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Let’s split the cake, lengthwise, upwise and slantwise
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 25, 2010, 1:15 PM
74
points
31
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Willpower: not a limited resource?
Jess_Riedel
Oct 25, 2010, 12:06 PM
39
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Paradox in Timeless Decision Theory
AlexMennen
Oct 25, 2010, 3:09 AM
10
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Optimism versus cryonics
lsparrish
Oct 25, 2010, 2:13 AM
48
points
110
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Help: Building Awesome Personal Organization Systems
[deleted]
Oct 25, 2010, 1:05 AM
9
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
*Cryoburn* by Bujold
NancyLebovitz
Oct 25, 2010, 1:01 AM
6
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning the foundations of math
jsalvatier
Oct 24, 2010, 7:29 PM
10
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Not exactly the trolley problem
NancyLebovitz
Oct 24, 2010, 2:21 PM
7
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
That which can be destroyed by the truth should *not* necessarily be
Alex Flint
Oct 24, 2010, 10:41 AM
13
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
LWers on last.fm
mindspillage
Oct 24, 2010, 7:29 AM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Evidential Decision Theory and Mass Mind Control
DanielLC
Oct 23, 2010, 11:26 PM
−3
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tomatoes
hangedman
Oct 23, 2010, 6:50 PM
1
point
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Does anyone else find ROT13 spoilers as annoying as I do?
nick012000
Oct 23, 2010, 5:15 PM
12
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Three kinds of political similarity
[deleted]
Oct 23, 2010, 4:01 PM
13
points
30
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Green consumers more likely to steal
nick012000
Oct 23, 2010, 11:42 AM
9
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Problem With Trolley Problems
lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)
Oct 23, 2010, 5:14 AM
17
points
113
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Is there a “percentage fallacy”?
ata
Oct 23, 2010, 4:45 AM
17
points
29
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Interesting talk on Bayesians and frequentists
jsteinhardt
Oct 23, 2010, 4:10 AM
11
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does inclusive fitness theory miss part of the picture?
nhamann
Oct 22, 2010, 9:49 PM
8
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Church: a language for probabilistic modeling
[deleted]
Oct 22, 2010, 11:59 AM
25
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does it matter if you don’t remember?
Alex Flint
Oct 22, 2010, 11:53 AM
10
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How are critical thinking skills acquired? Five perspectives
matt
Oct 22, 2010, 2:29 AM
13
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How do autistic people learn how to read people’s emotions?
eugman
Oct 20, 2010, 1:57 PM
9
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Help: Is there a quick and dirty way to explain quantum immortality?
erratio
Oct 20, 2010, 3:00 AM
4
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rational Regions?
katydee
Oct 19, 2010, 8:22 AM
2
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
October 2010 Southern California Meetup
jimmy
Oct 18, 2010, 9:28 PM
11
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rally to Restore Rationality
alyssavance
Oct 18, 2010, 6:41 PM
8
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Vipassana Meditation Open Thread
[deleted]
Oct 18, 2010, 5:01 PM
4
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Vipassana Meditation: Developing Meta-Feeling Skills
[deleted]
Oct 18, 2010, 4:55 PM
31
points
107
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Evolution just might be chaotic
NancyLebovitz
Oct 18, 2010, 2:52 PM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Was Carl Segan an Agnostic Prophet?
adsenanim
Oct 18, 2010, 6:20 AM
−36
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bayesian Doomsday Argument
DanielLC
Oct 17, 2010, 10:14 PM
−6
points
16
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Ranking the “competition” based on optimization power
blogospheroid
Oct 17, 2010, 4:55 PM
0
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Number bias
[deleted]
Oct 17, 2010, 2:03 PM
2
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Re: sub-reddits
Scott Alexander
Oct 17, 2010, 1:34 PM
10
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Monetary Incentives and Performance
multifoliaterose
Oct 16, 2010, 4:01 PM
8
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mixed strategy Nash equilibrium
Meni_Rosenfeld
Oct 16, 2010, 4:00 PM
60
points
47
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Discuss: Original Seeing Practices
[deleted]
Oct 16, 2010, 2:20 AM
3
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Dojo
freyley
Oct 15, 2010, 6:04 PM
11
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Human performance, psychometry, and baseball statistics
Craig_Heldreth
Oct 15, 2010, 1:13 PM
33
points
21
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Picking your battles
SeventhNadir
Oct 15, 2010, 11:17 AM
13
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
You don’t need barefoot shoes to start walking differently.
Kevin
Oct 15, 2010, 6:41 AM
−4
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Melbourne Less Wrong Meetup for November
Patrick
Oct 15, 2010, 5:39 AM
9
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Lifelogging: the recording device
gwern
Oct 15, 2010, 1:04 AM
14
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A 50-minute introduction to probability
[deleted]
Oct 14, 2010, 11:31 PM
6
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Retirement leads to loss of cognitive abilities
nick012000
Oct 14, 2010, 5:53 PM
2
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
1993 AT&T “You Will” ads
nick012000
Oct 14, 2010, 12:49 PM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LW favorites
NancyLebovitz
Oct 14, 2010, 12:39 AM
10
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Standing Desks and Hunter-Gatherers
James_Miller
Oct 14, 2010, 12:03 AM
6
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Fundamental Question of Group Rationality
steven0461
Oct 13, 2010, 8:32 PM
17
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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