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Don’t ban chimp testing
PhilGoetz
Oct 1, 2011, 5:17 PM
21
points
105
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Get genotyped for free ( If your IQ is high enough)
David Althaus
Oct 1, 2011, 4:00 PM
49
points
63
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA Meetup 10-04-2011
[deleted]
Oct 1, 2011, 3:21 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Drugs
lukeprog
Oct 1, 2011, 11:20 AM
43
points
122
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Vancouver Rationalists: Seasteading Talk (Arrrr) by Michael Keenan, October 2nd, 1300hrs
Arkanj3l
Oct 1, 2011, 3:11 AM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Pascal’s Mugging: Tiny Probabilities of Vast Utilities
MinibearRex
Oct 1, 2011, 2:59 AM
10
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Planets in the habitable zone, the Drake Equation, and the Great Filter
JoshuaZ
Oct 1, 2011, 2:44 AM
16
points
64
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Content writing offer
drethelin
Sep 30, 2011, 10:41 PM
−6
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LW events near the Singularity Summit?
AdeleneDawner
Sep 30, 2011, 8:54 PM
10
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
LessWrong running very slow?
Oscar_Cunningham
Sep 30, 2011, 8:15 PM
6
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Examples of mysteries explained *away*
RolfAndreassen
Sep 30, 2011, 6:47 PM
14
points
73
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Pittsburgh Meetup
Darmani
Sep 30, 2011, 5:48 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Penn State, Washington DC, Austin, and Ottawa
FrankAdamek
Sep 30, 2011, 2:24 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] “Can’t Say No” Spending
MinibearRex
Sep 30, 2011, 3:30 AM
10
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A fascinating simulation of evolution
D_Alex
Sep 30, 2011, 1:49 AM
11
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Announcing rationalist blog aggregator
nerfhammer
Sep 29, 2011, 7:34 PM
26
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Who owns LessWrong?
PhilGoetz
Sep 29, 2011, 4:22 PM
5
points
85
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[paper draft] Coalescing minds: brain uploading-related group mind scenarios
Kaj_Sotala
Sep 29, 2011, 3:51 PM
13
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Free Tutoring in Math/Programming
Patrick
Sep 29, 2011, 1:45 PM
93
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weak supporting evidence can undermine belief
Lightwave
Sep 29, 2011, 10:11 AM
19
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hall, “Ethics for Self-Improving Machines” (2011)
lukeprog
Sep 29, 2011, 4:55 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
‘Newcomblike’ Video Game: Frozen Synapse
AdeleneDawner
Sep 29, 2011, 4:26 AM
6
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Hold Off On Proposing Solutions
MinibearRex
Sep 29, 2011, 3:06 AM
9
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore meetup
Owen_Richardson
Sep 29, 2011, 2:37 AM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
The effects of religion (draft)
Solvent
Sep 29, 2011, 1:11 AM
−3
points
24
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Wanted: backup plans for “seed AI turns out to be easy”
Wei Dai
Sep 28, 2011, 9:54 PM
29
points
64
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Reversed stupidity sometimes provides useful information
Scott Alexander
Sep 28, 2011, 10:28 AM
25
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Houston Meetup—Saturday, October 1
Cog
Sep 28, 2011, 6:08 AM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Quixey—startup applying LW-style rationality—hiring engineers
Liron
Sep 28, 2011, 4:50 AM
39
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes With Attributions Hidden: from Mein Kampf to Men****x
lessdazed
Sep 28, 2011, 4:50 AM
23
points
70
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Chicago Meetup
steven0461
Sep 28, 2011, 4:29 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Logical Fallacy of Generalizing from Fictional Evidence
MinibearRex
Sep 28, 2011, 3:33 AM
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Yehweh and the Methods of Rationality
DanielLC
Sep 28, 2011, 3:06 AM
−30
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Concepts Don’t Work That Way
lukeprog
Sep 28, 2011, 2:01 AM
88
points
92
comments
8
min read
LW
link
$100 off for Less Wrong: Singularity Summit 2011 on Oct 15 − 16 in New York
Louie
Sep 28, 2011, 2:01 AM
13
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Rationalist’s Tale
lukeprog
Sep 28, 2011, 1:17 AM
123
points
308
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Cryonic suspension where?
lavalamp
Sep 27, 2011, 11:32 PM
24
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
MIT Challenge: blogger to attempt CS curriculum on own
komponisto
Sep 27, 2011, 11:01 PM
12
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Paid DC internship for autistics with technical skills who are recent college graduates
James_Miller
Sep 27, 2011, 9:51 PM
9
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Priming with Hypothetical questions
EvelynM
Sep 27, 2011, 4:53 PM
9
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Edward Nelson claims proof of inconsistency in Peano Arithmetic
JoshuaZ
Sep 27, 2011, 12:46 PM
21
points
116
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] How to Seem (and Be) Deep
MinibearRex
Sep 27, 2011, 3:12 AM
15
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to incentivize people doing useful stuff on Less Wrong
lukeprog
Sep 27, 2011, 1:26 AM
27
points
60
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Survey on X-risk: Feedback needed
vallinder
Sep 26, 2011, 10:15 PM
6
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Biopreservation (of the cells of nearly-extinct animals) in hopes that future tech can restore them
Synaptic
Sep 26, 2011, 7:09 PM
7
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My rationality story: Goals aren’t what you think they are
Oklord
Sep 26, 2011, 3:37 PM
−7
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Stanislav Petrov Day
gwern
Sep 26, 2011, 2:49 PM
46
points
167
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne, practical rationality, Friday 7th October, 7pm
matt
Sep 26, 2011, 11:26 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Epistemic Utility Arguments for Probabilism [Link]
XiXiDu
Sep 26, 2011, 11:10 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hard problem? Hack away at the edges.
lukeprog
Sep 26, 2011, 10:03 AM
66
points
30
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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