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Open thread, Oct. 17 - Oct. 23, 2016

MrMind17 Oct 2016 7:02 UTC

7 points

68 comments1 min readLW link

Astrobiology IV: Photosynthesis and energy

CellBioGuy17 Oct 2016 0:30 UTC

18 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

There are 125 sheep and 5 dogs in a flock. How old is the shepherd? / Math Education

James_Miller17 Oct 2016 0:12 UTC

10 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Animated explainer video promoting EA-themed effective giving ideas and meta-charities

Gleb_Tsipursky16 Oct 2016 22:44 UTC

−10 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

H+Pedia opens projects and editorial portal

Deku-shrub16 Oct 2016 21:41 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(hpluspedia.org)

Video to induce hallucinations , meme implanter?

morganism16 Oct 2016 20:33 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(sciencebulletin.org)

Meetup : Zürich social Rationality meetup

Marko16 Oct 2016 9:52 UTC

1 point

2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne Social Meetup: October

Maelin16 Oct 2016 5:53 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Control and security

paulfchristiano15 Oct 2016 21:11 UTC

4 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Map and Territory: a new rationalist group blog

Gordon Seidoh Worley15 Oct 2016 17:55 UTC

13 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Asymptotic Decision Theory

gallabytes15 Oct 2016 2:42 UTC

7 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(gallabytes.com)

Reducing Risks of Astronomical Suffering (S-Risks): A Neglected Global Priority

ignoranceprior14 Oct 2016 19:58 UTC

13 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(foundational-research.org)

Reducing Risks of Astronomical Suffering (S-Risks): A Neglected Global Priority

ignoranceprior14 Oct 2016 19:56 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Baltimore Area / UMBC Weekly Meetup

iarwain114 Oct 2016 16:39 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamek14 Oct 2016 15:56 UTC

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

GiveWell: A case study in effective altruism, part 1

philh14 Oct 2016 10:46 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Wikipedia book based on betterhumans’ article on cognitive biases

Mati_Roy14 Oct 2016 1:03 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(en.wikipedia.org)

The map of agents which may create x-risks

turchin13 Oct 2016 11:17 UTC

3 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Rationality Diary

rocurley13 Oct 2016 5:18 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Barack Obama’s opinions on near-future AI [Fixed]

scarcegreengrass12 Oct 2016 15:46 UTC

7 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

(www.wired.com)

Barack Obama on Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Cars, and the Future of Humanity

Lightwave12 Oct 2016 14:41 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.wired.com)

An attempt in layman’s language to explain the metaethics sequence in a single post.

Bound_up12 Oct 2016 13:57 UTC

2 points

93 comments1 min readLW link

(atheistkit.wordpress.com)

Barack Obama’s opinions on near-future AI

scarcegreengrass12 Oct 2016 13:44 UTC

1 point

9 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun & Games

RobinZ12 Oct 2016 0:02 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

MIRI AMA plus updates

Rob Bensinger11 Oct 2016 23:52 UTC

18 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Recommendation] Steven Universe & cryonics

tadrinth11 Oct 2016 16:21 UTC

13 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Reasonable Requirements of any Moral Theory

TheSurvivalMachine10 Oct 2016 20:48 UTC

−2 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

(vif.fitnessism.org)

Meetup : St. Petersburg Weekly / Biweekly Meetup

AvImd10 Oct 2016 17:53 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Oct. 10 - Oct. 16, 2016

MrMind10 Oct 2016 7:00 UTC

7 points

157 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Stockholm: Trigger-Action Plans

pepe_prime9 Oct 2016 21:27 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Biofuels a climate mistake

morganism9 Oct 2016 21:16 UTC

7 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(theconversation.com)

Quantum Bayesianism

morganism8 Oct 2016 23:27 UTC

2 points

37 comments1 min readLW link

(en.wikipedia.org)

Viruses and DRACOs in the Valley of Death in medical research.

morganism8 Oct 2016 20:36 UTC

−2 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(www.inverse.com)

Six principles of a truth-friendly discourse

philh8 Oct 2016 16:56 UTC

10 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

The map of organizations, sites and people involved in x-risks prevention

turchin7 Oct 2016 12:04 UTC

10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Projects

rocurley7 Oct 2016 5:27 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamek7 Oct 2016 3:58 UTC

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Games Discussion

RobinZ7 Oct 2016 1:08 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Baltimore Area / UMBC Weekly Meetup

iarwain17 Oct 2016 0:30 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

The University of Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) is hiring!

crmflynn6 Oct 2016 16:53 UTC

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Logical inductor limits are dense under pointwise convergence

SamEisenstat6 Oct 2016 8:07 UTC

5 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Putanumonit—Discarding empathy to save the world

Jacob Falkovich6 Oct 2016 7:03 UTC

14 points

38 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Theory of an Immoral Sentiment

Jacob Falkovich6 Oct 2016 5:55 UTC

6 points

1 comment12 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Meetup : Moscow: rational review, bias busters, Kolmogorov and Jayes probability

berekuk5 Oct 2016 19:32 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Nick Bostrom says Google is winning the AI arms race

polymathwannabe5 Oct 2016 18:50 UTC

8 points

32 comments1 min readLW link

(www.newsweek.com)

law as moral guide

IAFF-User-1864 Oct 2016 22:41 UTC

0 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(docs.google.com)

Astrobiology III: Why Earth?

CellBioGuy4 Oct 2016 21:59 UTC

27 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Astrobiology III: Why Earth?

CellBioGuy4 Oct 2016 21:44 UTC

4 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Open thread, Oct. 03 - Oct. 09, 2016

MrMind3 Oct 2016 6:59 UTC

8 points

166 comments1 min readLW link

80% of data in Chinese clinical trials have been fabricated

DanArmak2 Oct 2016 7:38 UTC

11 points

18 comments1 min readLW link