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Occupy Wall Street: Predictions, Speculations
byrnema
Oct 19, 2011, 12:44 AM
−8
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Resetting my perception of something
cousin_it
Oct 18, 2011, 11:24 PM
15
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] More Bathtubs
[deleted]
Oct 18, 2011, 10:52 PM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Overcoming the Curse of Knowledge
JesseGalef
Oct 18, 2011, 5:39 PM
60
points
56
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Is quantum physics (easily?) computable?
Solvent
Oct 18, 2011, 8:44 AM
10
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Canberra Meetup Saturday November 5th
JGWeissman
Oct 18, 2011, 6:16 AM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Students asked to defend AGI danger update in favor of AGI riskiness
lukeprog
Oct 18, 2011, 5:24 AM
7
points
38
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Beware Stephen J. Gould
MinibearRex
Oct 18, 2011, 2:35 AM
14
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Particles may not have broken light speed limit
[deleted]
Oct 17, 2011, 7:00 PM
3
points
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A signaling theory of class x politics interaction
Scott Alexander
Oct 17, 2011, 6:49 PM
94
points
61
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA Meetup 10-19-2011
[deleted]
Oct 17, 2011, 6:05 AM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Natural Selection’s Speed Limit and Complexity Bound
MinibearRex
Oct 17, 2011, 4:43 AM
8
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Curiosity, Adam Savage, and Life-Extension
JoshuaZ
Oct 17, 2011, 3:17 AM
12
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[link] SMBC on utilitarianism and vegatarianism.
mkehrt
Oct 16, 2011, 3:29 AM
1
point
69
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Evolutions Are Stupid (But Work Anyways)
MinibearRex
Oct 16, 2011, 2:03 AM
10
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mental Rebooting: “Your Brain on Porn”…
Arkanj3l
Oct 15, 2011, 5:14 PM
14
points
38
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Wonder of Evolution
MinibearRex
Oct 15, 2011, 3:05 AM
9
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Questions for the Singularity Summit
lessdazed
Oct 15, 2011, 12:10 AM
10
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Don’t call yourself a rationalist.
KenChen
Oct 14, 2011, 8:26 PM
28
points
121
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Ottawa Meetup—Learning Linear Algebra 2 + Social
XFrequentist
Oct 14, 2011, 8:22 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Stockholm, Dublin, Penn State, Cambridge MA, Ottawa, and Marin CA
FrankAdamek
Oct 14, 2011, 8:15 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to understand people better
pwno
Oct 14, 2011, 7:53 PM
101
points
163
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Brain emulations and Oracle AI
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 14, 2011, 5:51 PM
10
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Radio Interview with David Deutsch on AI, Immortality, Many Worlds and Quantum Computing
Shmi
Oct 14, 2011, 5:45 PM
8
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : London This Sunday
Alexandros
Oct 14, 2011, 8:48 AM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Life is Good, More Life is Better
Rubix
Oct 14, 2011, 5:21 AM
8
points
55
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] An Alien God
MinibearRex
Oct 14, 2011, 4:33 AM
10
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Monday Madison Meetup
fiddlemath
Oct 14, 2011, 4:00 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Pittsburgh Meetup: Expert Presentation on Motivation
thejash
Oct 14, 2011, 3:15 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On the Openness personality trait & ‘rationality’
gwern
Oct 14, 2011, 1:07 AM
77
points
97
comments
8
min read
LW
link
The Backup Plan
Luke_A_Somers
Oct 13, 2011, 7:53 PM
3
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why the singularity is hard and won’t be happening on schedule
DavidPlumpton
Oct 13, 2011, 7:51 PM
3
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Studying business. Rational organizations.
soundchaser
Oct 13, 2011, 2:33 PM
5
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Edinburgh LW Meetup
sark
Oct 13, 2011, 1:48 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Awesome interactive visualization article
Morendil
Oct 13, 2011, 12:46 PM
23
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI ontology crises: an informal typology
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 13, 2011, 10:23 AM
6
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne social meetup
toner
Oct 13, 2011, 6:48 AM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Fake Justification
MinibearRex
Oct 13, 2011, 2:59 AM
7
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Why did Steve Jobs choose not to effectively treat his cancer?
[deleted]
Oct 12, 2011, 11:37 PM
14
points
68
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : UMD Calibration Games
atucker
Oct 12, 2011, 6:40 PM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] A Case Study of Motivated Continuation
MinibearRex
Oct 12, 2011, 3:48 AM
10
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Improving My Writing Style
orthonormal
Oct 11, 2011, 4:14 PM
11
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The self-unfooling problem
Richard_Kennaway
Oct 11, 2011, 8:36 AM
20
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Torture vs. Dust Specks
MinibearRex
Oct 11, 2011, 3:58 AM
9
points
85
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The self-fooling problem.
PuyaSharif
Oct 10, 2011, 10:26 PM
13
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Just a reminder, for everyone that signed up for the intro to AI class, it’s started.
Psy-Kosh
Oct 10, 2011, 7:07 PM
15
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Interesting article about optimism
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Oct 10, 2011, 6:54 PM
13
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Rational Approach to Fashion
lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)
Oct 10, 2011, 6:53 PM
26
points
96
comments
3
min read
LW
link
LW October WebDiplomacy
Vaniver
Oct 10, 2011, 5:43 PM
6
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Austin, TX
Vaniver
Oct 10, 2011, 5:23 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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