Match­ing game

KatjaGraceJan 20, 2011, 11:29 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Scien­tific Self-Help: The State of Our Knowledge

lukeprogJan 20, 2011, 8:44 PM
234 points
502 comments10 min readLW link

Who are these spam­mers?

Mitchell_PorterJan 20, 2011, 9:18 AM
8 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Eliezer is dead (not re­ally)

MillerJan 20, 2011, 9:08 AM
−22 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Meta: A 5 karma re­quire­ment to post in discussion

JackJan 20, 2011, 6:22 AM
66 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

I Want to Learn About Education

fiddlemathJan 20, 2011, 3:46 AM
12 points
41 comments1 min readLW link

Net­works, Crowds, and Mar­kets textbook

[deleted]Jan 20, 2011, 2:04 AM
12 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Steve Jobs’ med­i­cal leave, riches and longevity

sfbJan 20, 2011, 1:06 AM
18 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Theists are wrong; is the­ism?

Will_NewsomeJan 20, 2011, 12:18 AM
2 points
538 comments2 min readLW link

My novel opinions

KatjaGraceJan 19, 2011, 10:51 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Should we have sec­u­lar churches?

DesrtopaJan 19, 2011, 10:02 PM
17 points
87 comments1 min readLW link

Star­craft AI Competition

JoshuaZJan 19, 2011, 9:45 PM
18 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

“Manna” by Mar­shall Brain

cousin_itJan 19, 2011, 6:12 AM
14 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

Er­ro­neous Visualizations

BecomingMyselfJan 19, 2011, 1:44 AM
13 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Med­i­ta­tions on first philosophy

Craig_HeldrethJan 19, 2011, 12:27 AM
1 point
12 comments3 min readLW link

Some Mo­rals from the Study of Hu­man Ir­ra­tional­ity [Link]

XiXiDuJan 18, 2011, 3:56 PM
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Jan­uary 2011 South­ern Cal­ifor­nia Meetup

JenniferRMJan 18, 2011, 4:50 AM
13 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Statis­ti­cal Pre­dic­tion Rules Out-Perform Ex­pert Hu­man Judgments

lukeprogJan 18, 2011, 3:19 AM
92 points
203 comments5 min readLW link

Eliezer to speak in Oxford, 8pm Jan 25th

Alex FlintJan 17, 2011, 11:58 PM
14 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Link: “Top 10 Mis­takes in Be­hav­ior Change”

cousin_itJan 17, 2011, 5:46 PM
32 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Your best ar­gu­ments for risks from AI

XiXiDuJan 17, 2011, 1:20 PM
16 points
28 comments6 min readLW link

Meta: Ba­sic and ad­vanced section

VaniverJan 17, 2011, 11:11 AM
7 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

The an­noy­ing­ness of New Athe­ists: declar­ing God Dead makes you a Com­plete Mon­ster?

Raw_PowerJan 17, 2011, 1:13 AM
−10 points
86 comments2 min readLW link

Meta: Ra­tion­al­ity News Area

XiXiDuJan 16, 2011, 5:26 PM
9 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Slate ar­ti­cle on Effi­cient Char­ity (link)

bentarmJan 16, 2011, 4:00 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Best Text­books on Every Subject

lukeprogJan 16, 2011, 8:30 AM
775 points
417 comments7 min readLW link

Try­ing to hide bad sig­nal­ing? To the Dark Side, lead you it will.

[deleted]Jan 16, 2011, 7:12 AM
9 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

UFAI Web Comic

SRStarinJan 16, 2011, 1:56 AM
−7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Link: Edge: THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2011: “What Scien­tific Con­cept Would Im­prove Every­body’s Cog­ni­tive Toolkit? (edge.org)

InquilineKeaJan 15, 2011, 11:05 PM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Which are the use­ful ar­eas of AI study?

PeterisPJan 15, 2011, 11:03 PM
12 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

Why is con­sis­tency of­ten con­sid­ered to be an in­tel­lec­tual virtue?

InquilineKeaJan 15, 2011, 11:03 PM
1 point
6 comments2 min readLW link

Peo­ple Ne­glect Who They Really Are When Pre­dict­ing Their Own Fu­ture Hap­piness [link]

Dreaded_AnomalyJan 15, 2011, 9:32 PM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

SMBC self-fulfilling prophecy

PhilGoetzJan 15, 2011, 7:46 PM
−2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Image: Another un­in­formed per­spec­tive on risks from AI (hu­mor)

XiXiDuJan 15, 2011, 7:01 PM
7 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

“Bad-for-the-world-ipe­dia?”

RaemonJan 15, 2011, 4:47 PM
12 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

Peer re­view me

TiibaJan 15, 2011, 12:45 AM
1 point
6 comments1 min readLW link

Note on Ter­minol­ogy: “Ra­tion­al­ity”, not “Ra­tion­al­ism”

Vladimir_NesovJan 14, 2011, 9:21 PM
40 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tional Repentance

Mass_DriverJan 14, 2011, 9:37 AM
45 points
154 comments9 min readLW link

Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 7

UnnamedJan 14, 2011, 6:49 AM
13 points
510 comments1 min readLW link

Link—to­tal body transplant

Dr_ManhattanJan 14, 2011, 4:41 AM
5 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Treat­ment Tips for Used up Cos­tume out­fit Jewelry

jewelryshop2011Jan 14, 2011, 1:43 AM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

I want to learn economics

Alex FlintJan 13, 2011, 11:02 PM
16 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

Link: The Uncer­tain Fu­ture—“The Fu­ture Ac­cord­ing to You”

XiXiDuJan 13, 2011, 5:44 PM
13 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Fields re­lated to Friendli­ness philosophy

Will_NewsomeJan 13, 2011, 12:25 PM
8 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

[LINK] What should a rea­son­able per­son be­lieve about the Sin­gu­lar­ity?

Kaj_SotalaJan 13, 2011, 9:32 AM
38 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Simp­son’s Paradox

bentarmJan 12, 2011, 11:01 PM
100 points
58 comments4 min readLW link

Scott Sum­ner on Utility vs Hap­piness [Link]

Nic_SmithJan 12, 2011, 8:14 PM
14 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

NYC Ra­tion­al­ist Di­plo­macy Post-Game Discussion

ZviJan 12, 2011, 7:40 PM
12 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Link: why train­ing a.i. isn’t like train­ing your pets

XiXiDuJan 12, 2011, 6:23 PM
4 points
78 comments1 min readLW link

Anki deck for bi­ases and fallacies

phobJan 12, 2011, 3:34 PM
26 points
7 comments1 min readLW link