Par­ti­cles may not have bro­ken light speed limit

[deleted]Oct 17, 2011, 7:00 PM
3 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

A sig­nal­ing the­ory of class x poli­tics interaction

Scott AlexanderOct 17, 2011, 6:49 PM
94 points
61 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup 10-19-2011

[deleted]Oct 17, 2011, 6:05 AM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Nat­u­ral Selec­tion’s Speed Limit and Com­plex­ity Bound

MinibearRexOct 17, 2011, 4:43 AM
8 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Cu­ri­os­ity, Adam Sav­age, and Life-Extension

JoshuaZOct 17, 2011, 3:17 AM
12 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

[link] SMBC on util­i­tar­i­anism and ve­g­atar­i­anism.

mkehrtOct 16, 2011, 3:29 AM
1 point
69 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Evolu­tions Are Stupid (But Work Any­ways)

MinibearRexOct 16, 2011, 2:03 AM
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Men­tal Re­boot­ing: “Your Brain on Porn”…

Arkanj3lOct 15, 2011, 5:14 PM
14 points
38 comments2 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Won­der of Evolution

MinibearRexOct 15, 2011, 3:05 AM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Ques­tions for the Sin­gu­lar­ity Summit

lessdazedOct 15, 2011, 12:10 AM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Don’t call your­self a ra­tio­nal­ist.

KenChenOct 14, 2011, 8:26 PM
28 points
121 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ot­tawa Meetup—Learn­ing Lin­ear Alge­bra 2 + Social

XFrequentistOct 14, 2011, 8:22 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Stock­holm, Dublin, Penn State, Cam­bridge MA, Ot­tawa, and Marin CA

FrankAdamekOct 14, 2011, 8:15 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

How to un­der­stand peo­ple bet­ter

pwnoOct 14, 2011, 7:53 PM
101 points
163 comments5 min readLW link

Brain em­u­la­tions and Or­a­cle AI

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 14, 2011, 5:51 PM
10 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­dio In­ter­view with David Deutsch on AI, Im­mor­tal­ity, Many Wor­lds and Quan­tum Computing

ShmiOct 14, 2011, 5:45 PM
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don This Sunday

AlexandrosOct 14, 2011, 8:48 AM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Life is Good, More Life is Better

RubixOct 14, 2011, 5:21 AM
8 points
55 comments3 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] An Alien God

MinibearRexOct 14, 2011, 4:33 AM
10 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Mon­day Madi­son Meetup

fiddlemathOct 14, 2011, 4:00 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Pitts­burgh Meetup: Ex­pert Pre­sen­ta­tion on Motivation

thejashOct 14, 2011, 3:15 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

On the Open­ness per­son­al­ity trait & ‘ra­tio­nal­ity’

gwernOct 14, 2011, 1:07 AM
77 points
97 comments8 min readLW link

The Backup Plan

Luke_A_SomersOct 13, 2011, 7:53 PM
3 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Why the sin­gu­lar­ity is hard and won’t be hap­pen­ing on schedule

DavidPlumptonOct 13, 2011, 7:51 PM
3 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Study­ing busi­ness. Ra­tional or­ga­ni­za­tions.

soundchaserOct 13, 2011, 2:33 PM
5 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ed­in­burgh LW Meetup

sarkOct 13, 2011, 1:48 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Link] Awe­some in­ter­ac­tive vi­su­al­iza­tion article

MorendilOct 13, 2011, 12:46 PM
23 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

AI on­tol­ogy crises: an in­for­mal typology

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 13, 2011, 10:23 AM
6 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne so­cial meetup

tonerOct 13, 2011, 6:48 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Fake Justification

MinibearRexOct 13, 2011, 2:59 AM
7 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Why did Steve Jobs choose not to effec­tively treat his can­cer?

[deleted]Oct 12, 2011, 11:37 PM
14 points
68 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : UMD Cal­ibra­tion Games

atuckerOct 12, 2011, 6:40 PM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] A Case Study of Mo­ti­vated Continuation

MinibearRexOct 12, 2011, 3:48 AM
10 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

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

dreeves10 Oct 2011 2:09 UTC
80 points
88 comments2 min readLW link

Cal­ibrate your self-assessments

Scott Alexander9 Oct 2011 23:26 UTC
102 points
122 comments6 min readLW link

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

Klao9 Oct 2011 18:35 UTC
27 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

First, they must be con­vinced to play the game

lavalamp9 Oct 2011 16:52 UTC
24 points
56 comments1 min readLW link