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Resolving the unexpected hanging paradox
AlexMennen
Jan 24, 2011, 9:39 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What do superintelligences really want? [Link]
XiXiDu
Jan 24, 2011, 7:29 PM
4
points
69
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Perfectly Friendly AI
Desrtopa
Jan 24, 2011, 7:03 PM
10
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some rationalistic aphorisms
Will_Newsome
Jan 24, 2011, 11:45 AM
14
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Is Less Wrong discouraging less nerdy people from participating?
JoshuaZ
Jan 24, 2011, 2:24 AM
31
points
59
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Intrapersonal negotiation
datadataeverywhere
Jan 23, 2011, 11:02 PM
34
points
42
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Don’t plan for the future
PhilGoetz
Jan 23, 2011, 10:46 PM
2
points
50
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dozens of leading experts...
XFrequentist
Jan 23, 2011, 10:28 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dozens of leading experts answer: “What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit?”
XFrequentist
Jan 23, 2011, 9:51 PM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to Grow a Mind (video)
[deleted]
Jan 23, 2011, 8:02 PM
24
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Put all your eggs in one basket?
PhilGoetz
Jan 23, 2011, 7:14 PM
10
points
50
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Knowledge doesn’t just happen
NancyLebovitz
Jan 23, 2011, 1:07 PM
20
points
23
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Gettier in Zombie World
hairyfigment
Jan 23, 2011, 6:44 AM
2
points
23
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Hyperlinks and Less Wrong
Raemon
Jan 23, 2011, 4:05 AM
21
points
52
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Comic]: The Singularity in Dinosaur Comics
Nisan
Jan 23, 2011, 2:52 AM
1
point
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Easy Intelligence Augmentation or Internet Wackaloonery?
Cyan
Jan 23, 2011, 2:17 AM
7
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Link: Chessboxing could help train automatic emotion regulation
Sniffnoy
Jan 22, 2011, 11:40 PM
7
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Could/would an FAI recreate people who are information-theoretically dead by modern standards?
AlexMennen
Jan 22, 2011, 9:11 PM
8
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Illusion of Sameness
Elizabeth
Jan 22, 2011, 6:41 AM
17
points
75
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Hugo Awards—HP:MoR
Eneasz
Jan 21, 2011, 7:06 PM
66
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Politics is a fact of life
[deleted]
Jan 21, 2011, 11:07 AM
14
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Do Corporations Have a Right to Privacy?
David_Allen
Jan 21, 2011, 12:06 AM
−10
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Matching game
KatjaGrace
Jan 20, 2011, 11:29 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Scientific Self-Help: The State of Our Knowledge
lukeprog
Jan 20, 2011, 8:44 PM
234
points
502
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Who are these spammers?
Mitchell_Porter
Jan 20, 2011, 9:18 AM
8
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Eliezer is dead (not really)
Miller
Jan 20, 2011, 9:08 AM
−22
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meta: A 5 karma requirement to post in discussion
Jack
Jan 20, 2011, 6:22 AM
66
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I Want to Learn About Education
fiddlemath
Jan 20, 2011, 3:46 AM
12
points
41
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Networks, Crowds, and Markets textbook
[deleted]
Jan 20, 2011, 2:04 AM
12
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Steve Jobs’ medical leave, riches and longevity
sfb
Jan 20, 2011, 1:06 AM
18
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Theists are wrong; is theism?
Will_Newsome
Jan 20, 2011, 12:18 AM
2
points
538
comments
2
min read
LW
link
My novel opinions
KatjaGrace
Jan 19, 2011, 10:51 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Should we have secular churches?
Desrtopa
Jan 19, 2011, 10:02 PM
17
points
87
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Starcraft AI Competition
JoshuaZ
Jan 19, 2011, 9:45 PM
18
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
“Manna” by Marshall Brain
cousin_it
Jan 19, 2011, 6:12 AM
14
points
38
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Erroneous Visualizations
BecomingMyself
Jan 19, 2011, 1:44 AM
13
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meditations on first philosophy
Craig_Heldreth
Jan 19, 2011, 12:27 AM
1
point
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Some Morals from the Study of Human Irrationality [Link]
XiXiDu
Jan 18, 2011, 3:56 PM
5
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
January 2011 Southern California Meetup
JenniferRM
Jan 18, 2011, 4:50 AM
13
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Statistical Prediction Rules Out-Perform Expert Human Judgments
lukeprog
Jan 18, 2011, 3:19 AM
92
points
203
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Eliezer to speak in Oxford, 8pm Jan 25th
Alex Flint
Jan 17, 2011, 11:58 PM
14
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Link: “Top 10 Mistakes in Behavior Change”
cousin_it
Jan 17, 2011, 5:46 PM
32
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Your best arguments for risks from AI
XiXiDu
Jan 17, 2011, 1:20 PM
16
points
28
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Meta: Basic and advanced section
Vaniver
Jan 17, 2011, 11:11 AM
7
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The annoyingness of New Atheists: declaring God Dead makes you a Complete Monster?
Raw_Power
Jan 17, 2011, 1:13 AM
−10
points
86
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meta: Rationality News Area
XiXiDu
Jan 16, 2011, 5:26 PM
9
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Slate article on Efficient Charity (link)
bentarm
Jan 16, 2011, 4:00 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Best Textbooks on Every Subject
lukeprog
16 Jan 2011 8:30 UTC
775
points
417
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Trying to hide bad signaling? To the Dark Side, lead you it will.
[deleted]
16 Jan 2011 7:12 UTC
9
points
51
comments
1
min read
LW
link
UFAI Web Comic
SRStarin
16 Jan 2011 1:56 UTC
−7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
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