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The universal prior is malign

paulfchristiano30 Nov 2016 22:31 UTC

26 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

(ordinaryideas.wordpress.com)

What they don’t teach you at STEM school

RomeoStevens30 Nov 2016 19:20 UTC

12 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(meaningness.com)

Debating concepts—What is the comparative?

casebash30 Nov 2016 14:46 UTC

10 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

Things “Meta” Can Mean

ProofOfLogic30 Nov 2016 9:52 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(weird.solar)

Meetup : Boston Secular Solstice

jimrandomh30 Nov 2016 4:54 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Terminology is important

casebash30 Nov 2016 0:37 UTC

6 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

What if jobs are not the solution, but the problem

morganism29 Nov 2016 23:21 UTC

0 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

(aeon.co)

Meetup : Denver Area LW December Meetup

PonchoPal29 Nov 2016 23:20 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Micropayments on the web, a realistic model

morganism29 Nov 2016 23:17 UTC

2 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(evonomics.com)

Articles in Main

Vaniver29 Nov 2016 21:35 UTC

7 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Recent AI control posts

paulfchristiano29 Nov 2016 18:53 UTC

18 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

My recent posts

paulfchristiano29 Nov 2016 18:51 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Effort

Raemon29 Nov 2016 16:08 UTC

72 points

24 comments4 min readLW link

Why GiveWell can’t recommend MIRI or anything like it

Bound_up29 Nov 2016 15:29 UTC

1 point

13 comments1 min readLW link

If Atheists Had Faith

Bound_up29 Nov 2016 15:13 UTC

−5 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

How can people write good LW articles?

abramdemski29 Nov 2016 10:40 UTC

13 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Expert Prediction Of Experiments

Scott Alexander29 Nov 2016 2:47 UTC

15 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Board Games

rocurley28 Nov 2016 19:45 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Newcomb’s problem divides philosophers. Which side are you on?

Morendil28 Nov 2016 18:34 UTC

0 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.theguardian.com)

Using a Spreadsheet to Make Good Decisions: Five Examples

Peter Wildeford28 Nov 2016 17:10 UTC

22 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

Crowd sourcing a novel.

Arithine28 Nov 2016 10:55 UTC

3 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Finding slices of joy

Kaj_Sotala28 Nov 2016 10:10 UTC

10 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Open thread, Nov. 28 - Dec. 04, 2016

MrMind28 Nov 2016 7:40 UTC

6 points

94 comments1 min readLW link

Be Like Stanislov Petrov

Evan_Gaensbauer28 Nov 2016 6:04 UTC

5 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(globalriskresearch.org)

Predicting HCH using expert advice

jessicata28 Nov 2016 3:38 UTC

7 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : San Jose Meetup: Park Day (X)

steven046128 Nov 2016 2:46 UTC

2 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

ALBA requires incremental design of good long-term memory systems

jessicata28 Nov 2016 2:10 UTC

1 point

1 comment4 min readLW link

Increase Your Child’s Working Memory

James_Miller27 Nov 2016 21:57 UTC

8 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

Stand-up comedy as a way to improve rationality skills

Andy_McKenzie27 Nov 2016 21:52 UTC

13 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

If Atheists Had Faith

Bound_up27 Nov 2016 21:43 UTC

−8 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(atheistkit.wordpress.com)

Remembering school math fondly

[deleted]27 Nov 2016 18:00 UTC

5 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

On the importance of Less Wrong, or another single conversational locus

AnnaSalamon27 Nov 2016 17:13 UTC

176 points

365 comments4 min readLW link

A Return to Discussion

sarahconstantin27 Nov 2016 13:59 UTC

58 points

32 comments6 min readLW link

On calling inconceivable what you’ve already conceived.

Jack_LaSota27 Nov 2016 8:19 UTC

2 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(sinceriously.fyi)

If we can’t lie to others, we will lie to ourselves

paulfchristiano26 Nov 2016 22:29 UTC

45 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

(sideways-view.com)

Nassim Taleb on Election Forecasting

NatashaRostova26 Nov 2016 19:06 UTC

13 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

Seeking better name for “Effective Egoism”

DataPacRat25 Nov 2016 22:31 UTC

14 points

31 comments1 min readLW link

Revealed and Stated Identity

Gordon Seidoh Worley25 Nov 2016 20:17 UTC

9 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

(mapandterritory.org)

Meetup : Baltimore Area / UMBC Weekly Meetup

iarwain125 Nov 2016 18:53 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamek25 Nov 2016 16:56 UTC

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

Old urine samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics show massive cheating

James_Miller25 Nov 2016 2:31 UTC

1 point

15 comments1 min readLW link

(www.motherjones.com)

Homeland Security versus Environmental Conservation:along the Arizona-Mexico Border

morganism25 Nov 2016 1:41 UTC

−3 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.ajelp.com)

Searching for Life Across Space and Time, workshop, Irvine, CA

morganism25 Nov 2016 0:52 UTC

0 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.eventbrite.com)

Can anyone be rational and not vegan?

Sophivorus23 Nov 2016 20:16 UTC

−18 points

25 comments1 min readLW link

(en.wikiversity.org)

Polarization is the problem, “normalization” is the answer

Jacob Falkovich23 Nov 2016 17:40 UTC

10 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Industry Matters 2: Partial Retraction

sarahconstantin23 Nov 2016 17:08 UTC

14 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

Climbing the Horseshoe

Jacob Falkovich23 Nov 2016 2:54 UTC

3 points

0 comments13 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Video using humor to spread rationality

Gleb_Tsipursky23 Nov 2016 2:18 UTC

−11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

Less costly signaling

paulfchristiano22 Nov 2016 21:11 UTC

29 points

38 comments1 min readLW link

(sideways-view.com)

Synthetic supermicrobe will be resistant to all known viruses

James_Miller22 Nov 2016 4:40 UTC

6 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

(www.newscientist.com)