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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 2

dclayhAug 1, 2010, 10:58 PM

20 points

703 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, August 2010

NancyLebovitzAug 1, 2010, 1:27 PM

7 points

706 comments1 min readLW link

AI cooperation in practice

cousin_itJul 30, 2010, 4:21 PM

45 points

166 comments1 min readLW link

Forager Anthropology

WrongBotJul 28, 2010, 5:48 AM

17 points

133 comments7 min readLW link

Alien parasite technical guy

PhilGoetzJul 27, 2010, 4:51 PM

69 points

55 comments3 min readLW link

Chicago Meetup: Sunday, August 1 at 2:00 pm

AiredaleJul 27, 2010, 3:10 PM

9 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Metaphilosophical Mysteries

Wei DaiJul 27, 2010, 12:55 AM

57 points

266 comments3 min readLW link

Madison meetup: Wednesday, July 28th, 6PM

KevinJul 26, 2010, 2:11 AM

15 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Bay Area Events Roundup

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 24, 2010, 6:04 AM

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Contrived infinite-torture scenarios: July 2010

PlaidXJul 23, 2010, 11:54 PM

31 points

139 comments1 min readLW link

Against the standard narrative of human sexual evolution

WrongBotJul 23, 2010, 5:28 AM

15 points

154 comments5 min readLW link

Public Choice and the Altruist’s Burden

RokoJul 22, 2010, 9:34 PM

35 points

101 comments3 min readLW link

Simplified Humanism, Positive Futurism & How to Prevent the Universe From Being Turned Into Paper Clips

KevinJul 22, 2010, 10:03 AM

11 points

45 comments1 min readLW link

Book Review: The Root of Thought

Scott AlexanderJul 22, 2010, 8:58 AM

59 points

91 comments5 min readLW link

Missed opportunities for doing well by doing good

multifoliateroseJul 21, 2010, 7:45 AM

16 points

88 comments9 min readLW link

Floating Festival Jul 22-25

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 21, 2010, 6:36 AM

14 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

A speculation on Near and Far Modes

MichaelVassarJul 21, 2010, 6:24 AM

22 points

71 comments2 min readLW link

(One reason) why capitalism is much maligned

multifoliateroseJul 19, 2010, 3:48 AM

12 points

119 comments7 min readLW link

Politicians stymie human colonization of space to save make-work jobs

RokoJul 18, 2010, 12:57 PM

15 points

98 comments4 min readLW link

Fight Zero-Sum Bias

multifoliateroseJul 18, 2010, 5:57 AM

28 points

164 comments2 min readLW link

Is cryonicists’ selfishness distance induced?

KatjaGraceJul 17, 2010, 6:40 PM

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

Book Club Update, Chapter 3 of Probability Theory

MorendilJul 16, 2010, 8:25 AM

6 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

Chicago/Madison Meetup

steven0461Jul 15, 2010, 11:30 PM

13 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Financial incentives don’t get rid of bias? Prize for best answer.

RokoJul 15, 2010, 1:24 PM

3 points

137 comments1 min readLW link

So You Think You’re a Bayesian? The Natural Mode of Probabilistic Reasoning

Matt_SimpsonJul 14, 2010, 4:51 PM

66 points

80 comments10 min readLW link

The Instrumental Value of Your Own Time

Mass_DriverJul 14, 2010, 7:57 AM

33 points

45 comments12 min readLW link

Room for rent in North Berkeley house

KevinJul 13, 2010, 8:28 PM

10 points

58 comments1 min readLW link

Some Thoughts Are Too Dangerous For Brains to Think

WrongBotJul 13, 2010, 4:44 AM

15 points

318 comments4 min readLW link

MIRI Call for Volunteers

alyssavanceJul 12, 2010, 11:49 PM

19 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is soliciting ideas

KevinJul 12, 2010, 11:41 PM

13 points

83 comments1 min readLW link

The red paperclip theory of status

Morendil and Kaj_Sotala

Jul 12, 2010, 11:08 PM

59 points

24 comments5 min readLW link

A Rational Identity

Kaj_SotalaJul 12, 2010, 10:59 PM

44 points

26 comments2 min readLW link

What Intelligence Tests Miss: The psychology of rational thought

Kaj_SotalaJul 11, 2010, 11:01 PM

53 points

55 comments9 min readLW link

Open Thread: July 2010, Part 2

AlicornJul 9, 2010, 6:54 AM

11 points

768 comments1 min readLW link

How Irrationality Can Win: The Power of Group Cohesion

alyssavanceJul 9, 2010, 6:15 AM

2 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

A Taxonomy of Bias: Mindware Problems

Kaj_SotalaJul 7, 2010, 9:53 PM

24 points

18 comments4 min readLW link

July 2010 Southern California Meetup

JenniferRMJul 7, 2010, 7:54 PM

12 points

43 comments1 min readLW link

A proposal for a cryogenic grave for cryonics

RokoJul 6, 2010, 7:01 PM

29 points

204 comments3 min readLW link

Assuming Nails

PsychohistorianJul 5, 2010, 10:26 PM

9 points

29 comments4 min readLW link

Cryonics Wants To Be Big

lsparrishJul 5, 2010, 7:50 AM

47 points

185 comments3 min readLW link

A Taxonomy of Bias: The Cognitive Miser

Kaj_SotalaJul 2, 2010, 6:38 PM

67 points

38 comments5 min readLW link

Rationality Quotes: July 2010

komponistoJul 1, 2010, 9:24 PM

8 points

227 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread: July 2010

komponistoJul 1, 2010, 9:20 PM

10 points

697 comments1 min readLW link

What Cost for Irrationality?

Kaj_SotalaJul 1, 2010, 6:25 PM

93 points

119 comments7 min readLW link

Applied Bayes’ Theorem: Reading People

Kaj_SotalaJun 30, 2010, 5:21 PM

37 points

26 comments8 min readLW link

A Challenge for LessWrong

simplicioJun 29, 2010, 11:47 PM

21 points

172 comments3 min readLW link

Book Club Update, Chapter 2 of Probability Theory

Morendil29 Jun 2010 0:46 UTC

10 points

42 comments3 min readLW link

Unknown knowns: Why did you choose to be monogamous?

WrongBot26 Jun 2010 2:50 UTC

69 points

669 comments3 min readLW link

MWI, copies and probability

Roko25 Jun 2010 16:46 UTC

19 points

162 comments3 min readLW link

Spaced Repetition Database for the Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions Sequence

divia25 Jun 2010 1:08 UTC

59 points

58 comments1 min readLW link