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Suggest best book as an introduction to computational neuroscience

BiasedBayes26 Apr 2016 21:16 UTC

5 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Exercise in rationality: popular quotes, revisited

[deleted]25 Apr 2016 23:35 UTC

3 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

‘Science of Relationships’ summarized

[deleted]25 Apr 2016 8:25 UTC

−15 points

26 comments38 min readLW link

Sphere packing and logical uncertainty

sanxiyn25 Apr 2016 6:02 UTC

6 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread April 25 - May 1, 2016

Elo25 Apr 2016 6:02 UTC

8 points

130 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Salon piece analyzing Donald Trump’s appeal using rationality

Gleb_Tsipursky24 Apr 2016 4:36 UTC

−13 points

48 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Mutual fund fees

James_Miller23 Apr 2016 22:09 UTC

7 points

25 comments1 min readLW link

My Custom Spelling Dictionary

Gram_Stone23 Apr 2016 21:56 UTC

6 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

What is up with carbon dioxide and cognition? An offer

paulfchristiano23 Apr 2016 17:47 UTC

84 points

48 comments2 min readLW link

The Validity of the Anthropic Principle

casebash23 Apr 2016 9:12 UTC

2 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Sleepwalk bias, self-defeating predictions and existential risk

Stefan_Schubert22 Apr 2016 18:31 UTC

56 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

One weird trick to turn maximisers into minimisers

Stuart_Armstrong22 Apr 2016 16:47 UTC

5 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

One weird trick to turn maximisers into minimisers

Stuart_Armstrong22 Apr 2016 16:45 UTC

0 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamek22 Apr 2016 15:58 UTC

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

[link] Simplifying the environment: a new convergent instrumental goal

Kaj_Sotala22 Apr 2016 6:48 UTC

10 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

The Web Browser is Not Your Client (But You Don’t Need To Know That)

Error22 Apr 2016 0:12 UTC

44 points

47 comments7 min readLW link

Expect to know better when you know more

Stuart_Armstrong21 Apr 2016 15:47 UTC

5 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Roughly you

JDR21 Apr 2016 15:28 UTC

7 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

Suppose HBD is True

OrphanWilde21 Apr 2016 13:34 UTC

−18 points

153 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : San Antonio Meetup

Bryan-san21 Apr 2016 13:02 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Short Talks

rocurley21 Apr 2016 5:02 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Rationality Reading Group: Part Y: Challenging the Difficult

Gram_Stone20 Apr 2016 22:32 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Baltimore / UMBC Weekly Meetup: How To Actually Change Your Mind (part 2)

iarwain120 Apr 2016 18:05 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Time hierarchy theorems for distributional estimation problems

paulfchristiano20 Apr 2016 17:13 UTC

3 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow: paranoid calibaration, EA criticism, deliberate practice dojo

berekuk20 Apr 2016 16:32 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Jose Meetup: Park Day (II)

steven046120 Apr 2016 6:23 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

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

RobinZ20 Apr 2016 2:57 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Gratitude Thread :-)

Gleb_Tsipursky19 Apr 2016 3:11 UTC

7 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Less Wrong New Hampshire Meetup

Tuk19 Apr 2016 1:17 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Apr. 18 - Apr. 24, 2016

MrMind18 Apr 2016 7:19 UTC

6 points

176 comments1 min readLW link

Monthly Outreach Thread

Gleb_Tsipursky17 Apr 2016 23:18 UTC

2 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Does immortality imply eternal existence in linear time?

turchin17 Apr 2016 23:17 UTC

2 points

37 comments2 min readLW link

Using humility to counteract shame

Vika15 Apr 2016 18:32 UTC

21 points

17 comments2 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamek15 Apr 2016 15:26 UTC

4 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Washington, D.C.: What If

RobinZ15 Apr 2016 3:40 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Anthropics and Biased Models

casebash15 Apr 2016 2:18 UTC

6 points

14 comments6 min readLW link

Commitments and affordances

KatjaGrace14 Apr 2016 20:56 UTC

1 point

0 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Board Games

rocurley14 Apr 2016 3:32 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Several free CFAR summer programs on rationality and AI safety

AnnaSalamon14 Apr 2016 2:35 UTC

29 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : UMBC / Baltimore Weekly Meetup: How To Actually Change Your Mind

iarwain113 Apr 2016 22:50 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

The many counterfactuals of counterfactual mugging

Scott Garrabrant12 Apr 2016 20:04 UTC

2 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Goal completion prior art: feature construction

Stuart_Armstrong12 Apr 2016 10:24 UTC

0 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(homes.cs.washington.edu)

Meetup : Brisbane Govindas Dinner

Elo12 Apr 2016 7:44 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

How to provide a simple example to the requirement of falsifiability in the scientific method to a novice audience?

Val11 Apr 2016 21:26 UTC

9 points

58 comments2 min readLW link

The Science of Effective Fundraising: Four Common Mistakes to Avoid

Gleb_Tsipursky11 Apr 2016 15:19 UTC

12 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

The Sally-Anne fallacy

philh11 Apr 2016 13:06 UTC

66 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Projects

rocurley11 Apr 2016 3:16 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread April 11 - April 17, 2016

[deleted]10 Apr 2016 21:01 UTC

6 points

135 comments1 min readLW link

The Thyroid Madness: Two Apparently Contradictory Studies. Proof?

johnlawrenceaspden10 Apr 2016 20:21 UTC

12 points

80 comments7 min readLW link

Meetup : Rochester Rationalists: Utopia discussion meetup

mare-of-night10 Apr 2016 17:05 UTC

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link