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Were atoms real?
AnnaSalamon
Dec 8, 2010, 5:30 PM
93
points
157
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Why is our sex drive too strong?
PhilGoetz
Dec 8, 2010, 5:02 PM
4
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bridging Inferential Gaps
atucker
Dec 8, 2010, 4:50 AM
13
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Help Request: How to maintain focus when emotionally overwhelmed
throwaway
Dec 7, 2010, 11:29 PM
6
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
$100 for the best article on efficient charity: the finalists
Roko
Dec 7, 2010, 9:15 PM
7
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Best career models for doing research?
Kaj_Sotala
Dec 7, 2010, 4:25 PM
43
points
1,001
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Akrasia as a collective action problem
fortyeridania
Dec 7, 2010, 3:44 PM
8
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The End of Men
Kaj_Sotala
Dec 7, 2010, 1:40 PM
9
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An uneducated thought on the irreality of reality
righthereonthisrock
Dec 7, 2010, 1:31 PM
−15
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Writing and enthusiasm
NancyLebovitz
Dec 7, 2010, 12:01 PM
15
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Wonder who is going to be there...
xamdam
Dec 7, 2010, 3:14 AM
5
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
It’s not about truth
Eneasz
Dec 6, 2010, 7:43 PM
2
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New Haven Meetup, Saturday, Dec. 11
Alicorn
Dec 6, 2010, 3:15 PM
12
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong: Open Thread, December 2010
David_Gerard
Dec 6, 2010, 2:29 PM
13
points
85
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Berkeley LW Meet-up Friday December 10
LucasSloan
Dec 6, 2010, 6:11 AM
9
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
It’s Not About Efficiency
DanielLC
Dec 6, 2010, 4:12 AM
3
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How seriously should I take the supposed problems with Cox’s theorem?
jsalvatier
Dec 6, 2010, 2:04 AM
14
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Truth about Scotsmen, or: Dissolving Fallacies
Tesseract
Dec 5, 2010, 9:57 PM
37
points
36
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Truth about Scotsmen, or: Dissolving Fallacies
Tesseract
Dec 5, 2010, 9:49 PM
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
LINK: BBC News on living forever, cryonics
[deleted]
Dec 5, 2010, 6:08 PM
3
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some ideas on communicating risks to the general public
Lightwave
Dec 5, 2010, 10:44 AM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Help request: What is the Kolmogorov complexity of computable approximations to AIXI?
AnnaSalamon
Dec 5, 2010, 10:23 AM
9
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Genetically Engineered Intelligence
Jordan
Dec 5, 2010, 10:19 AM
28
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Trolley Problem: Dodging moral questions
Desrtopa
Dec 5, 2010, 4:58 AM
17
points
131
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A neural correlate of certainty
PhilGoetz
Dec 5, 2010, 1:44 AM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Catalog of Confusions
sixes_and_sevens
Dec 5, 2010, 1:17 AM
9
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
“Behind the Power Curve” by Simon Funk
cousin_it
Dec 4, 2010, 5:35 PM
11
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Applied cognitive science: learning from a faux pas
Kaj_Sotala
Dec 4, 2010, 11:15 AM
42
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Efficient Charity
multifoliaterose
Dec 4, 2010, 10:27 AM
42
points
185
comments
9
min read
LW
link
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
Mass_Driver
Dec 4, 2010, 9:12 AM
17
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sequences in Alternative Formats
OneWhoFrogs
Dec 4, 2010, 1:40 AM
22
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cambridge Sunday meetup: New time and location
jimrandomh
Dec 4, 2010, 12:11 AM
6
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Are stereotypes ever irrational?
[deleted]
Dec 3, 2010, 11:45 PM
28
points
35
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Starting point for calculating inferential distance?
JenniferRM
Dec 3, 2010, 8:20 PM
22
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Longterm/Difficult to measure charities
Raemon
Dec 3, 2010, 6:47 PM
5
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Two publicity ideas
NancyLebovitz
Dec 3, 2010, 3:41 PM
12
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
One argument in favor of limited life spans
NancyLebovitz
Dec 3, 2010, 3:34 PM
7
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Aieee! The stupid! it burns!
Richard_Kennaway
Dec 3, 2010, 2:53 PM
21
points
62
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How Greedy Bastards Have Saved More Lives Than Mother Theresa Ever Did
waitingforgodel
Dec 3, 2010, 6:20 AM
21
points
24
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes: December 2010
Tiiba
Dec 3, 2010, 3:23 AM
10
points
342
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Definitions, characterizations, and hard-to-ground variables
Sniffnoy
Dec 3, 2010, 3:18 AM
8
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
$100 for the best article on efficient charity—Submit your articles
Roko
Dec 2, 2010, 8:57 PM
8
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Social Presuppositions
lucidfox
Dec 2, 2010, 1:25 PM
16
points
49
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hard To See What
Ferd
Dec 2, 2010, 3:54 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cheat codes
sketerpot
Dec 1, 2010, 9:19 PM
51
points
93
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Smart people who are usually wrong
PhilGoetz
Dec 1, 2010, 8:45 PM
8
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Philadelphia Meetup: Dec 5 or 6
PhilGoetz
Dec 1, 2010, 8:24 PM
5
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A possible example of failure to apply lessons from Less Wrong
JoshuaZ
Dec 1, 2010, 7:33 PM
21
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is ambition rational?
sliverlake
Dec 1, 2010, 6:54 PM
21
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ask and Guess
[deleted]
Dec 1, 2010, 5:54 PM
135
points
66
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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