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Cryonics on Castle [Spoilers]
wedrifid
Oct 4, 2011, 9:46 AM
35
points
23
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : UMD Meetup
atucker
Oct 4, 2011, 4:22 AM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Lessons Learned from Irrational Adventures in Romance
lukeprog
Oct 4, 2011, 2:45 AM
69
points
616
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Knox and Sollecito freed
komponisto
Oct 3, 2011, 8:24 PM
40
points
114
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bayesian analysis under threat in British courts
whpearson
Oct 3, 2011, 4:06 PM
15
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Stop blaming efficiency
KatjaGrace
Oct 3, 2011, 4:00 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
January 2011 Oxford Intelligence Conference videos online
lukeprog
Oct 3, 2011, 8:15 AM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes October 2011
MinibearRex
Oct 3, 2011, 6:41 AM
6
points
541
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Self-Anchoring
MinibearRex
Oct 3, 2011, 3:10 AM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Stockholm meetup
NihilCredo
Oct 2, 2011, 11:01 PM
8
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Physics Video Lectures
EvelynM
Oct 2, 2011, 9:05 AM
5
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, October 2011
MarkusRamikin
Oct 2, 2011, 9:05 AM
10
points
314
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Funny] Even Clippy can be blamed on the use of non-Bayesian methods
lukeprog
Oct 2, 2011, 7:40 AM
41
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Twelve Sins of Irrationality
Grognor
Oct 2, 2011, 5:58 AM
0
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Sweet Unconsciousness
lessdazed
Oct 2, 2011, 3:33 AM
16
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Illusion of Transparency: Why No One Understands You
MinibearRex
Oct 2, 2011, 3:24 AM
11
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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
28 Sep 2011 4:29 UTC
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Logical Fallacy of Generalizing from Fictional Evidence
MinibearRex
28 Sep 2011 3:33 UTC
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Yehweh and the Methods of Rationality
DanielLC
28 Sep 2011 3:06 UTC
−30
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Concepts Don’t Work That Way
lukeprog
28 Sep 2011 2:01 UTC
88
points
92
comments
8
min read
LW
link
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