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[Question]
What are good practices for using Google Scholar to research answers to LessWrong Questions?
Pee Doom
18 May 2019 21:44 UTC
28
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Simulation Typology and Termination Risks
avturchin
18 May 2019 12:42 UTC
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
Yes Requires the Possibility of No
Scott Garrabrant
17 May 2019 22:39 UTC
272
points
56
comments
2
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
“One Man’s Modus Ponens Is Another Man’s Modus Tollens”
gwern
17 May 2019 22:03 UTC
33
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Announcing my YouTube channel
Samo Burja
17 May 2019 17:50 UTC
40
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
[Question]
What makes a scientific fact ‘ripe for discovery’?
Matt Goldenberg
17 May 2019 9:01 UTC
8
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why exactly is the song ‘Baby Shark’ so catchy?
Pee Doom
17 May 2019 6:26 UTC
6
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is good literature on learned helplessness?
Pee Doom
17 May 2019 3:15 UTC
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are some good examples of gaming that is hard to detect?
SoerenMind
16 May 2019 16:10 UTC
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Offer of collaboration and/or mentorship
Vanessa Kosoy
16 May 2019 14:16 UTC
76
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Which scientific discovery was most ahead of its time?
Richard_Ngo
16 May 2019 12:58 UTC
38
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
European Community Weekend 2019
DreamFlasher
16 May 2019 11:44 UTC
38
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Kevin Simler’s “Going Critical”
habryka
16 May 2019 4:36 UTC
56
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.meltingasphalt.com)
[Question]
How do you know it’s time for a break?
Elizabeth
16 May 2019 4:33 UTC
29
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
What is this new (?) Less Wrong feature? (“hidden related question”)
Said Achmiz
15 May 2019 23:51 UTC
14
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Feature Request: Self-imposed Time Restrictions
Adam Zerner
15 May 2019 22:35 UTC
22
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why I’ve started using NoScript
benwr
15 May 2019 21:32 UTC
17
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Emotional valence as cognition mutator (not a bug, but a feature)
Slider
15 May 2019 12:49 UTC
11
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
DC LW: Psychedelics
rusalkii
15 May 2019 3:14 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
MIRI Summer Fellows Program
colm
15 May 2019 0:28 UTC
49
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Data Analysis of LW: Activity Levels + Age Distribution of User Accounts
Ruby
14 May 2019 23:53 UTC
27
points
13
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Boo votes, Yay NPS
Gordon Seidoh Worley
14 May 2019 19:07 UTC
29
points
19
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Eight Books To Read
Samo Burja
14 May 2019 17:40 UTC
69
points
11
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
[Question]
Flashcards for AI Safety?
Søren Elverlin
14 May 2019 14:37 UTC
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Integrating disagreeing subagents
Kaj_Sotala
14 May 2019 14:06 UTC
147
points
15
comments
21
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How to improve at critical thinking on science/medical literature?
hereisonehand
14 May 2019 11:58 UTC
14
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Epistea Summer Experiment
Jan_Kulveit
13 May 2019 21:29 UTC
25
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thinking Fast and Hard
Jacob Falkovich
13 May 2019 19:58 UTC
26
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Physical linguistics
Yuxi_Liu
13 May 2019 19:30 UTC
16
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
In support of the inside view and a counter to modest epistemology
solomon alon
13 May 2019 15:21 UTC
−7
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Cambridge LessWrong / SSC Meetup
NoSignalNoNoise
13 May 2019 1:56 UTC
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ed Boyden on the State of Science
Ben Pace
13 May 2019 1:54 UTC
62
points
2
comments
10
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are some “Communities and Cultures Different From Our Own?”
Raemon
12 May 2019 22:03 UTC
29
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Coherent decisions imply consistent utilities
Eliezer Yudkowsky
12 May 2019 21:33 UTC
149
points
81
comments
26
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
The Relationship Between the Village and the Mission
Raemon
12 May 2019 21:09 UTC
137
points
70
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Tales from the Highway
Zvi
12 May 2019 19:40 UTC
16
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
The Geography of the Room — impact of position, orientation, and visibility on how often extraverts start conversations
less_penguiny
12 May 2019 17:21 UTC
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.lesspenguiny.com)
Type-safeness in Shell
Martin Sustrik
12 May 2019 11:30 UTC
7
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(250bpm.com)
“UDT2” and “against UD+ASSA”
Wei Dai
12 May 2019 4:18 UTC
50
points
7
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Narcissism vs. social signalling
Chris_Leong
12 May 2019 3:26 UTC
13
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why books don’t work
lifelonglearner
11 May 2019 20:40 UTC
17
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(andymatuschak.org)
Probability interpretations: Examples
So8res
11 May 2019 20:32 UTC
39
points
23
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Programming Languages For AI
Donald Hobson
11 May 2019 17:50 UTC
3
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
SSC Atlanta
Steve French
11 May 2019 17:38 UTC
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
alternative history: what if Bayes rule had never been discovered?
Yoav Ravid
11 May 2019 7:29 UTC
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How do the different star-types in the universe (red dwarf, etc.) related to habitability for human-like life?
Ruby
11 May 2019 1:01 UTC
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Athena Rationality Workshop—June 7th-10th at EA Hotel
Linda Linsefors
11 May 2019 1:01 UTC
26
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How many “human” habitable planets/stars are in the universe?
Ruby
11 May 2019 0:59 UTC
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rob B’s Shortform Feed
Rob Bensinger
10 May 2019 23:10 UTC
21
points
79
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Athena Rationality Workshop—June 7th-10th at EA Hotel
Linda Linsefors
10 May 2019 22:08 UTC
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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