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Shane Legg on prospect theory and computational finance
Roko
Jun 21, 2009, 5:57 PM
16
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Nonparametric Ethics
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jun 20, 2009, 11:31 AM
40
points
60
comments
5
min read
LW
link
ESR’s comments on some EY:OB/LW posts
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jun 20, 2009, 12:16 AM
7
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cascio in The Atlantic, more on cognitive enhancement as existential risk mitigation
Roko
Jun 18, 2009, 3:09 PM
23
points
92
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Time to See If We Can Apply Anything We Have Learned
MichaelVassar
Jun 18, 2009, 10:06 AM
1
point
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Physiology of Willpower
pjeby
Jun 18, 2009, 4:11 AM
25
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Representative democracy awesomeness hypothesis
taw
Jun 18, 2009, 3:02 AM
4
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Morality is subjective preference, but it can be objectively wrong
KatjaGrace
Jun 17, 2009, 6:09 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Applied Picoeconomics
Scott Alexander
Jun 17, 2009, 4:08 PM
62
points
85
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Don’t Count Your Chickens...
thomblake
Jun 17, 2009, 3:21 PM
4
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Be your conformist, approval seeking, self
KatjaGrace
Jun 17, 2009, 10:17 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ask LessWrong: Human cognitive enhancement now?
taw
Jun 16, 2009, 9:16 PM
16
points
73
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationalists lose when others choose
PhilGoetz
Jun 16, 2009, 5:50 PM
−8
points
58
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Intelligence enhancement as existential risk mitigation
Roko
Jun 15, 2009, 7:35 PM
21
points
244
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Laws of Magic
Annoyance
Jun 15, 2009, 7:13 PM
20
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The two meanings of mathematical terms
JamesCole
Jun 15, 2009, 2:30 PM
0
points
80
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Readiness Heuristics
jimrandomh
Jun 15, 2009, 1:53 AM
22
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes—June 2009
pjeby
Jun 14, 2009, 10:00 PM
12
points
175
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Explain explanations for choosing by choice
KatjaGrace
Jun 14, 2009, 9:50 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why safety is not safe
rwallace
Jun 14, 2009, 5:20 AM
60
points
118
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Typical Mind and Politics
Scott Alexander
Jun 12, 2009, 12:28 PM
60
points
133
comments
6
min read
LW
link
If it looks like utility maximizer and quacks like utility maximizer...
taw
Jun 11, 2009, 6:34 PM
20
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Let’s reimplement EURISKO!
cousin_it
Jun 11, 2009, 4:28 PM
23
points
166
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Truth About Morality and What To Do About It
Roko
Jun 11, 2009, 12:31 PM
74
points
142
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Less wrong economic policy
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jun 9, 2009, 8:11 PM
7
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
You can’t believe in Bayes
PhilGoetz
Jun 9, 2009, 6:03 PM
15
points
60
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Expected futility for humans
Roko
Jun 9, 2009, 12:04 PM
14
points
53
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Aumann’s agreement theorem game (guess 2/3 of the average)
[deleted]
Jun 9, 2009, 7:29 AM
17
points
156
comments
1
min read
LW
link
London Rationalist Meetups bikeshed painting thread
taw
Jun 8, 2009, 1:56 AM
4
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
indexical uncertainty and the Axiom of Independence
Wei Dai
Jun 7, 2009, 9:18 AM
26
points
79
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Macroeconomics, The Lucas Critique, Microfoundations, and Modeling in General
Matt_Simpson
Jun 6, 2009, 4:35 AM
0
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Honesty: Beyond Internal Truth
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jun 6, 2009, 2:59 AM
67
points
87
comments
4
min read
LW
link
My concerns about the term ‘rationalist’
JamesCole
Jun 4, 2009, 3:31 PM
12
points
34
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Probability distributions and writing style
dclayh
Jun 4, 2009, 6:17 AM
7
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Post Your Utility Function
taw
Jun 4, 2009, 5:05 AM
39
points
280
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Third London Rationalist Meeting
taw
Jun 4, 2009, 3:19 AM
8
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mate selection for the men here
rhollerith
Jun 3, 2009, 11:05 PM
13
points
114
comments
3
min read
LW
link
With whom shall I diavlog?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jun 3, 2009, 3:20 AM
15
points
163
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Would You Slap Your Father? Article Linkage and Discussion
Annoyance
Jun 2, 2009, 6:49 PM
2
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bioconservative and biomoderate singularitarian positions
Roko
Jun 2, 2009, 1:19 PM
13
points
53
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Concrete vs Contextual values
whpearson
Jun 2, 2009, 9:47 AM
−1
points
32
comments
3
min read
LW
link
YouTube Test
wmoore
Jun 2, 2009, 1:10 AM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread: June 2009
Cyan
Jun 1, 2009, 6:46 PM
7
points
145
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Frontal Syndrome
Annoyance
Jun 1, 2009, 4:10 PM
17
points
40
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Onion Goes Inside The Biased Mind
patrissimo
May 30, 2009, 5:33 PM
8
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Taking Occam Seriously
steven0461
May 29, 2009, 5:31 PM
32
points
51
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A social norm against unjustified opinions?
Kaj_Sotala
29 May 2009 11:25 UTC
16
points
161
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Image vs. Impact: Can public commitment be counterproductive for achievement?
patrissimo
28 May 2009 23:18 UTC
54
points
48
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Link: The Case for Working With Your Hands
Daniel_Burfoot
28 May 2009 14:16 UTC
25
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Can we create a function that provably predicts the optimization power of intelligences?
whpearson
28 May 2009 11:35 UTC
−7
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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