Sus­pected rea­son that kids usu­ally hate vegetables

Andrew VlahosFeb 27, 2021, 11:52 PM
8 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Boot­strapped Alignment

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 27, 2021, 3:46 PM
20 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Par­ti­ci­pat­ing in a Covid-19 Vac­cine Trial #2: We pretty much knew it would work the whole time

ejacobFeb 27, 2021, 12:47 AM
7 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

The sailor’s wife

krbouchardFeb 27, 2021, 12:23 AM
4 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Can you be 100% con­fi­dent in your moral be­liefs?

MaxGFeb 27, 2021, 12:23 AM
3 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why aren’t we all us­ing Taf­fix?

ChristianKlFeb 26, 2021, 11:09 PM
63 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Differ­ent kinds of lan­guage proficiency

Kaj_SotalaFeb 26, 2021, 6:20 PM
34 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

RadVac Com­mer­cial An­ti­body Test Results

johnswentworthFeb 26, 2021, 6:04 PM
243 points
30 comments3 min readLW link1 review

[Question] “New EA cause area: vot­ing”; or, “what’s wrong with this calcu­la­tion?”

Optimization ProcessFeb 26, 2021, 4:50 PM
18 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Use­less knowl­edge; why peo­ple re­sist ed­u­ca­tion improvement

Andrew VlahosFeb 26, 2021, 3:43 AM
11 points
22 comments4 min readLW link

What is the VIX?

AnnapurnaFeb 26, 2021, 1:05 AM
21 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Anna and Oliver dis­cuss Chil­dren and X-Risk

RaemonFeb 26, 2021, 12:07 AM
54 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are a ra­tio­nal­ist’s best tools for bet­ter de­ci­sion mak­ing?

acomeyerFeb 25, 2021, 10:06 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Is there any se­ri­ous at­tempt to cre­ate a sys­tem to figure out the CEV of hu­man­ity and if not, why haven’t we started yet?

Jonas HallgrenFeb 25, 2021, 10:06 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

My Thoughts on the Ap­per­cep­tion Engine

J BostockFeb 25, 2021, 7:43 PM
5 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Com­pro­mis­ing with Compulsion

matejsuchyFeb 25, 2021, 4:43 PM
4 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

Covid 2/​25: Hold­ing Pattern

ZviFeb 25, 2021, 2:30 PM
67 points
16 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Never Go Full Kelly

SimonMFeb 25, 2021, 12:53 PM
51 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

The In­ner Work­ings of Resourcefulness

Nora_AmmannFeb 25, 2021, 9:15 AM
22 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

Against un­stop­pable crypto pre­dic­tion markets

lemonhopeFeb 25, 2021, 6:02 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Tsuyoku Naritai

RubyFeb 25, 2021, 5:40 AM
21 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Above the Narrative

Jacob FalkovichFeb 25, 2021, 4:37 AM
23 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

Texas Freeze Ret­ro­spec­tive & Emer­gency Plan­ning (Non-Tex­ans Wel­come!)

jchanFeb 25, 2021, 12:05 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Men­tor­ship, Man­age­ment, and Mys­te­ri­ous Old Wizards

RaemonFeb 24, 2021, 10:00 PM
92 points
13 comments3 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Suffer­ing-Fo­cused Ethics in the In­finite Uni­verse. How can we re­deem our­selves if Mul­ti­verse Im­mor­tal­ity is real and sub­jec­tive death is im­pos­si­ble.

Szymon KucharskiFeb 24, 2021, 9:02 PM
−2 points
4 comments70 min readLW link

[Question] Are there good ne­go­ti­a­tion classes?

shenkevFeb 24, 2021, 7:24 PM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #139]: How the sim­plic­ity of re­al­ity ex­plains the suc­cess of neu­ral nets

Rohin ShahFeb 24, 2021, 6:30 PM
26 points
6 comments12 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

A No-Non­sense Guide to Early Retirement

tryactionsFeb 24, 2021, 4:37 PM
75 points
46 comments28 min readLW link

[Question] Are mul­ti­ple shorter ex­po­sures less likely to re­duce in in­fec­tions of COVID-19 then one larger ex­po­sure?

ChristianKlFeb 24, 2021, 1:14 PM
10 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Read­ing recom­men­da­tions on so­cial tech­nol­ogy: look­ing for the third way be­tween tech­noc­racy and populism

QuinnFeb 24, 2021, 11:48 AM
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Coin­ci­dences are Improbable

Mark XuFeb 24, 2021, 9:14 AM
30 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(markxu.com)

The Gran­d­est Vi­sion for Hu­man­ity (Light)

RubyFeb 24, 2021, 7:15 AM
27 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(hackernoon.com)

Avoid Con­tentious Terms

jefftkFeb 24, 2021, 3:10 AM
59 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Yes, words can cause harm

kithpendragonFeb 24, 2021, 12:18 AM
−4 points
54 comments4 min readLW link

Sur­vey on cor­ti­cal unifor­mity—an ex­pert am­plifi­ca­tion exercise

Feb 23, 2021, 10:13 PM
37 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

[Fic­tion] Lena (MMAcevedo)

Kaj_SotalaFeb 23, 2021, 7:46 PM
49 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(qntm.org)

When you already know the an­swer—Us­ing your In­ner Simulator

Neel NandaFeb 23, 2021, 5:58 PM
44 points
4 comments11 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Judg­ing Our April 2020 Covid-19 Predictions

ZviFeb 23, 2021, 5:20 PM
53 points
12 comments10 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Kelly isn’t (just) about log­a­r­ith­mic utility

SimonMFeb 23, 2021, 12:12 PM
35 points
41 comments4 min readLW link

Sup­port vs Ad­vice & Hold­ing Off Solutions

abramdemskiFeb 23, 2021, 1:12 AM
29 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

I’m a 19-year-old Ter­mi­nal Pa­tient. Med­i­cal Brain Preser­va­tion Should not be Difficult to Dis­cuss or Adopt

ogeFeb 23, 2021, 12:42 AM
37 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.brainpreservation.org)

On the na­ture of anxiety

mr_fahrenheitFeb 22, 2021, 11:56 PM
0 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

The Com­pre­hen­sion Curve

DirectedEvolutionFeb 22, 2021, 10:51 PM
32 points
8 comments10 min readLW link

Aim to get re­jected often

Amir BolousFeb 22, 2021, 10:38 PM
11 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Me­dia Bias

lsusrFeb 22, 2021, 9:14 PM
35 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

The slopes to com­mon sense

George3d6Feb 22, 2021, 7:22 PM
47 points
19 comments8 min readLW link
(cerebralab.com)

[Question] How can I pro­tect my bank ac­count from large, sur­prise with­drawals?

Maxwell PetersonFeb 22, 2021, 6:57 PM
7 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Calcu­lat­ing Kelly

abramdemskiFeb 22, 2021, 5:32 PM
36 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Could first doses first be bet­ter for the vac­cine hes­i­tant?

DirectedEvolutionFeb 22, 2021, 4:24 PM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Over­com­ing Helplessness

Neel NandaFeb 22, 2021, 3:03 PM
17 points
1 comment10 min readLW link
(neelnanda.io)