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ViliamFeb 8, 2016, 12:55 PM

96 points

27 comments7 min readLW link

Upcoming LW Changes

VaniverFeb 3, 2016, 5:34 AM

71 points

106 comments3 min readLW link

The Brain Preservation Foundation’s Small Mammalian Brain Prize won

gwernFeb 9, 2016, 9:02 PM

71 points

42 comments4 min readLW link

Unofficial Canon on Applied Rationality

ScottLFeb 15, 2016, 1:03 PM

65 points

32 comments23 min readLW link

A Medical Mystery: Thyroid Hormones, Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia

johnlawrenceaspdenFeb 14, 2016, 1:14 PM

43 points

166 comments23 min readLW link

A Rationalist Guide to OkCupid

Jacob FalkovichFeb 3, 2016, 8:50 PM

41 points

66 comments1 min readLW link

Posting to Main currently disabled

VaniverFeb 19, 2016, 3:55 AM

37 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

Less Wrong Karma Chart Website

ScottLFeb 15, 2016, 12:36 PM

36 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

The Pink Sparkly Ball Thing (Use unique, non-obvious terms for nuanced concepts)

MalcolmOceanFeb 20, 2016, 11:25 PM

36 points

14 comments5 min readLW link

Where does our community disagree about meaningful issues?

ChristianKlFeb 12, 2016, 11:34 AM

28 points

56 comments1 min readLW link

How we will be measured

So8resFeb 21, 2016, 3:00 AM

21 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(mindingourway.com)

Defiance

So8resFeb 13, 2016, 8:00 AM

19 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(mindingourway.com)

Gamify your goals: How turning your life into a game can help help you make better decisions and be more productive

BayesianMindFeb 3, 2016, 10:48 PM

19 points

12 comments9 min readLW link

The Value of Those in Effective Altruism

Gleb_TsipurskyFeb 17, 2016, 12:59 AM

18 points

14 comments13 min readLW link

The map of global catastrophic risks connected with biological weapons and genetic engineering

turchinFeb 22, 2016, 11:18 AM

18 points

21 comments2 min readLW link

Lesswrong Survey—invitation for suggestions

EloFeb 8, 2016, 8:07 AM

17 points

29 comments1 min readLW link

Conclusion of the Replacing Guilt series

So8resFeb 28, 2016, 3:00 AM

17 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(mindingourway.com)

Toy model: convergent instrumental goals

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 25, 2016, 2:03 PM

16 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

On ‘Why Global Poverty?’ and Arguments from Unobservable Impacts

Gram_StoneFeb 13, 2016, 6:04 AM

15 points

2 comments9 min readLW link

The ethics of eating meat

[deleted]Feb 17, 2016, 7:03 PM

15 points

59 comments5 min readLW link

Recklessness

So8resFeb 2, 2016, 2:00 AM

12 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(mindingourway.com)

Conveying rational thinking about long-term goals to youth and young adults

Gleb_TsipurskyFeb 7, 2016, 1:54 AM

11 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread Feb 16 - Feb 23, 2016

EloFeb 15, 2016, 2:12 AM

10 points

105 comments1 min readLW link

Thyroid Hormones, Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia: A Hypothesis and a Proposed Experiment

johnlawrenceaspdenFeb 20, 2016, 11:20 PM

10 points

36 comments5 min readLW link

Open Thread Feb 22 - Feb 28, 2016

EloFeb 21, 2016, 9:14 PM

10 points

229 comments1 min readLW link

Rationality Quotes Thread February 2016

elharoFeb 2, 2016, 6:17 PM

10 points

97 comments1 min readLW link

Goal completion: noise, errors, bias, prejudice, preference and complexity

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 18, 2016, 2:37 PM

10 points

10 comments7 min readLW link

Cheerful one-liners and disjointed anecdotes

[deleted]Feb 13, 2016, 7:40 PM

10 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

Open Thread Feb 29 - March 6, 2016

EloFeb 28, 2016, 10:11 PM

9 points

289 comments1 min readLW link

The Philosophical Implications of Quantum Information Theory

lisperFeb 26, 2016, 2:00 AM

9 points

55 comments3 min readLW link

Value learners & wireheading

ManfredFeb 3, 2016, 9:50 AM

9 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

Request for help with economic analysis related to AI forecasting

ESRogsFeb 6, 2016, 1:27 AM

9 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

Is altruistic deception really necessary? Social activism and the free market

PhilGoetzFeb 26, 2016, 6:38 AM

9 points

96 comments2 min readLW link

Open Thread, Feb 8 - Feb 15, 2016

EloFeb 8, 2016, 4:47 AM

9 points

224 comments1 min readLW link

If there IS alien super-inteligence in our own galaxy, then what it could be like?

CoacherFeb 26, 2016, 11:55 AM

8 points

59 comments1 min readLW link

Rationality Reading Group: Part T: Science and Rationality

Gram_StoneFeb 10, 2016, 11:40 PM

8 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Rationality Reading Group: Part U: Fake Preferences

Gram_StoneFeb 24, 2016, 11:29 PM

8 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Does Kolmogorov complexity imply a bound on self-improving AI?

contravariantFeb 14, 2016, 8:38 AM

7 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Group Rationality Diary, February 2016

NoSignalNoNoiseFeb 14, 2016, 1:55 AM

7 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

LINK: Videogame with a very detailed simulated universe

polymathwannabeFeb 19, 2016, 3:04 AM

6 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

[spoilers] EY’s “A Girl Corrupted...?!” new story is an allegorical study of quantum immortality?

AlgernoqFeb 19, 2016, 11:02 AM

6 points

23 comments2 min readLW link

February 2016 Media Thread

ArisKatsarisFeb 2, 2016, 12:20 AM

6 points

46 comments1 min readLW link

Goal setting journal (March 2016)

[deleted]Feb 27, 2016, 9:39 AM

6 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

If there was one element of statistical literacy that you could magically implant in every head, what would it be?

enfascinationFeb 22, 2016, 7:53 PM

6 points

67 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Feb. 01 - Feb. 07, 2016

MrMindFeb 1, 2016, 8:24 AM

6 points

178 comments1 min readLW link

Notes from a conversation on act-based and goal-directed systems

jessicataFeb 19, 2016, 12:42 AM

6 points

50 comments5 min readLW link

The AI That Pretends To Be Human

HoushalterFeb 2, 2016, 7:39 PM

5 points

69 comments4 min readLW link

[Link] How I Escaped The Darkness of Mental Illness

Gleb_TsipurskyFeb 4, 2016, 11:08 PM

5 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Discussion: weighting inside view versus outside view on extinction events

Ilverin the Stupid and OffensiveFeb 25, 2016, 5:18 AM

5 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Critique on my attempt to teach rationality

Bound_upFeb 17, 2016, 4:17 AM

4 points

12 comments1 min readLW link