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Study: Encouraging Obedience Considered Harmful
MBlume
May 14, 2010, 6:11 PM
30
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Social Coprocessor Model
Roko
May 14, 2010, 5:10 PM
33
points
625
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Bay Area Lesswrong Meet up Sunday May 16
LucasSloan
May 14, 2010, 5:37 AM
4
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cambridge Less Wrong meetup this Sunday, May 16
jimrandomh
May 14, 2010, 4:34 AM
3
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Blue- and Yellow-Tinted Choices
Scott Alexander
May 13, 2010, 10:35 PM
76
points
57
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Updating, part 1: When can you change your mind? The binary model
PhilGoetz
May 13, 2010, 5:55 PM
14
points
156
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Aspergers Poll Results: LW is nerdier than the Math Olympiad?
Roko
May 13, 2010, 2:24 PM
19
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Interview
KatjaGrace
May 11, 2010, 10:00 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Conditioning on Observers
Joanna Morningstar
May 11, 2010, 5:15 AM
12
points
121
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Do you have High-Functioning Asperger’s Syndrome?
Roko
May 10, 2010, 11:55 PM
26
points
345
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Q&A with Harpending and Cochran
MBlume
May 10, 2010, 11:01 PM
34
points
112
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Not Mothers’ Day
KatjaGrace
May 10, 2010, 4:13 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is Google Paperclipping the Web? The Perils of Optimization by Proxy in Social Systems
Alexandros
May 10, 2010, 1:25 PM
56
points
105
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Why not fake height?
KatjaGrace
May 9, 2010, 11:59 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Psychological Diversity of Mankind
Kaj_Sotala
May 9, 2010, 5:53 AM
144
points
162
comments
7
min read
LW
link
What is bunk?
[deleted]
May 8, 2010, 6:06 PM
26
points
108
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Moving marginal mothers
KatjaGrace
May 7, 2010, 2:40 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Beauty quips, “I’d shut up and multiply!”
neq1
May 7, 2010, 2:34 PM
18
points
358
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Cognitive Bias Song
xamdam
May 6, 2010, 11:30 PM
−1
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Antagonizing Opioid Receptors for (Prevention of) Fun and Profit
Scott Alexander
May 5, 2010, 2:40 PM
52
points
35
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Cameron Todd Willingham test
Kevin
May 5, 2010, 12:11 AM
7
points
86
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Experiences are friends
KatjaGrace
May 4, 2010, 9:03 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
But Somebody Would Have Noticed
Alicorn
May 4, 2010, 6:56 PM
38
points
258
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Human values differ as much as values can differ
PhilGoetz
May 3, 2010, 7:35 PM
27
points
220
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Connotations are indelible
KatjaGrace
May 3, 2010, 1:20 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Enjoy ≠ want, but why should wants submit?
KatjaGrace
May 2, 2010, 11:17 AM
0
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality quotes: May 2010
ata
May 1, 2010, 5:48 AM
8
points
301
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread: May 2010
Jack
May 1, 2010, 5:29 AM
4
points
558
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why is bad teaching attached to uni certification?
KatjaGrace
Apr 30, 2010, 6:28 AM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Averaging value systems is worse than choosing one
PhilGoetz
Apr 29, 2010, 2:51 AM
7
points
56
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Who observes being you, and do they cheat in SIA?
KatjaGrace
Apr 29, 2010, 12:58 AM
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What are our domains of expertise? A marketplace of insights and issues
Morendil
Apr 28, 2010, 10:17 PM
29
points
65
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Jinnetic Engineering, by Richard Stallman
MBlume
Apr 28, 2010, 1:24 AM
3
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Possibilities for converting useless fun into utility in Online Gaming
Aleksei_Riikonen
Apr 27, 2010, 10:21 PM
1
point
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
MathOverflow as an example for LessWrong
Academian
Apr 27, 2010, 6:30 PM
48
points
67
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Anthropic summary
KatjaGrace
Apr 27, 2010, 5:35 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is missing from rationality?
Roko
Apr 27, 2010, 12:32 PM
27
points
274
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Attention Less Wrong: We need an FAQ
Kevin
Apr 27, 2010, 10:06 AM
15
points
111
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Proposed New Features for Less Wrong
alyssavance
Apr 27, 2010, 1:10 AM
11
points
174
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Only humans can have human values
PhilGoetz
Apr 26, 2010, 6:57 PM
49
points
161
comments
17
min read
LW
link
Who is your favorite rationalist?
xamdam
Apr 25, 2010, 2:56 PM
5
points
39
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Report from Humanity+ UK 2010
Roko
Apr 25, 2010, 12:33 PM
12
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Navigating disagreement: How to keep your eye on the evidence
AnnaSalamon
Apr 24, 2010, 10:47 PM
47
points
73
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The role of mathematical truths
SilasBarta
24 Apr 2010 16:59 UTC
15
points
83
comments
5
min read
LW
link
23andme genome analysis - $99 today only
[deleted]
23 Apr 2010 19:33 UTC
9
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Systems and stories
KatjaGrace
22 Apr 2010 15:25 UTC
1
point
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Too busy to think about life
Academian
22 Apr 2010 15:14 UTC
153
points
63
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Living Large—availability of life
xamdam
21 Apr 2010 16:14 UTC
4
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fusing AI with Superstition
Drahflow
21 Apr 2010 11:04 UTC
−8
points
77
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Eight Short Studies On Excuses
Scott Alexander
20 Apr 2010 23:01 UTC
860
points
253
comments
10
min read
LW
link
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