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Open Thread: May 2009

steven0461May 1, 2009, 4:16 PM
7 points
210 comments1 min readLW link

Con­ven­tions and Con­fus­ing Con­ti­nu­ity Conundrums

Psy-KoshMay 1, 2009, 1:41 AM
5 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist Role in the In­for­ma­tion Age

byrnemaApr 30, 2009, 6:24 PM
7 points
19 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­is­tic Losing

MrHenApr 30, 2009, 12:48 PM
7 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

Test

wmooreApr 30, 2009, 5:12 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

How Not to be Stupid: Adorable Maybes

Psy-KoshApr 29, 2009, 7:15 PM
1 point
55 comments3 min readLW link

Fic­tion of interest

dclayhApr 29, 2009, 6:47 PM
14 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Fire and Motion

rwallaceApr 29, 2009, 4:06 PM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Fight­ing Akra­sia: In­cen­tivis­ing Action

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 29, 2009, 1:48 PM
12 points
58 comments2 min readLW link

How to come up with ver­bal probabilities

jimmyApr 29, 2009, 8:35 AM
27 points
20 comments3 min readLW link

Wed­nes­day de­pends on us.

byrnemaApr 29, 2009, 3:47 AM
2 points
43 comments3 min readLW link

Gen­er­al­iz­ing From One Example

Scott AlexanderApr 28, 2009, 10:00 PM
438 points
423 comments6 min readLW link

Re-for­mal­iz­ing PD

cousin_itApr 28, 2009, 12:10 PM
32 points
63 comments2 min readLW link

What is con­trol the­ory, and why do you need to know about it?

Richard_KennawayApr 28, 2009, 9:25 AM
58 points
48 comments9 min readLW link

Epistemic vs. In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity: Approximations

Peter_de_BlancApr 28, 2009, 3:12 AM
30 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

How Not to be Stupid: Know What You Want, What You Really Really Want

Psy-KoshApr 28, 2009, 1:11 AM
2 points
39 comments4 min readLW link

How Not to be Stupid: Start­ing Up

Psy-KoshApr 28, 2009, 12:23 AM
13 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ver­bal Over­shad­ow­ing and The Art of Rationality

panglossApr 27, 2009, 11:39 PM
68 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

Bayesian Cabaret

Scott AlexanderApr 27, 2009, 10:29 PM
26 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Fi­nal Words

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 27, 2009, 9:12 PM
182 points
63 comments9 min readLW link

The End (of Se­quences)

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 27, 2009, 9:07 PM
46 points
36 comments5 min readLW link

Theism, Wed­nes­day, and Not Be­ing Adopted

AlicornApr 27, 2009, 4:49 PM
60 points
342 comments3 min readLW link

Should we be bi­ased?

James_MillerApr 27, 2009, 3:42 PM
−12 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­cuse me, would you like to take a sur­vey?

Scott AlexanderApr 26, 2009, 9:23 PM
14 points
132 comments1 min readLW link

The Craft and the Community

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 26, 2009, 5:52 PM
44 points
11 comments12 min readLW link

SIAI call for skil­led vol­un­teers and po­ten­tial interns

AnnaSalamonApr 26, 2009, 5:56 AM
20 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Less Meta

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 26, 2009, 5:38 AM
17 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Where’s Your Sense of Mys­tery?

Scott AlexanderApr 26, 2009, 12:45 AM
40 points
55 comments5 min readLW link

“Self-pre­tend­ing” is not as use­ful as we think

pwnoApr 25, 2009, 11:01 PM
4 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup Re­minder: UC Santa Bar­bara, To­day @6pm

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 25, 2009, 7:19 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Prac­ti­cal Ad­vice Backed By Deep Theories

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 25, 2009, 6:52 PM
71 points
114 comments4 min readLW link

Cached Procrastination

jimrandomhApr 25, 2009, 4:22 PM
44 points
49 comments3 min readLW link

Pro­gram­matic Pre­dic­tion markets

whpearsonApr 25, 2009, 9:29 AM
7 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

In­stru­men­tal vs. Epistemic—A Bardic Perspective

MBlumeApr 25, 2009, 7:41 AM
95 points
189 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tional Groups Kick Ass

talismanApr 25, 2009, 2:37 AM
33 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

A puzzle

ThomasApr 25, 2009, 2:33 AM
−11 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

What’s in a name? That which we call a ra­tio­nal­ist…

badgerApr 24, 2009, 11:53 PM
8 points
92 comments1 min readLW link

Less Wrong: Progress Report

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 24, 2009, 11:49 PM
5 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

Just a bit of hu­mor...

CronoDASApr 24, 2009, 4:21 AM
−8 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

This Didn’t Have To Happen

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 23, 2009, 7:07 PM
27 points
189 comments1 min readLW link

Fix it and tell us what you did

JulianMorrisonApr 23, 2009, 2:54 PM
49 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

Go Forth and Create the Art!

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 23, 2009, 1:37 AM
90 points
114 comments5 min readLW link

Es­cap­ing Your Past

Z_M_DavisApr 22, 2009, 9:15 PM
28 points
51 comments3 min readLW link

Pro­posal: Use the Wiki for Concepts

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 22, 2009, 5:21 AM
40 points
67 comments3 min readLW link

LessWrong Boo Vote (Stochas­tic Down­vot­ing)

Vladimir_NesovApr 22, 2009, 1:18 AM
4 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

UC Santa Bar­bara Ra­tion­al­ists Unite—Satur­day, 6PM

MBlumeApr 22, 2009, 12:23 AM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Well-Kept Gar­dens Die By Pacifism

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 21, 2009, 2:44 AM
253 points
324 comments5 min readLW link

Masochism vs. Self-defeat

PsychohistorianApr 20, 2009, 9:20 PM
2 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

The Sin of Underconfidence

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 20, 2009, 6:30 AM
107 points
187 comments6 min readLW link

Evan­gel­i­cal Rationality

CannibalSmithApr 20, 2009, 4:51 AM
44 points
20 comments1 min readLW link