Less­wrong 2016 Survey

EloMar 30, 2016, 6:17 PM
45 points
273 comments3 min readLW link

Astro­biol­ogy, Astron­omy, and the Fermi Para­dox II: Space & Time Revisited

CellBioGuyMar 10, 2016, 5:19 AM
35 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Look for Lone Cor­rect Contrarians

Gram_StoneMar 13, 2016, 4:11 PM
33 points
27 comments4 min readLW link

Link: Ev­i­dence-Based Medicine Has Been Hijacked

Anders_HMar 16, 2016, 7:57 PM
33 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

The in­creas­ing use­less­ness of Promoted

PhilGoetzMar 19, 2016, 6:23 PM
30 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

AlphaGo ver­sus Lee Sedol

gjmMar 9, 2016, 12:22 PM
30 points
183 comments1 min readLW link

Less­wrong Po­ten­tial Changes

EloMar 19, 2016, 12:24 PM
27 points
88 comments4 min readLW link

How I in­fil­trated the Raëli­ans (and was hugged by their leader)

SquirrelInHellMar 16, 2016, 5:45 AM
26 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Abuse of Pro­duc­tivity Systems

SquirrelInHellMar 27, 2016, 5:32 AM
24 points
53 comments1 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

News­jack­ing for Ra­tion­al­ity and Effec­tive Altruism

Gleb_TsipurskyMar 15, 2016, 9:58 PM
23 points
16 comments5 min readLW link

Com­mon Mis­con­cep­tions about Dual Pro­cess The­o­ries of Hu­man Reasoning

Gram_StoneMar 19, 2016, 9:50 PM
23 points
16 comments3 min readLW link

On Mak­ing Things

Gram_StoneMar 5, 2016, 3:26 AM
22 points
13 comments6 min readLW link

[LINK] Why Cry­on­ics Makes Sense—Wait But Why

PaulMar 25, 2016, 11:41 AM
22 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

The Thy­roid Mad­ness : Core Ar­gu­ment, Ev­i­dence, Prob­a­bil­ities and Predictions

johnlawrenceaspdenMar 14, 2016, 1:41 AM
20 points
137 comments20 min readLW link

The Price Of Glee In China

Scott AlexanderMar 24, 2016, 12:12 AM
19 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion challenge: Zika and birth rates

NancyLebovitzMar 12, 2016, 4:55 PM
18 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

AIFoom De­bate—con­clu­sion?

Bound_upMar 4, 2016, 8:33 PM
18 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

“3 Rea­sons It’s Ir­ra­tional to De­mand ‘Ra­tion­al­ism’ in So­cial Jus­tice Ac­tivism”

PhilGoetzMar 29, 2016, 3:16 PM
17 points
189 comments3 min readLW link

In Defence of Sim­ple Ideas That Ex­plain Every­thing But Are Wrong

johnlawrenceaspdenMar 22, 2016, 3:46 PM
16 points
53 comments3 min readLW link

What is the fu­ture of nootropic drugs? Why can’t there be ones more effec­tive than ones that have ex­isted for 15+ years?

InquilineKeaMar 6, 2016, 6:45 PM
14 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Ed­u­ca­tion as En­ter­tain­ment and the Down­fall of LessWrong

SquirrelInHellMar 4, 2016, 2:06 PM
14 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

Up­dat­ing to­wards the simu­la­tion hy­poth­e­sis be­cause you think about AI

SoerenMindMar 5, 2016, 10:23 PM
13 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

Ge­netic “Na­ture” is cul­tural too

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 18, 2016, 2:33 PM
13 points
39 comments2 min readLW link

Re­quest for ad­vice: high school transferring

argella42Mar 1, 2016, 10:27 PM
12 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Open Thread March 28 - April 3 , 2016

[deleted]Mar 28, 2016, 2:06 AM
11 points
70 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Thread March 2016

elharoMar 5, 2016, 6:44 PM
11 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

Outreach Thread

Gleb_TsipurskyMar 6, 2016, 10:18 PM
11 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Cross-Cul­tural maps and Asch’s Con­for­mity Experiment

SableMar 9, 2016, 12:40 AM
10 points
16 comments5 min readLW link

Pur­pose­ful Anti-Rush

EloMar 8, 2016, 7:34 AM
10 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Cul­ti­vate the de­sire to X

EloMar 7, 2016, 3:40 AM
9 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group: Part V: Value Theory

Gram_StoneMar 10, 2016, 1:11 AM
9 points
32 comments3 min readLW link

How It Feels to Im­prove My Rationality

SquirrelInHellMar 18, 2016, 9:59 AM
9 points
50 comments5 min readLW link

Pro­cras­ti­na­tion checklist

EloMar 3, 2016, 3:04 AM
9 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Prefer­ence over preference

EloMar 6, 2016, 12:51 AM
9 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

Open Thread March 7 - March 13, 2016

EloMar 7, 2016, 3:24 AM
9 points
125 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Mar. 14 - Mar. 20, 2016

MrMindMar 14, 2016, 8:02 AM
8 points
213 comments1 min readLW link

Would you no­tice if sci­ence died?

Douglas_KnightMar 8, 2016, 4:04 AM
8 points
40 comments2 min readLW link

[pa­per] [link] Defin­ing hu­man val­ues for value learners

Kaj_SotalaMar 3, 2016, 9:29 AM
8 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group: Part W: Quan­tified Humanism

Gram_StoneMar 24, 2016, 3:48 AM
7 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Per­cep­tion of the Con­crete vs Statis­ti­cal: Corruption

Douglas_KnightMar 23, 2016, 1:19 AM
7 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

True an­swers from AI: Summary

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 10, 2016, 3:56 PM
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

What does it mean for cor­rect op­er­a­tion to rely on trans­fer learn­ing?

jessicataMar 5, 2016, 3:24 AM
7 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Black box knowledge

EloMar 3, 2016, 10:40 PM
6 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

March 2016 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisMar 1, 2016, 8:22 PM
6 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread March 21 - March 27, 2016

Gunnar_ZarnckeMar 20, 2016, 7:54 PM
6 points
164 comments1 min readLW link

After Go, what games should be next for Deep­Mind?

InquilineKeaMar 10, 2016, 8:49 PM
5 points
73 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney pub meetup

EloMar 4, 2016, 6:34 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Jose Meetup: Park Day

steven0461Mar 30, 2016, 4:39 AM
4 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Con­jec­ture on Ad­dic­tion to Meta-level Solutions

Gram_StoneMar 18, 2016, 4:13 AM
4 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity 101 - how would you in­tro­duce a per­son to the ra­tio­nal­ist con­cepts? What are the best top­ics to learn/​ex­plain first?

rayalezMar 3, 2016, 10:33 AM
4 points
16 comments1 min readLW link