Rea­son is not the only means of over­com­ing bias

multifoliateroseSep 9, 2010, 10:59 PM
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My plans

KatjaGraceSep 9, 2010, 2:19 PM
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Hu­mans are not au­to­mat­i­cally strategic

AnnaSalamonSep 8, 2010, 7:02 AM
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Septem­ber Less Wrong Meetup aka Eliezer’s Bayesian Birth­day Bash

JasenSep 8, 2010, 4:51 AM
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A “Failure to Eval­u­ate Re­turn-on-Time” Fallacy

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Sep 7, 2010, 7:01 PM
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Some­thing’s Wrong

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Con­trol­ling Con­stant Programs

Vladimir_NesovSep 5, 2010, 1:45 PM
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Rea­son­ably Fun

JohnDavidBustardSep 4, 2010, 12:07 PM
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An­thro­po­mor­phic AI and Sand­boxed Vir­tual Uni­verses

jacob_cannellSep 3, 2010, 7:02 PM
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Fru­gal­ity and work­ing from finite data

SnowyowlSep 3, 2010, 9:37 AM
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Test

Kazuo_ThowSep 2, 2010, 9:45 PM
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AI in­differ­ence through util­ity manipulation

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 2, 2010, 5:06 PM
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Ra­tion­al­ity quotes: Septem­ber 2010

MorendilSep 1, 2010, 6:53 AM
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Berkeley LW Meet-up Sun­day Septem­ber 5

LucasSloanSep 1, 2010, 2:47 AM
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Less Wrong: Open Thread, Septem­ber 2010

mattSep 1, 2010, 1:40 AM
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Dreams of AIXI

jacob_cannellAug 30, 2010, 10:15 PM
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Mo­ral­ity as Parfi­tian-filtered De­ci­sion The­ory?

SilasBartaAug 30, 2010, 9:37 PM
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Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 3

UnnamedAug 30, 2010, 5:37 AM
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Ex­ploita­tion and co­op­er­a­tion in ecol­ogy, gov­ern­ment, busi­ness, and AI

PhilGoetzAug 27, 2010, 2:27 PM
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Cry­on­ics Questions

James_MillerAug 26, 2010, 11:19 PM
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Self-fulfilling correlations

PhilGoetzAug 26, 2010, 9:07 PM
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Cri­te­ria for Ra­tional Poli­ti­cal Conversation

woozleAug 26, 2010, 3:53 PM
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The prior of a hy­poth­e­sis does not de­pend on its complexity

cousin_itAug 26, 2010, 1:20 PM
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Lu­minos­ity (Twilight fan­fic) dis­cus­sion thread

FAWSAug 25, 2010, 8:49 AM
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Burn­ing Man Meetup: Bayes Camp

LarksAug 25, 2010, 6:14 AM
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Why is med­i­cal ad­vice all cau­tion and no info?

KatjaGraceAug 24, 2010, 12:48 PM
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Min­i­mum com­pu­ta­tion and data re­quire­ments for con­scious­ness.

daedalus2uAug 23, 2010, 11:53 PM
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The Smok­ing Le­sion: A prob­lem for ev­i­den­tial de­ci­sion theory

[deleted]Aug 23, 2010, 9:01 AM
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Who are we?

KatjaGraceAug 23, 2010, 12:35 AM
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Jus­tify­ing Induction

UnknownsAug 22, 2010, 11:13 AM
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Con­scious­ness of simu­la­tions & up­loads: a reductio

simplicioAug 21, 2010, 8:02 PM
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Ra­tion­al­ity Les­sons in the Game of Go

GreenRootAug 21, 2010, 2:33 PM
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Trans­parency and Accountability

multifoliateroseAug 21, 2010, 1:01 PM
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The Im­por­tance of Self-Doubt

multifoliateroseAug 19, 2010, 10:47 PM
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Po­si­tion­ing one­self to make a difference

Mitchell_PorterAug 18, 2010, 11:54 PM
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Tran­shu­man­ism and the de­no­ta­tion-con­no­ta­tion gap

PhilGoetzAug 18, 2010, 3:33 PM
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How can we com­pare de­ci­sion the­o­ries?

bentarmAug 18, 2010, 1:29 PM
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Other Ex­is­ten­tial Risks

multifoliateroseAug 17, 2010, 9:24 PM
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On be­half of phys­i­cal things

KatjaGraceAug 17, 2010, 3:42 PM
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What a re­duc­tion of “prob­a­bil­ity” prob­a­bly looks like

cousin_itAug 17, 2010, 2:58 PM
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Should hu­man­ity give birth to a galac­tic civ­i­liza­tion?

XiXiDuAug 17, 2010, 1:07 PM
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De­sir­able Dis­po­si­tions and Ra­tional Actions

RichardChappellAug 17, 2010, 3:20 AM
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New­comb’s Prob­lem: A prob­lem for Causal De­ci­sion Theories

[deleted]Aug 16, 2010, 11:25 AM
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Kevin T. Kelly’s Ock­ham Effi­ciency Theorem

JohnicholasAug 16, 2010, 4:46 AM
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Statis­ti­cal dis­crim­i­na­tion is ex­ter­nal­ity deliniation

KatjaGraceAug 15, 2010, 10:00 AM
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Ex­is­ten­tial Risk and Public Relations

multifoliateroseAug 15, 2010, 7:16 AM
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Why you don’t seek friends dat­ing site style

KatjaGraceAug 14, 2010, 10:00 AM
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Prob­lems in evolu­tion­ary psy­chol­ogy

Kaj_SotalaAug 13, 2010, 6:57 PM
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Tak­ing Ideas Seriously

Will_NewsomeAug 13, 2010, 4:50 PM
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How the ab­strac­tion shield works

KatjaGraceAug 13, 2010, 11:00 AM
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