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Im­prov­ing My Writ­ing Style

orthonormalOct 11, 2011, 4:14 PM
11 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

The self-un­fool­ing problem

Richard_KennawayOct 11, 2011, 8:36 AM
20 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Tor­ture vs. Dust Specks

MinibearRexOct 11, 2011, 3:58 AM
9 points
85 comments1 min readLW link

The self-fool­ing prob­lem.

PuyaSharifOct 10, 2011, 10:26 PM
13 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

Just a re­minder, for ev­ery­one that signed up for the in­tro to AI class, it’s started.

Psy-KoshOct 10, 2011, 7:07 PM
15 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­est­ing ar­ti­cle about optimism

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Oct 10, 2011, 6:54 PM
13 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

A Ra­tional Ap­proach to Fashion

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Oct 10, 2011, 6:53 PM
26 points
96 comments3 min readLW link

LW Oc­to­ber WebDiplomacy

VaniverOct 10, 2011, 5:43 PM
6 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Austin, TX

VaniverOct 10, 2011, 5:23 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Mo­ti­vated Stop­ping and Mo­ti­vated Continuation

MinibearRexOct 10, 2011, 2:59 PM
11 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[link] Rel­a­tive an­gels and ab­solute demons

[deleted]Oct 10, 2011, 11:52 AM
16 points
66 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Talk on Sin­gu­lar­ity sce­nar­ios and op­ti­mal philan­thropy, fol­lowed by in­for­mal meet-up

AnnaSalamonOct 10, 2011, 4:26 AM
6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Think­ing in Bayes: Light

atuckerOct 10, 2011, 4:08 AM
12 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Anti-akra­sia tool: like stickK.com for data nerds

dreevesOct 10, 2011, 2:09 AM
80 points
88 comments2 min readLW link

Cal­ibrate your self-assessments

Scott AlexanderOct 9, 2011, 11:26 PM
102 points
122 comments6 min readLW link

Mo­ti­vated skep­ti­cism: it’s harder to avoid than I’d think

KlaoOct 9, 2011, 6:35 PM
27 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

First, they must be con­vinced to play the game

lavalampOct 9, 2011, 4:52 PM
24 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

A few analo­gies to illus­trate key ra­tio­nal­ity points

kilobugOct 9, 2011, 1:00 PM
69 points
52 comments5 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Why Are In­di­vi­d­ual IQ Differ­ences OK?

MinibearRexOct 9, 2011, 3:07 AM
19 points
119 comments1 min readLW link

What to do af­ter col­lege?

mtaranOct 9, 2011, 3:00 AM
11 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

The Out­side View Of Hu­man Complexity

Andy_McKenzieOct 8, 2011, 6:12 PM
19 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

1001 Pre­dic­tionBook Nights

gwernOct 8, 2011, 4:04 PM
72 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

Mike Dar­win on Kurzweil, Techno-Op­ti­mism, and Delu­sional Stances on Cryonics

SynapticOct 8, 2011, 2:45 PM
23 points
47 comments2 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Bal­ti­more, Hous­ton, Chicago, Melbourne, and Penn State

FrankAdamekOct 8, 2011, 2:12 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Guardian ar­ti­cle high­lights ob­ser­va­tional bi­ases in Knox investigators

machriderOct 8, 2011, 7:41 AM
17 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Mike Dar­win on Steve Jobs’s hyp­o­crit­i­cal stance to­wards death

SynapticOct 8, 2011, 3:32 AM
33 points
78 comments1 min readLW link

Link: WJS ar­ti­cle that uses Steve Jobs’ death to mock cry­on­ics and the Singularity

James_MillerOct 8, 2011, 2:56 AM
6 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] No One Knows What Science Doesn’t Know

MinibearRexOct 8, 2011, 2:36 AM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­ply­ing Bayesian Anal­y­sis to His­tory (post idea)

AsymmetricOct 8, 2011, 2:25 AM
17 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity is not about willpower

PhilGoetzOct 8, 2011, 1:33 AM
20 points
146 comments13 min readLW link

Karma and good discussions

NancyLebovitzOct 8, 2011, 1:21 AM
11 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Neu­ral Cor­re­lates of Con­scious Access

atuckerOct 7, 2011, 11:12 PM
39 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Key­log­ger virus strikes Amer­i­can UAV con­trol center

CarlShulmanOct 7, 2011, 9:30 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Dublin, IE, Meetup

Barry_CotterOct 7, 2011, 12:34 PM
3 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Re­pres­sion in the age of hu­man enhancement

KatjaGraceOct 7, 2011, 9:54 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Marsh et al. “Sero­tonin Trans­porter Geno­type (5-HTTLPR) Pre­dicts Utili­tar­ian Mo­ral Judg­ments”

JackOct 7, 2011, 7:08 AM
16 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Dou­ble Illu­sion of Transparency

MinibearRexOct 7, 2011, 5:24 AM
11 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Should I play World of War­craft?

PhilGoetzOct 7, 2011, 4:25 AM
14 points
107 comments2 min readLW link

Mul­ti­ply­ing 10-digit num­bers us­ing Flickr: The power of recog­ni­tion memory

printing-spoonOct 7, 2011, 1:18 AM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Link] Neu­ral Cor­re­lates of Con­fu­sion?

atuckerOct 6, 2011, 11:52 PM
13 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

What are you work­ing on?

jsalvatierOct 6, 2011, 4:19 PM
16 points
97 comments1 min readLW link

Up­com­ing book: “Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence and the End of the Hu­man Era”

lukeprogOct 6, 2011, 3:14 PM
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

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[deleted]Oct 6, 2011, 6:03 AM
17 points
65 comments1 min readLW link

More shame­less ploys for job advice

[deleted]Oct 6, 2011, 4:08 AM
4 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Ex­plain­ers Shoot High, Aim Low!

MinibearRexOct 6, 2011, 3:19 AM
10 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Vol­un­teer needed to change the front page ‘Fea­tured Ar­ti­cles’ each week

lukeprogOct 6, 2011, 2:10 AM
4 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Im­per­a­tive Cat­e­gories?

[deleted]Oct 5, 2011, 9:44 PM
−25 points
16 comments5 min readLW link

On self-deception

irrationalOct 5, 2011, 6:46 PM
42 points
83 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Ot­tawa Meetup—Learn­ing Lin­ear Algebra

XFrequentistOct 5, 2011, 6:02 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Freewill vs. Determinism

[deleted]Oct 5, 2011, 4:41 PM
−8 points
27 comments4 min readLW link