[Question] How to per­suade peo­ple/​groups out of sunk cost fal­lacy?

vernamcipherJul 13, 2020, 10:51 PM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Life Through Quan­tum An­neal­ing: How a quan­tum com­put­ing tech­nique could shape existence

ChrisMJul 13, 2020, 10:48 PM
2 points
1 comment16 min readLW link

[Question] 3-P Group op­ti­mal for dis­cus­sion?

AiresJLJul 13, 2020, 10:23 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Fooled by Randomness

SherrinfordJul 13, 2020, 9:02 PM
34 points
10 comments5 min readLW link

Roll for Sanity

eapacheJul 13, 2020, 4:39 PM
16 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Null-box­ing New­comb’s Problem

YitzJul 13, 2020, 4:32 PM
33 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

2020 LessWrong De­mo­graph­ics Sur­vey Results

B JacobsJul 13, 2020, 1:53 PM
18 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

What You Are

Jarred FilmerJul 13, 2020, 11:35 AM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Up­date more slowly!

DavidmanheimJul 13, 2020, 7:10 AM
51 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

In praise of con­tribut­ing ex­am­ples, analo­gies and lingo

Adam ZernerJul 13, 2020, 6:43 AM
37 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Six eco­nomics mis­con­cep­tions of mine which I’ve re­solved over the last few years

BuckJul 13, 2020, 3:01 AM
196 points
59 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] What is the cur­rent state of knowl­edge around COVID-19 at-home reme­dies?

DorikkaJul 12, 2020, 10:50 PM
10 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

What counts as defec­tion?

TurnTroutJul 12, 2020, 10:03 PM
81 points
21 comments5 min readLW link1 review

Pos­si­ble new pneu­mo­nia in Kazahk­stan (July 2020)

JayJul 12, 2020, 8:41 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

School Has It Backwards

proshowersingerJul 12, 2020, 7:24 PM
33 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What is the cur­rent pro­cess for in­creases test­ing?

jmhJul 12, 2020, 5:21 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Bu­dapest meetup Mar­git Sz­iget, 7/​19 2pm

Timothy UnderwoodJul 12, 2020, 2:07 PM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Science eats its young

George3d6Jul 12, 2020, 12:32 PM
14 points
13 comments10 min readLW link
(cerebralab.com)

Gödel In­com­plete­ness: For Dummies

jollybardJul 12, 2020, 9:13 AM
9 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Covid-19: Anal­y­sis of Mor­tal­ity Data

ZviJul 11, 2020, 9:30 PM
32 points
12 comments12 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How well can the GPT ar­chi­tec­ture solve the par­ity task?

FactorialCodeJul 11, 2020, 7:02 PM
19 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Canon­i­cal forms

senJul 11, 2020, 6:53 PM
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.fimfiction.net)

Lurk­ing More Be­fore Join­ing Com­plex Conversations

RaemonJul 11, 2020, 5:11 PM
42 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

Meta Pro­gram­ming GPT: A route to Su­per­in­tel­li­gence?

dmteaJul 11, 2020, 2:51 PM
10 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Hier­ar­chy of Evidence

B JacobsJul 11, 2020, 12:54 PM
7 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Max­i­mal Ventilation

jefftkJul 11, 2020, 1:20 AM
31 points
6 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Mod Note: Tag­ging Ac­tivity is Not Private

RubyJul 11, 2020, 12:56 AM
31 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Cost/​Benefit anal­y­sis of School Clo­sures in the US

anna.becca.g@gmail.comJul 10, 2020, 11:35 PM
9 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Your Pri­ori­ti­za­tion is Underspecified

romeostevensitJul 10, 2020, 8:48 PM
85 points
13 comments5 min readLW link

Was a PhD nec­es­sary to solve out­stand­ing math prob­lems?

DirectedEvolutionJul 10, 2020, 6:43 PM
22 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

Talk: Key Is­sues In Near-Term AI Safety Research

Aryeh EnglanderJul 10, 2020, 6:36 PM
22 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] When is evolu­tion­ary psy­chol­ogy use­ful?

snog toddgrassJul 10, 2020, 6:22 PM
3 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

A space of pro­pos­als for build­ing safe ad­vanced AI

Richard_NgoJul 10, 2020, 4:58 PM
55 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Should I take an IQ test, why or why not?

snog toddgrassJul 10, 2020, 4:52 PM
2 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Mesa-Op­ti­miz­ers vs “Steered Op­ti­miz­ers”

Steven ByrnesJul 10, 2020, 4:49 PM
45 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

Born as the sev­enth month dies …

Rudi CJul 10, 2020, 3:07 PM
6 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Franken­stein De­lenda Est

eapacheJul 10, 2020, 2:38 PM
11 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

De­coloniz­ing Ev­i­dence-Based De­ci­sion-Making

Ian David MossJul 10, 2020, 2:30 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Was a ter­mi­nal de­gree nec­es­sary for in­vent­ing Boyle’s desider­ata?

DirectedEvolutionJul 10, 2020, 4:47 AM
35 points
18 comments5 min readLW link

As Few As Possible

DeciusJul 10, 2020, 4:37 AM
1 point
13 comments2 min readLW link

Kelly Bet on Everything

Jacob FalkovichJul 10, 2020, 2:48 AM
101 points
20 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews

[Question] How far along are you on the Less­wrong Path?

AiresJLJul 9, 2020, 9:41 PM
10 points
15 comments4 min readLW link

Slate Star Codex and Sili­con Valley’s War Against the Media

PointlessOneJul 9, 2020, 7:20 PM
6 points
2 commentsLW link
(www.newyorker.com)

Why is the im­pact penalty time-in­con­sis­tent?

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 9, 2020, 5:26 PM
16 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Fea­tured Tags: July 2020

RubyJul 9, 2020, 5:00 PM
16 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ar­gu­ments against my­opic training

Richard_NgoJul 9, 2020, 4:07 PM
62 points
39 comments12 min readLW link

Covid 7/​9: Lies, Damn Lies and Death Rates

ZviJul 9, 2020, 1:40 PM
56 points
13 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] [Re­source Re­quest] What are good re­sources for best prac­tice for cre­at­ing bu­reau­cracy?

ChristianKlJul 9, 2020, 12:05 PM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Why does “deep ab­strac­tion” lose it’s use­ful­ness in the far past and fu­ture?

Garrett BakerJul 9, 2020, 7:12 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

The New Front­page De­sign & Open­ing Tag Creation!

habrykaJul 9, 2020, 4:37 AM
52 points
25 comments3 min readLW link