HELP: Do I have a chance at be­com­ing in­tel­li­gent?

johnbgoneOct 26, 2010, 9:41 PM
38 points
68 comments1 min readLW link

Ethics of Jury nul­lifi­ca­tion and TDT?

Psy-KoshOct 26, 2010, 9:01 PM
16 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Teach­ers vs. Tutors

[deleted]Oct 26, 2010, 4:59 PM
18 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Patholog­i­cal util­i­tome­ter thought experiment

RainOct 26, 2010, 3:13 PM
11 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

Self-em­pa­thy as a source of “willpower”

AcademianOct 26, 2010, 2:20 PM
83 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

If you don’t know the name of the game, just tell me what I mean to you

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 26, 2010, 1:43 PM
16 points
26 comments5 min readLW link

Levels of Intelligence

draqOct 26, 2010, 11:57 AM
−20 points
82 comments1 min readLW link

HELP: How do min­i­mum wage laws harm peo­ple?

KingreaperOct 26, 2010, 11:09 AM
3 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Should peo­ple re­quire a manda­tory li­cense for par­ent­ing?

XiXiDuOct 26, 2010, 8:47 AM
−3 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Lu­minos­ity (Twilight fan­fic) Part 2 Dis­cus­sion Thread

JenniferRMOct 25, 2010, 11:07 PM
9 points
425 comments1 min readLW link

Ac­ti­va­tion Costs

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Oct 25, 2010, 9:30 PM
39 points
40 comments3 min readLW link

A sug­ges­tion on how to get peo­ple to read the Sequences

AdeleneDawnerOct 25, 2010, 7:21 PM
43 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Deal­ing with the high quan­tity of sci­en­tific er­ror in medicine

NancyLebovitzOct 25, 2010, 1:53 PM
60 points
61 comments3 min readLW link

Let’s split the cake, length­wise, up­wise and slantwise

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 25, 2010, 1:15 PM
74 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

Willpower: not a limited re­source?

Jess_RiedelOct 25, 2010, 12:06 PM
39 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

A Para­dox in Time­less De­ci­sion Theory

AlexMennenOct 25, 2010, 3:09 AM
10 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Op­ti­mism ver­sus cryonics

lsparrishOct 25, 2010, 2:13 AM
48 points
110 comments1 min readLW link

Help: Build­ing Awe­some Per­sonal Or­ga­ni­za­tion Systems

[deleted]Oct 25, 2010, 1:05 AM
9 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

*Cry­oburn* by Bujold

NancyLebovitzOct 25, 2010, 1:01 AM
6 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

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]17 Oct 2010 14:03 UTC
2 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Re: sub-reddits

Scott Alexander17 Oct 2010 13:34 UTC
10 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Mone­tary In­cen­tives and Performance

multifoliaterose16 Oct 2010 16:01 UTC
8 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Mixed strat­egy Nash equilibrium

Meni_Rosenfeld16 Oct 2010 16:00 UTC
60 points
47 comments4 min readLW link