sep 16, 2015, 2:59 PM
40
points
24
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rudimentary Categorization of Less Wrong Topics
ScottL
Sep 5, 2015, 7:32 AM
39
points
4
comments
49
min read
LW
link
Find someone to talk to thread
hg00
Sep 26, 2015, 10:24 PM
36
points
21
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Temptation to Bubble
gressettd
Sep 23, 2015, 11:34 PM
34
points
28
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Quantilizers maximize expected utility subject to a conservative cost constraint
jessicata
Sep 28, 2015, 2:17 AM
33
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Lesswrong real time chat
Elo
Sep 4, 2015, 2:29 AM
27
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
One model of understanding independent differences in sensory perception
Elo
Sep 20, 2015, 9:32 PM
27
points
24
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Probabilities Small Enough To Ignore: An attack on Pascal’s Mugging
Kaj_Sotala
Sep 16, 2015, 10:45 AM
27
points
176
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Examples of growth mindset or practice in fiction
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Sep 28, 2015, 9:47 PM
25
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Film about Stanislav Petrov
matheist
Sep 10, 2015, 6:43 PM
25
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
making notes—an instrumental rationality process.
Elo
Sep 5, 2015, 10:51 PM
25
points
20
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Ultimatums in the Territory
MalcolmOcean
Sep 28, 2015, 10:01 PM
24
points
23
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Notes on Actually Trying
NoSignalNoNoise
Sep 23, 2015, 2:53 AM
23
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
“Announcing” the “Longevity for All” Short Movie Prize
infotropism
Sep 11, 2015, 1:44 PM
23
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Yudkowsky, Thiel, de Grey, Vassar panel on changing the world
NancyLebovitz
Sep 1, 2015, 3:57 PM
20
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Happy Petrov Day
Eneasz
Sep 26, 2015, 3:41 PM
19
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Actually existing prediction markets?
Douglas_Knight
Sep 2, 2015, 10:24 PM
16
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Typical Sneer Fallacy
calef
Sep 1, 2015, 3:13 AM
16
points
44
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Link] 2015 modafinil user survey
gwern
Sep 26, 2015, 5:28 PM
16
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
FAI and the Information Theory of Pleasure
johnsonmx
Sep 8, 2015, 9:16 PM
14
points
21
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Choose without suffering
So8res
Sep 27, 2015, 3:00 AM
14
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
[LINK] Deep Learning Machine Teaches Itself Chess in 72 Hours
ESRogs
Sep 14, 2015, 7:38 PM
14
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Matching donation funds and the problem of illusory matching
Stefan_Schubert
Sep 18, 2015, 8:05 PM
14
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Link] Marek Rosa: Announcing GoodAI
Gunnar_Zarncke
Sep 14, 2015, 9:48 PM
14
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is your rationalist backstory?
Adam Zerner
Sep 25, 2015, 1:25 AM
13
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Rationality-informed approaches in the media
Gleb_Tsipursky
Sep 5, 2015, 4:09 PM
13
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Vladimir Slepnev talks about logical counterfactuals
Squark
Sep 3, 2015, 6:29 PM
13
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Help me test out my Bayes Academy game
Kaj_Sotala
Sep 22, 2015, 8:02 PM
13
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The subagent problem is really hard
Stuart_Armstrong
Sep 18, 2015, 1:06 PM
13
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Political Debiasing and the Political Bias Test
Stefan_Schubert
Sep 11, 2015, 7:04 PM
13
points
48
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Kant’s Multiplication
Vamair0
Sep 19, 2015, 2:25 PM
12
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Being unable to despair
So8res
Sep 13, 2015, 3:00 AM
12
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Dry Ice Cryonics- Preliminary Thoughts
Fluttershy
Sep 28, 2015, 7:00 AM
12
points
9
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Residing in the mortal realm
So8res
Sep 6, 2015, 3:00 AM
12
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Doomsday Argument Map
turchin
Sep 14, 2015, 3:04 PM
11
points
32
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Why Don’t Rationalists Win?
Adam Zerner
Sep 5, 2015, 12:57 AM
11
points
118
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Useful Wiki and special pages
ScottL
Sep 13, 2015, 4:33 AM
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
See the dark world
So8res
Sep 20, 2015, 3:00 AM
10
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Instrumental Rationality Questions Thread
NoSignalNoNoise
Sep 27, 2015, 9:22 PM
10
points
51
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Median utility rather than mean?
Stuart_Armstrong
Sep 8, 2015, 4:35 PM
10
points
86
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Ideas for rationality slogans?
Gleb_Tsipursky
Sep 19, 2015, 11:32 PM
10
points
55
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is the best way to develop a strong sense of having something to protect
ChristianKl
Sep 6, 2015, 9:37 PM
9
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Chatbots or set answers, not WBEs
Stuart_Armstrong
Sep 8, 2015, 5:17 PM
8
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bragging thread September 2015
polymathwannabe
Sep 2, 2015, 6:24 PM
8
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Stupid Questions September 2015
polymathwannabe
Sep 2, 2015, 6:26 PM
8
points
175
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread 7th september − 13th september
Elo
Sep 6, 2015, 10:27 PM
8
points
147
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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