“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

Two pub­lic­ity ideas

NancyLebovitzDec 3, 2010, 3:41 PM
12 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

One ar­gu­ment in fa­vor of limited life spans

NancyLebovitzDec 3, 2010, 3:34 PM
7 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Aieee! The stupid! it burns!

Richard_KennawayDec 3, 2010, 2:53 PM
21 points
62 comments1 min readLW link

How Greedy Bas­tards Have Saved More Lives Than Mother Theresa Ever Did

waitingforgodelDec 3, 2010, 6:20 AM
21 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes: De­cem­ber 2010

TiibaDec 3, 2010, 3:23 AM
10 points
342 comments1 min readLW link

Defi­ni­tions, char­ac­ter­i­za­tions, and hard-to-ground variables

SniffnoyDec 3, 2010, 3:18 AM
8 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

$100 for the best ar­ti­cle on effi­cient char­ity—Sub­mit your articles

RokoDec 2, 2010, 8:57 PM
8 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

So­cial Presuppositions

lucidfoxDec 2, 2010, 1:25 PM
16 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

Hard To See What

FerdDec 2, 2010, 3:54 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Cheat codes

sketerpotDec 1, 2010, 9:19 PM
51 points
93 comments1 min readLW link

Smart peo­ple who are usu­ally wrong

PhilGoetzDec 1, 2010, 8:45 PM
8 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Philadelphia Meetup: Dec 5 or 6

PhilGoetzDec 1, 2010, 8:24 PM
5 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

A pos­si­ble ex­am­ple of failure to ap­ply les­sons from Less Wrong

JoshuaZDec 1, 2010, 7:33 PM
21 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Is am­bi­tion ra­tio­nal?

sliverlakeDec 1, 2010, 6:54 PM
21 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Ask and Guess

[deleted]Dec 1, 2010, 5:54 PM
135 points
66 comments2 min readLW link

How to Save the World

LouieDec 1, 2010, 5:17 PM
103 points
135 comments7 min readLW link

Gen­der Iden­tity and Rationality

lucidfoxDec 1, 2010, 4:32 PM
57 points
114 comments6 min readLW link

Defect­ing by Ac­ci­dent—A Flaw Com­mon to An­a­lyt­i­cal People

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Dec 1, 2010, 8:25 AM
127 points
433 comments15 min readLW link

Aspie toy: the Neocube

cousin_itDec 1, 2010, 7:18 AM
15 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Bro­ken win­dow fal­lacy and eco­nomic illiter­acy.

DesrtopaDec 1, 2010, 4:48 AM
10 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

The Boundaries of Biases

VaniverDec 1, 2010, 12:43 AM
12 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

Public rationality

NancyLebovitzNov 30, 2010, 10:50 PM
12 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Con­vinc­ing An Illog­i­cal Being

falenas108Nov 30, 2010, 10:08 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

New Di­plo­macy Game in need of two more.

saliencyNov 30, 2010, 8:34 PM
3 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Where are other places to meet ra­tio­nal­ity-minded peo­ple?

InquilineKeaNov 30, 2010, 9:55 AM
9 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

Un­solved Prob­lems in Philos­o­phy Part 1: The Liar’s Paradox

KevinNov 30, 2010, 8:56 AM
7 points
142 comments1 min readLW link

The neck­laces are known ba­si­cally for their deep faith based con­no­ta­tions.

beautifuljewelryNov 30, 2010, 3:37 AM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Does TDT pay in Coun­ter­fac­tual Mug­ging?

BongoNov 29, 2010, 9:31 PM
4 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Blood Feud 2.0

Strange7Nov 29, 2010, 2:12 PM
−2 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

In­di­vi­d­u­als an­gry with hu­man­ity as a pos­si­ble ex­is­ten­tial risk?

InquilineKeaNov 29, 2010, 9:13 AM
4 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

On Lot­tery Tickets

SeventhNadirNov 29, 2010, 8:21 AM
0 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

On Lot­tery Tickets

SeventhNadirNov 29, 2010, 8:20 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Belief in Belief vs. Internalization

DesrtopaNov 29, 2010, 3:12 AM
45 points
59 comments2 min readLW link

Fine-Tuned Mind Projection

AlexandrosNov 29, 2010, 12:08 AM
4 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

“Nahh, that wouldn’t work”

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Nov 28, 2010, 9:32 PM
97 points
50 comments2 min readLW link

What would an ul­tra-in­tel­li­gent ma­chine make of the great filter?

James_MillerNov 28, 2010, 6:47 PM
−2 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Sin­gu­lar­ity Non-Fic­tion Com­pila­tion to be Written

MichaelVassarNov 28, 2010, 4:49 PM
23 points
26 comments2 min readLW link

[LINK] The Top Ten Daily Con­se­quences of Hav­ing Evolved

AlexandrosNov 28, 2010, 3:28 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gent AI men­tioned as a pos­si­ble risk by Bill Gates

RokoNov 28, 2010, 11:51 AM
13 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

We’re all for­get­ting how to read ana­log clocks. Or are we?

RelsquiNov 28, 2010, 6:19 AM
5 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Link: Com­pare your moral val­ues to the gen­eral population

SK2Nov 28, 2010, 3:21 AM
13 points
24 comments1 min readLW link