The term ‘al­tru­ism’ in group selection

AxelDec 10, 2010, 8:50 PM
7 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

A sense of logic

NancyLebovitzDec 10, 2010, 6:19 PM
23 points
281 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tional en­ter­tain­ment in­dus­try?

rwallaceDec 10, 2010, 3:55 PM
5 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

An­thro­pol­o­gists and “sci­ence”: dark side episte­mol­ogy?

AnnaSalamonDec 10, 2010, 10:49 AM
16 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

How To Lose 100 Karma In 6 Hours—What Just Happened

waitingforgodelDec 10, 2010, 8:27 AM
−75 points
212 comments3 min readLW link

Link: What does it feel like to be stupid?

Vladimir_GolovinDec 10, 2010, 7:43 AM
11 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

A Thought on Pas­cal’s Mugging

komponistoDec 10, 2010, 6:08 AM
15 points
159 comments1 min readLW link

Kaza­khstan’s pres­i­dent urges sci­en­tists to find the elixir of life

DocumentDec 10, 2010, 4:17 AM
12 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

“Fake Op­tions” in New­comb’s Problem

Normal_AnomalyDec 10, 2010, 2:12 AM
1 point
22 comments1 min readLW link

Un­pack­ing the Con­cept of “Black­mail”

Vladimir_NesovDec 10, 2010, 12:53 AM
36 points
142 comments2 min readLW link

Science re­veals how not to choke un­der pressure

Matt_SimpsonDec 9, 2010, 4:46 PM
13 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Reli­ably wrong

NancyLebovitzDec 9, 2010, 2:46 PM
7 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Utility is unintuitive

jsteinhardtDec 9, 2010, 5:39 AM
−4 points
66 comments5 min readLW link

De­layed Solu­tions Game

lsparrishDec 9, 2010, 5:12 AM
20 points
57 comments1 min readLW link

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HoverHellDec 9, 2010, 4:06 AM
1 point
16 comments1 min readLW link

Were atoms real?

AnnaSalamonDec 8, 2010, 5:30 PM
93 points
157 comments4 min readLW link

Why is our sex drive too strong?

PhilGoetzDec 8, 2010, 5:02 PM
4 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Bridg­ing In­fer­en­tial Gaps

atuckerDec 8, 2010, 4:50 AM
13 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Help Re­quest: How to main­tain fo­cus when emo­tion­ally overwhelmed

throwawayDec 7, 2010, 11:29 PM
6 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

$100 for the best ar­ti­cle on effi­cient char­ity: the finalists

RokoDec 7, 2010, 9:15 PM
7 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Best ca­reer mod­els for do­ing re­search?

Kaj_SotalaDec 7, 2010, 4:25 PM
43 points
1,001 comments1 min readLW link

Akra­sia as a col­lec­tive ac­tion problem

fortyeridaniaDec 7, 2010, 3:44 PM
8 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

The End of Men

Kaj_SotalaDec 7, 2010, 1:40 PM
9 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

An un­e­d­u­cated thought on the ir­re­al­ity of reality

righthereonthisrockDec 7, 2010, 1:31 PM
−15 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Writ­ing and enthusiasm

NancyLebovitzDec 7, 2010, 12:01 PM
15 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Won­der who is go­ing to be there...

xamdamDec 7, 2010, 3:14 AM
5 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

It’s not about truth

EneaszDec 6, 2010, 7:43 PM
2 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

New Haven Meetup, Satur­day, Dec. 11

AlicornDec 6, 2010, 3:15 PM
12 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Less Wrong: Open Thread, De­cem­ber 2010

David_GerardDec 6, 2010, 2:29 PM
13 points
85 comments1 min readLW link

Berkeley LW Meet-up Fri­day De­cem­ber 10

LucasSloanDec 6, 2010, 6:11 AM
9 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

It’s Not About Efficiency

DanielLCDec 6, 2010, 4:12 AM
3 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

How se­ri­ously should I take the sup­posed prob­lems with Cox’s the­o­rem?

jsalvatierDec 6, 2010, 2:04 AM
14 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

The Truth about Scots­men, or: Dis­solv­ing Fallacies

TesseractDec 5, 2010, 9:57 PM
37 points
36 comments3 min readLW link

The Truth about Scots­men, or: Dis­solv­ing Fallacies

TesseractDec 5, 2010, 9:49 PM
2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

LINK: BBC News on liv­ing for­ever, cryonics

[deleted]Dec 5, 2010, 6:08 PM
3 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Some ideas on com­mu­ni­cat­ing risks to the gen­eral public

LightwaveDec 5, 2010, 10:44 AM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Help re­quest: What is the Kol­mogorov com­plex­ity of com­putable ap­prox­i­ma­tions to AIXI?

AnnaSalamonDec 5, 2010, 10:23 AM
9 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Ge­net­i­cally Eng­ineered Intelligence

JordanDec 5, 2010, 10:19 AM
28 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

The Trol­ley Prob­lem: Dodg­ing moral questions

DesrtopaDec 5, 2010, 4:58 AM
17 points
131 comments2 min readLW link

A neu­ral cor­re­late of certainty

PhilGoetzDec 5, 2010, 1:44 AM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

A Cat­a­log of Confusions

sixes_and_sevensDec 5, 2010, 1:17 AM
9 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

“Be­hind the Power Curve” by Si­mon Funk

cousin_itDec 4, 2010, 5:35 PM
11 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­plied cog­ni­tive sci­ence: learn­ing from a faux pas

Kaj_SotalaDec 4, 2010, 11:15 AM
42 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Effi­cient Charity

multifoliateroseDec 4, 2010, 10:27 AM
42 points
185 comments9 min readLW link

How to Live on 24 Hours a Day

Mass_DriverDec 4, 2010, 9:12 AM
17 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Se­quences in Alter­na­tive Formats

OneWhoFrogsDec 4, 2010, 1:40 AM
22 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Cam­bridge Sun­day meetup: New time and location

jimrandomhDec 4, 2010, 12:11 AM
6 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Are stereo­types ever ir­ra­tional?

[deleted]Dec 3, 2010, 11:45 PM
28 points
35 comments3 min readLW link

Start­ing point for calcu­lat­ing in­fer­en­tial dis­tance?

JenniferRMDec 3, 2010, 8:20 PM
22 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Longterm/​Difficult to mea­sure charities

RaemonDec 3, 2010, 6:47 PM
5 points
7 comments1 min readLW link