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NPR show All Things Considered on the Singularity and SIAI
arundelo
Jan 11, 2011, 10:58 PM
32
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Convincing ET of our rationality
TheRev
Jan 11, 2011, 5:32 PM
3
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Population ethics and personal identity
KatjaGrace
Jan 11, 2011, 5:21 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alternate Sleep Schedules
[deleted]
Jan 11, 2011, 11:47 AM
10
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Are committed truthseekers lonelier?
spencerth
Jan 11, 2011, 9:42 AM
11
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Back to the Basics of Rationality
lukeprog
Jan 11, 2011, 7:05 AM
116
points
48
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Aguirre, Tegmark, Layzer “Cosmological interpretation of quantum mechanics”
cousin_it
Jan 11, 2011, 6:29 AM
20
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does Evidential Decision Theory really fail Solomon’s Problem?
AlexMennen
Jan 11, 2011, 4:53 AM
13
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Non-trivial probability distributions for priors and Occam’s razor
JoshuaZ
Jan 11, 2011, 3:59 AM
5
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong fanfiction suggestion
Vlodermolt
Jan 11, 2011, 2:53 AM
3
points
41
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LINK: Bayesian statistics is so subversive, it’s banned in China!
lukeprog
Jan 11, 2011, 12:50 AM
4
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Spreadsheet-based tool for tracking time
jwhendy
Jan 10, 2011, 11:55 PM
7
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
The Unpresumptuous Philosopher
KatjaGrace
Jan 10, 2011, 4:40 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Deontological Decision Theory and The Solution to Morality
Tesseract
Jan 10, 2011, 4:15 PM
−8
points
92
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, January 2011
Paul Crowley
Jan 10, 2011, 11:14 AM
9
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bayesianism versus Critical Rationalism
Jayson_Virissimo
Jan 10, 2011, 4:54 AM
7
points
274
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A cautionary note about “Bayesianism”
PhilGoetz
Jan 10, 2011, 1:40 AM
19
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Spaced Repetition Database for A Human’s Guide to Words
divia
Jan 10, 2011, 12:21 AM
48
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A LessWrong “rationality workbook” idea
jwhendy
Jan 9, 2011, 5:52 PM
26
points
26
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Sleeping Beauty should remain pure
KatjaGrace
Jan 9, 2011, 5:40 PM
1
point
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
London meetup, Shakespeare’s Head, Sunday 2011-03-06 14:00
Paul Crowley
Jan 9, 2011, 3:43 PM
9
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Branding Biodiversity
Axel
Jan 9, 2011, 3:20 PM
8
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Second Life creators to attempt to create AI
nick012000
Jan 9, 2011, 1:50 PM
4
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup organizing query & a rally for Minnesotans
jwhendy
Jan 9, 2011, 4:51 AM
4
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is there a way to quantify the relationship between Person1′s Map and Person2′s Map?
InquilineKea
Jan 9, 2011, 1:14 AM
1
point
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Femininity can’t be that bad
KatjaGrace
Jan 8, 2011, 11:18 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is there anything after death?
afterdeath
Jan 8, 2011, 10:56 PM
−5
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Could markets be called optimization proccesses?
[deleted]
Jan 8, 2011, 9:42 PM
6
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The order of learning things (general to specific vs. specific to general)
InquilineKea
Jan 8, 2011, 9:19 PM
−3
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How do you use the phrase “free will”?
[deleted]
Jan 8, 2011, 8:44 PM
0
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My mother is now in cryostasis
turchin
Jan 8, 2011, 8:27 PM
46
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
generalized n-categories?
ThomasR
Jan 8, 2011, 7:09 PM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Being your own censor
[deleted]
Jan 8, 2011, 7:05 PM
31
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Kasparov interview
ThomasR
Jan 8, 2011, 6:59 PM
−6
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
6502 simulated—mind uploading for microprocessors
humpolec
Jan 8, 2011, 6:03 PM
53
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I
PhilGoetz
Jan 8, 2011, 5:51 PM
66
points
38
comments
19
min read
LW
link
The Trickle-Down Effect of Good Communities
lukeprog
Jan 8, 2011, 3:58 PM
16
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Link: “When Science Goes Psychic”
Tesseract
Jan 8, 2011, 9:00 AM
7
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationalist Clue
Mass_Driver
8 Jan 2011 8:21 UTC
38
points
23
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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CronoDAS
8 Jan 2011 6:38 UTC
4
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Bayesian Argument for the Resurrection of Jesus
lukeprog
8 Jan 2011 5:05 UTC
17
points
42
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why do some kinds of work not feel like work?
Wei Dai
8 Jan 2011 1:28 UTC
25
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Problem Solving via Polya
[deleted]
8 Jan 2011 0:30 UTC
29
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
In the Pareto-optimised crowd, be sure to know your place
Stuart_Armstrong
7 Jan 2011 18:12 UTC
6
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The “map” and “territory” analogy as it pertains to potentially novel territories that people may not anticipate
InquilineKea
7 Jan 2011 9:19 UTC
1
point
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Avoiding the Study of Being Sincere
Vaniver
7 Jan 2011 8:10 UTC
3
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Sociopathy and Rationality
InquilineKea
7 Jan 2011 7:24 UTC
13
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
My story / owning one’s reasons
jwhendy
7 Jan 2011 0:17 UTC
70
points
26
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How do you accept others even when they’re so irrational?
InquilineKea
6 Jan 2011 22:45 UTC
6
points
29
comments
2
min read
LW
link
An Overview of Formal Epistemology (links)
lukeprog
6 Jan 2011 19:57 UTC
63
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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