The dan­ger of liv­ing a story—Sin­gu­lar­ity Tropes

patrissimoNov 14, 2010, 10:39 PM
28 points
62 comments3 min readLW link

Fixed­ness From Frailty

VaniverNov 14, 2010, 9:51 PM
14 points
53 comments3 min readLW link

META: ar­ti­cle search by au­thor (Re­solved)

[deleted]Nov 14, 2010, 6:49 PM
5 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Another at­tempt to ex­plain UDT

cousin_itNov 14, 2010, 4:52 PM
70 points
61 comments2 min readLW link

Hu­mans don’t gen­er­ally have util­ity functions

ManfredNov 14, 2010, 9:54 AM
2 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

Men­tal focus

NancyLebovitzNov 14, 2010, 9:47 AM
7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Hi—I’m new here—some questions

InquilineKeaNov 14, 2010, 4:11 AM
10 points
52 comments5 min readLW link

Telepa­thy Ex­ists (no, not the Bem study)

katydeeNov 14, 2010, 2:43 AM
−6 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Spring 1912: A New Heaven And A New Earth

Scott AlexanderNov 13, 2010, 5:11 PM
27 points
289 comments3 min readLW link

Car­toon which I think will ap­peal to LW

NancyLebovitzNov 13, 2010, 11:28 AM
2 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Re­quest­ing some ad­vice on a question

CarinthiumNov 13, 2010, 6:07 AM
−1 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Di­plo­macy as a Game The­ory Laboratory

Scott AlexanderNov 12, 2010, 10:19 PM
69 points
98 comments12 min readLW link

New ge­netic ev­i­dence of pos­i­tive se­lec­tion for Ashke­nazi diseases

GenespliceNov 12, 2010, 10:17 PM
7 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tional re­sponses to po­ten­tial home in­va­sion threat?

AdeleneDawnerNov 12, 2010, 1:54 PM
12 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Outreach opportunity

Richard_KennawayNov 12, 2010, 11:07 AM
18 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Outreach opportunity

Richard_KennawayNov 12, 2010, 11:04 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Study shows ex­is­tence of psy­chic pow­ers.

bentarmNov 12, 2010, 1:46 AM
5 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

If a tree falls on Sleep­ing Beauty...

ataNov 12, 2010, 1:14 AM
149 points
28 comments8 min readLW link

The Aspirin Para­dox- re­place­ment for the Smok­ing Le­sion Prob­lem?

orthonormalNov 11, 2010, 11:57 PM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

SIA and the Two Di­men­sional Dooms­day Argument

KatjaGraceNov 11, 2010, 10:00 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

The Strong Oc­cam’s Razor

cousin_itNov 11, 2010, 5:28 PM
17 points
74 comments3 min readLW link

How to pick your categories

[deleted]Nov 11, 2010, 3:13 PM
78 points
22 comments6 min readLW link

His­tory of Manga (Wikipe­dia link)

KevinNov 11, 2010, 11:43 AM
−12 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Creation­ism = High Carb? Or, The Devil Does Atkins

Nic_SmithNov 11, 2010, 3:41 AM
4 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Pet Cryonics

JackNov 11, 2010, 12:13 AM
9 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

SIA says AI is no big threat

KatjaGraceNov 10, 2010, 10:00 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

What does it mean to op­ti­mize fu­ture?

red75Nov 10, 2010, 3:43 PM
−3 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Public in­ter­na­tional law

KevinNov 10, 2010, 10:10 AM
−16 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

On the Human

machriderNov 10, 2010, 9:27 AM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

De­scrip­tion com­plex­ity: an apol­ogy and note on terminology

cousin_itNov 10, 2010, 12:43 AM
24 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Sim­ple friendli­ness: Plan B for AI

turchinNov 9, 2010, 9:28 PM
−21 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Cry­oburn—Im­pe­rial Au­di­tor Vorkosi­gan in­ves­ti­gates the cry­on­ics industry

PerplexedNov 9, 2010, 9:16 PM
8 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Know thy­self vs. know one another

KatjaGraceNov 9, 2010, 8:40 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

PhilPapers sur­vey re­sults now in­clude correlations

steven0461Nov 9, 2010, 7:15 PM
12 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Sim­ple freindli­ness: plan B for AI

turchinNov 9, 2010, 7:11 PM
−26 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

A note on the de­scrip­tion com­plex­ity of phys­i­cal theories

cousin_itNov 9, 2010, 4:25 PM
28 points
184 comments2 min readLW link

In­for­ma­tion Hazards

apopheniaNov 9, 2010, 1:53 PM
1 point
12 comments1 min readLW link

Mak­ing the Uni­verse Last For­ever By Throw­ing Away En­tropy Into Base­ment Uni­verses?

KevinNov 9, 2010, 12:03 PM
−2 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

This Is How Bill and Hillary Dis­cuss Din­ner Op­tions

KevinNov 9, 2010, 9:08 AM
−6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Bye Bye Ben­ton: Novem­ber Less Wrong Meetup

JasenNov 9, 2010, 5:35 AM
12 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Re­cent re­sults on lower bounds in cir­cuit com­plex­ity.

JoshuaZNov 9, 2010, 5:02 AM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A hy­po­thet­i­cal can­di­date walks into a hy­po­thet­i­cal job in­ter­view...

AngryParsleyNov 9, 2010, 4:13 AM
11 points
66 comments1 min readLW link

The value of pre­serv­ing reality

lukstafiNov 8, 2010, 11:51 PM
−1 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Chicago Meetup 11/​14

steven0461Nov 8, 2010, 11:30 PM
12 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Twinkie diet helps nu­tri­tion pro­fes­sor lose 27 pounds

Vive-ut-VivasNov 8, 2010, 9:42 PM
10 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Do we have a tech­nolog­i­cal growth prob­lem?

[deleted]Nov 8, 2010, 4:28 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

A writer de­scribes grad­u­ally los­ing language

NancyLebovitzNov 8, 2010, 3:57 PM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

What are the best de­moable find­ings in cogsci?

KevinNov 8, 2010, 10:22 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

An Xtra­nor­mal In­tel­li­gence Explosion

James_MillerNov 7, 2010, 11:42 PM
5 points
84 comments1 min readLW link

Have no heroes, and no villains

PhilGoetzNov 7, 2010, 9:15 PM
138 points
73 comments1 min readLW link