Don’t ban chimp testing

PhilGoetzOct 1, 2011, 5:17 PM
21 points
105 comments2 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity is not about willpower

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

The self-un­fool­ing problem

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

The Out­side View Of Hu­man Complexity

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

[SEQ RERUN] Why Are In­di­vi­d­ual IQ Differ­ences OK?

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

HPMoR: What do you think you know?

malthrinOct 23, 2011, 4:17 AM
17 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

Another “Oops” mo­ment [link]

fortyeridaniaOct 4, 2011, 10:59 AM
17 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­ply­ing Bayesian Anal­y­sis to His­tory (post idea)

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

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[deleted]Oct 6, 2011, 6:03 AM
17 points
65 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

Ra­tional toy buying

[deleted]Oct 19, 2011, 3:36 AM
16 points
65 comments2 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

In favour of a se­lec­tive CEV ini­tial dynamic

[deleted]Oct 21, 2011, 5:33 PM
16 points
114 comments11 min readLW link

Sweet Unconsciousness

lessdazedOct 2, 2011, 3:33 AM
16 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Non-Con­formists Bet­ter At Work­ing Toward Com­mon Good

[deleted]Oct 26, 2011, 5:38 PM
16 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Planets in the hab­it­able zone, the Drake Equa­tion, and the Great Filter

JoshuaZOct 1, 2011, 2:44 AM
16 points
64 comments1 min readLW link

[link] Rel­a­tive an­gels and ab­solute demons

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

Link: 50% effec­tive malaria vac­cine developed

MixedNutsOct 21, 2011, 10:01 AM
16 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

What are you work­ing on?

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

Bayesian anal­y­sis un­der threat in Bri­tish courts

whpearsonOct 3, 2011, 4:06 PM
15 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Re­set­ting my per­cep­tion of something

cousin_itOct 18, 2011, 11:24 PM
15 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Offi­cial videos from the Sin­gu­lar­ity Summit

NancyLebovitzOct 26, 2011, 5:11 PM
15 points
38 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

Why would we think artists perform bet­ter on drugs ?

kilobugOct 30, 2011, 2:01 PM
14 points
35 comments11 min readLW link

Men­tal Re­boot­ing: “Your Brain on Porn”…

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

[SEQ RERUN] Be­ware Stephen J. Gould

MinibearRexOct 18, 2011, 2:35 AM
14 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Should I play World of War­craft?

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

Some con­di­tional in­de­pen­dence (Bayes Net­work) ex­er­cises from ai-class.com

Jonathan_GraehlOct 20, 2011, 5:09 AM
14 points
1 comment1 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

In­ter­est­ing ar­ti­cle about optimism

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

[SEQ RERUN] The Sim­ple Math of Everything

MinibearRexOct 30, 2011, 2:07 AM
13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Neu­ral Cor­re­lates of Con­fu­sion?

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

The self-fool­ing prob­lem.

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

How Much Rent

[deleted]Oct 25, 2011, 7:53 PM
12 points
49 comments2 min readLW link

Cu­ri­os­ity, Adam Sav­age, and Life-Extension

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

Sus­tain­abil­ity of Hu­man Progress

Anatoly_VorobeyOct 28, 2011, 5:28 PM
12 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Pri­vate Manned Moon­base in the 1990s, Yet Another Plan­ning Fallacy

DavidPlumptonOct 5, 2011, 12:09 AM
12 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Think­ing in Bayes: Light

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

Karma and good discussions

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

Im­prov­ing My Writ­ing Style

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

Best In­tro to LW ar­ti­cle for transhumanists

LarksOct 28, 2011, 2:30 AM
11 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Illu­sion of Trans­parency: Why No One Un­der­stands You

MinibearRexOct 2, 2011, 3:24 AM
11 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Ex­pect­ing Short In­fer­en­tial Distances

MinibearRexOct 5, 2011, 2:34 AM
11 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Dou­ble Illu­sion of Transparency

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

[SEQ RERUN] No Evolu­tions for Cor­po­ra­tions or Nanodevices

MinibearRexOct 29, 2011, 6:22 PM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ig No­bel for the anti-akra­sia guy

Craig_HeldrethOct 4, 2011, 1:28 PM
11 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Mo­ti­vated Stop­ping and Mo­ti­vated Continuation

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

What to do af­ter col­lege?

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

[SEQ RERUN] Ex­plain­ers Shoot High, Aim Low!

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

Brain em­u­la­tions and Or­a­cle AI

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