Learn­ing the foun­da­tions of math

jsalvatierOct 24, 2010, 7:29 PM
10 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

Not ex­actly the trol­ley problem

NancyLebovitzOct 24, 2010, 2:21 PM
7 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

That which can be de­stroyed by the truth should *not* nec­es­sar­ily be

Alex FlintOct 24, 2010, 10:41 AM
13 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

LWers on last.fm

mindspillageOct 24, 2010, 7:29 AM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ev­i­den­tial De­ci­sion The­ory and Mass Mind Control

DanielLCOct 23, 2010, 11:26 PM
−3 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Tomatoes

hangedmanOct 23, 2010, 6:50 PM
1 point
6 comments2 min readLW link

Does any­one else find ROT13 spoilers as an­noy­ing as I do?

nick012000Oct 23, 2010, 5:15 PM
12 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Three kinds of poli­ti­cal similarity

[deleted]Oct 23, 2010, 4:01 PM
13 points
30 comments4 min readLW link

Green con­sumers more likely to steal

nick012000Oct 23, 2010, 11:42 AM
9 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

The Prob­lem With Trol­ley Problems

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Oct 23, 2010, 5:14 AM
17 points
113 comments3 min readLW link

Is there a “per­centage fal­lacy”?

ataOct 23, 2010, 4:45 AM
17 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

In­ter­est­ing talk on Bayesi­ans and frequentists

jsteinhardtOct 23, 2010, 4:10 AM
11 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Does in­clu­sive fit­ness the­ory miss part of the pic­ture?

nhamannOct 22, 2010, 9:49 PM
8 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

Church: a lan­guage for prob­a­bil­is­tic modeling

[deleted]Oct 22, 2010, 11:59 AM
25 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Does it mat­ter if you don’t re­mem­ber?

Alex FlintOct 22, 2010, 11:53 AM
10 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

How are crit­i­cal think­ing skills ac­quired? Five perspectives

mattOct 22, 2010, 2:29 AM
13 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

How do autis­tic peo­ple learn how to read peo­ple’s emo­tions?

eugmanOct 20, 2010, 1:57 PM
9 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

Help: Is there a quick and dirty way to ex­plain quan­tum im­mor­tal­ity?

erratioOct 20, 2010, 3:00 AM
4 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tional Re­gions?

katydeeOct 19, 2010, 8:22 AM
2 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Oc­to­ber 2010 South­ern Cal­ifor­nia Meetup

jimmyOct 18, 2010, 9:28 PM
11 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Rally to Re­store Rationality

alyssavanceOct 18, 2010, 6:41 PM
8 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Vi­pas­sana Med­i­ta­tion Open Thread

[deleted]Oct 18, 2010, 5:01 PM
4 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Vi­pas­sana Med­i­ta­tion: Devel­op­ing Meta-Feel­ing Skills

[deleted]Oct 18, 2010, 4:55 PM
31 points
107 comments5 min readLW link

Evolu­tion just might be chaotic

NancyLebovitzOct 18, 2010, 2:52 PM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Was Carl Se­gan an Ag­nos­tic Prophet?

adsenanimOct 18, 2010, 6:20 AM
−36 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Bayesian Dooms­day Argument

DanielLCOct 17, 2010, 10:14 PM
−6 points
16 comments4 min readLW link

Rank­ing the “com­pe­ti­tion” based on op­ti­miza­tion power

blogospheroidOct 17, 2010, 4:55 PM
0 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Num­ber bias

[deleted]Oct 17, 2010, 2:03 PM
2 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Re: sub-reddits

Scott AlexanderOct 17, 2010, 1:34 PM
10 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Mone­tary In­cen­tives and Performance

multifoliateroseOct 16, 2010, 4:01 PM
8 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Mixed strat­egy Nash equilibrium

Meni_RosenfeldOct 16, 2010, 4:00 PM
60 points
47 comments4 min readLW link

Dis­cuss: Origi­nal See­ing Practices

[deleted]Oct 16, 2010, 2:20 AM
3 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo

freyleyOct 15, 2010, 6:04 PM
11 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Hu­man perfor­mance, psy­chom­e­try, and base­ball statistics

Craig_HeldrethOct 15, 2010, 1:13 PM
33 points
21 comments6 min readLW link

Pick­ing your battles

SeventhNadirOct 15, 2010, 11:17 AM
13 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

You don’t need bare­foot shoes to start walk­ing differ­ently.

KevinOct 15, 2010, 6:41 AM
−4 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Melbourne Less Wrong Meetup for November

PatrickOct 15, 2010, 5:39 AM
9 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Lifel­og­ging: the record­ing device

gwernOct 15, 2010, 1:04 AM
14 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

A 50-minute in­tro­duc­tion to probability

[deleted]Oct 14, 2010, 11:31 PM
6 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Re­tire­ment leads to loss of cog­ni­tive abilities

nick012000Oct 14, 2010, 5:53 PM
2 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

1993 AT&T “You Will” ads

nick012000Oct 14, 2010, 12:49 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

LW favorites

NancyLebovitzOct 14, 2010, 12:39 AM
10 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Stand­ing Desks and Hunter-Gatherers

James_MillerOct 14, 2010, 12:03 AM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

A Fun­da­men­tal Ques­tion of Group Rationality

steven0461Oct 13, 2010, 8:32 PM
17 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Is there evolu­tion­ary se­lec­tion for fe­male or­gasms?

NancyLebovitzOct 13, 2010, 2:07 PM
8 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread

NancyLebovitzOct 13, 2010, 2:04 PM
7 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Gandhi, mur­der pills, and men­tal illness

erratioOct 13, 2010, 9:16 AM
37 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Beauty in Mathematics

multifoliateroseOct 13, 2010, 9:12 AM
20 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

Help: Which con­cepts are con­tro­ver­sial on LW

XiXiDuOct 12, 2010, 5:46 PM
5 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Of the Qran and its stylis­tic re­sources: de­con­struct­ing the per­sua­sive­ness Draft

Raw_PowerOct 12, 2010, 5:04 PM
4 points
59 comments1 min readLW link