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Rational Feed
sapphire
17 Sep 2017 22:03 UTC
12
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
David C Denkenberger on Food Production after a Sun Obscuring Disaster
JenniferRM
17 Sep 2017 21:06 UTC
13
points
26
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Wedding Ceremony
Jacob Falkovich
17 Sep 2017 0:54 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
We’ve failed: paid publication , pirates win.
morganism
16 Sep 2017 21:53 UTC
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
Perspective Reasoning’s Counter to The Doomsday Argument
Xianda_GAO_duplicate0.5321505782395719
16 Sep 2017 19:39 UTC
4
points
38
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Against Facebook: The Stalking
Zvi
16 Sep 2017 12:41 UTC
42
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Stupid Questions September 2017
Erfeyah
15 Sep 2017 21:21 UTC
2
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fish oil and the self-critical brain loop
Elo
15 Sep 2017 9:53 UTC
5
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(bearlamp.com.au)
General and Surprising
John_Maxwell
15 Sep 2017 6:33 UTC
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.paulgraham.com)
LW 2.0 Strategic Overview
habryka
15 Sep 2017 3:00 UTC
85
points
296
comments
23
min read
LW
link
LW 2.0 Open Beta starts 9/20
Vaniver
15 Sep 2017 2:57 UTC
39
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Understanding Policy Gradients
SquirrelInHell
13 Sep 2017 21:13 UTC
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)
2017 LessWrong Survey
namespace
13 Sep 2017 6:26 UTC
29
points
75
comments
1
min read
LW
link
2017 LessWrong Survey
namespace
13 Sep 2017 6:18 UTC
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, September 11 - September 17, 2017
Thomas
11 Sep 2017 7:46 UTC
1
point
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Best of Don’t Worry About the Vase
Zvi
10 Sep 2017 12:18 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Epistemic Spot Check: Exercise for Mood and Anxiety (Michael W. Otto, Jasper A.J. Smits)
Elizabeth
9 Sep 2017 23:50 UTC
11
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Is Feedback Suffering?
Gordon Seidoh Worley
9 Sep 2017 22:20 UTC
9
points
8
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
Rational Feed
sapphire
9 Sep 2017 19:48 UTC
20
points
1
comment
10
min read
LW
link
Book Reviews: Zoolitude and the Void
Jacob Falkovich
9 Sep 2017 15:32 UTC
3
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Instrumental Rationality Sequence Finished! (w/ caveats)
lifelonglearner
9 Sep 2017 1:49 UTC
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Inconsistent Beliefs and Charitable Giving
Rossin_duplicate0.6898194309641386
8 Sep 2017 7:33 UTC
4
points
14
comments
3
min read
LW
link
New business opportunities due to self-driving cars
chaosmage
6 Sep 2017 20:07 UTC
13
points
68
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Come check out the Boulder Future Salon this Saturday!
fowlertm
6 Sep 2017 15:49 UTC
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Heuristics for textbook selection
John_Maxwell
6 Sep 2017 4:17 UTC
12
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Expanding Premium Mediocrity
Zvi
5 Sep 2017 23:01 UTC
−1
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Online discussion is better than pre-publication peer review
Wei Dai
5 Sep 2017 13:25 UTC
27
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, September 4 - September 10, 2017
Thomas
4 Sep 2017 7:41 UTC
2
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
If It’s Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing With Made-Up Statistics
Scott Alexander
3 Sep 2017 20:56 UTC
74
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Minimizing Motivated Beliefs
entirelyuseless
3 Sep 2017 15:56 UTC
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(entirelyuseless.wordpress.com)
Debiasing by rationalizing your own motives
Kaj_Sotala
3 Sep 2017 12:20 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Intellectual Progress Inside and Outside Academia
Ben Pace
2 Sep 2017 23:08 UTC
40
points
5
comments
14
min read
LW
link
September 2017 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
2 Sep 2017 21:17 UTC
1
point
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Simplified Anthropic Doomsday
Stuart_Armstrong
2 Sep 2017 20:37 UTC
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Beware Isolated Demands For Rigor
Scott Alexander
2 Sep 2017 19:50 UTC
119
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
The Case Of The Suffocating Woman
Scott Alexander
2 Sep 2017 19:42 UTC
17
points
1
comment
10
min read
LW
link
Exploring Premium Mediocrity
Zvi
2 Sep 2017 19:20 UTC
−1
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Learning To Love Scientific Consensus
Scott Alexander
2 Sep 2017 8:44 UTC
30
points
1
comment
19
min read
LW
link
I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup
Scott Alexander
2 Sep 2017 8:22 UTC
100
points
4
comments
28
min read
LW
link
The Doomsday argument in anthropic decision theory
Stuart_Armstrong
31 Aug 2017 13:44 UTC
11
points
58
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Doomsday argument in anthropic decision theory
Stuart_Armstrong
31 Aug 2017 13:20 UTC
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What you can’t say to a sympathetic ear
KatjaGrace
31 Aug 2017 0:05 UTC
9
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Critiquing other people’s plans politely
KatjaGrace
30 Aug 2017 23:25 UTC
1
point
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Intrinsic properties and Eliezer’s metaethics
Tyrrell_McAllister
29 Aug 2017 23:26 UTC
18
points
27
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Is there a flaw in the simulation argument?
philosophytorres
29 Aug 2017 14:34 UTC
2
points
14
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Doing a big survey on work, stress, and productivity. Feedback / anything you’re curious about?
lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)
29 Aug 2017 14:19 UTC
1
point
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Request For Collaboration
DragonGod
28 Aug 2017 23:05 UTC
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, August 28 - September 3, 2017
Thomas
28 Aug 2017 6:11 UTC
1
point
71
comments
1
min read
LW
link
FACTS ARE FACTS?
arisen
28 Aug 2017 4:13 UTC
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
P: 0 ⇐ P ⇐ 1
DragonGod
27 Aug 2017 21:57 UTC
7
points
61
comments
9
min read
LW
link
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