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Jul 12 Bay Area meetup—Hanson, Vassar, Yudkowsky
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jul 11, 2009, 9:13 PM
10
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Debate: Is short term planning in humans due to a short life or due to bias?
whpearson
Jul 11, 2009, 4:34 PM
8
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Causation as Bias (sort of)
spuckblase
Jul 10, 2009, 8:38 AM
−13
points
92
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Formalized math: dream vs reality
cousin_it
Jul 9, 2009, 8:51 PM
19
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Recommended reading for new rationalists
XFrequentist
Jul 9, 2009, 7:47 PM
39
points
168
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Revisiting torture vs. dust specks
cousin_it
Jul 8, 2009, 11:04 AM
10
points
66
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Causality does not imply correlation
Richard_Kennaway
Jul 8, 2009, 12:52 AM
18
points
58
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Can self-help be bad for you?
Tom_Talbot
Jul 7, 2009, 8:40 PM
4
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An interesting speed dating study
CronoDAS
Jul 7, 2009, 7:09 AM
20
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Dangers of Partial Knowledge of the Way: Failing in School
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jul 6, 2009, 3:16 PM
14
points
38
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Can chess be a game of luck?
Rune
Jul 6, 2009, 3:08 AM
−3
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Media bias
PhilGoetz
Jul 5, 2009, 4:54 PM
39
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The enemy within
Roko
Jul 5, 2009, 3:08 PM
22
points
18
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Not Technically Lying
Psychohistorian
Jul 4, 2009, 6:40 PM
50
points
86
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Avoiding Failure: Fallacy Finding
Patrick
Jul 3, 2009, 5:59 PM
14
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Fixed Sum Fallacy
cousin_it
Jul 3, 2009, 1:01 PM
5
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Who do we care about?
KatjaGrace
Jul 3, 2009, 7:18 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Harnessing Your Biases
swestrup
Jul 2, 2009, 8:45 PM
13
points
14
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes—July 2009
SilasBarta
Jul 2, 2009, 6:35 PM
7
points
185
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fourth London Rationalist Meeting?
Richard_Kennaway
Jul 2, 2009, 9:56 AM
6
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread: July 2009
[deleted]
Jul 2, 2009, 4:00 AM
5
points
251
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Complications
Annoyance
Jul 1, 2009, 6:39 PM
13
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Atheism = Untheism + Antitheism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jul 1, 2009, 2:19 AM
138
points
187
comments
4
min read
LW
link
What’s In A Name?
Scott Alexander
Jun 29, 2009, 12:54 PM
53
points
138
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Controlling your inner control circuits
Kaj_Sotala
Jun 26, 2009, 5:57 PM
53
points
159
comments
10
min read
LW
link
The Great Brain is Located Externally
Alicorn
Jun 25, 2009, 10:29 PM
32
points
53
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Coming Out
cousin_it
Jun 25, 2009, 4:16 PM
12
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Requests to the Right Ear Are More Successful Than to the Left
CannibalSmith
Jun 25, 2009, 12:09 PM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Richard Dawkins TV—Baloney Detection Kit video
Roko
Jun 25, 2009, 12:27 AM
2
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Lie to me?
pwno
Jun 24, 2009, 9:56 PM
−1
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Guilt by Association
Annoyance
Jun 24, 2009, 5:29 PM
1
point
38
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Monty Maul Problem
JGWeissman
Jun 24, 2009, 5:30 AM
7
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Domain of Your Utility Function
Peter_de_Blanc
Jun 23, 2009, 4:58 AM
42
points
99
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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
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