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Is every life really worth preserving?
RationallyOptimistic
Dec 23, 2011, 5:04 PM
2
points
79
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Pittsburgh, Melbourne
FrankAdamek
Dec 23, 2011, 4:38 PM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Holiday giving thread
Kaj_Sotala
Dec 23, 2011, 11:09 AM
17
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Is Reality Ugly?
MinibearRex
Dec 23, 2011, 6:49 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Spend Money on Ergonomics
Kevin
Dec 23, 2011, 6:40 AM
82
points
212
comments
5
min read
LW
link
On avoiding evidence
KatjaGrace
Dec 23, 2011, 5:01 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Applied Rationality Practice
ksvanhorn
Dec 23, 2011, 4:43 AM
7
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong Archives
Grognor
Dec 23, 2011, 1:42 AM
28
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A way of specifying utility functions for UDT
cousin_it
Dec 23, 2011, 12:37 AM
14
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne practical rationality meetup
matt
Dec 22, 2011, 10:47 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
How to get the most out of the next year
alexvermeer
Dec 22, 2011, 9:23 PM
19
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Anything New?
billswift
Dec 22, 2011, 11:53 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Expecting Beauty
MinibearRex
Dec 22, 2011, 6:37 AM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Magician: A Reductionist’s Allegory
Peter Wildeford
Dec 22, 2011, 6:13 AM
25
points
11
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Columbus or Cincinnati Meetup
daenerys
Dec 22, 2011, 1:52 AM
5
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some thoughts on AI, Philosophy, and Safety
paulfchristiano
Dec 22, 2011, 1:32 AM
17
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Fort Collins, Colorado Meetup
EvelynM
Dec 21, 2011, 11:28 PM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Beautiful Math
MinibearRex
Dec 21, 2011, 7:15 AM
11
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Decision Analysis Sequence
Vaniver
Dec 21, 2011, 12:12 AM
42
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Measures, Risk, Death, and War
Vaniver
Dec 20, 2011, 11:37 PM
17
points
14
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Talking to Children: A Pre-Holiday Guide
daenerys
Dec 20, 2011, 9:54 PM
46
points
94
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[link] Innocentive challenge: $8000 for examples promoting altruistic behavior
dvasya
Dec 20, 2011, 9:17 PM
7
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ritual Report: NYC Less Wrong Solstice Celebration
Raemon
Dec 20, 2011, 8:37 PM
143
points
180
comments
11
min read
LW
link
What is your rationality blind spot?
Shmi
Dec 20, 2011, 7:18 PM
18
points
81
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Non-Constructive Proof of Confirmation Bias
Nymogenous
Dec 20, 2011, 6:05 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is anyone else worried about SOPA? Trying to do anything about it?
false_vacuum
Dec 20, 2011, 2:07 PM
19
points
89
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Visual Map of US LW-ers
daenerys
Dec 20, 2011, 7:40 AM
21
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] 0 And 1 Are Not Probabilities
MinibearRex
Dec 20, 2011, 7:39 AM
9
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Presents for impoving rationality or reducing superstition?
mtaran
Dec 19, 2011, 10:19 PM
8
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
SingInst bloomberg coverage [link]
Dr_Manhattan
Dec 19, 2011, 7:31 PM
8
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Trials and Errors: Why Science Is Failing Us”
gwern
Dec 19, 2011, 6:48 PM
9
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Q&A with Michael Littman on risks from AI
XiXiDu
Dec 19, 2011, 9:51 AM
23
points
88
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Infinite Certainty
MinibearRex
Dec 19, 2011, 5:30 AM
8
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Controls are Lying: A Note on the Memetic Hazards of Video Games [Link]
Nic_Smith
Dec 19, 2011, 5:25 AM
32
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Generalized Anti-Pascal Principle: Utility Convergence of Infinitesimal Probabilities
jacob_cannell
Dec 18, 2011, 11:47 PM
−6
points
19
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Inverse p-zombies: the other direction in the Hard Problem of Consciousness
gwern
Dec 18, 2011, 9:32 PM
45
points
32
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Rational wart removal
TwistingFingers
Dec 18, 2011, 6:57 PM
−34
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A model of UDT with a halting oracle
cousin_it
Dec 18, 2011, 2:18 PM
70
points
102
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Request: Induction, Proof, Experimental mathematics
snarles
Dec 18, 2011, 1:29 PM
−7
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Donating to wikipedia
snarles
Dec 18, 2011, 1:17 PM
−14
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
List of machine learning researchers
robertzk
Dec 18, 2011, 9:54 AM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Absolute Authority
MinibearRex
Dec 18, 2011, 3:05 AM
8
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Philosophy and Machine Learning Panel on Ethics
jsteinhardt
Dec 17, 2011, 11:32 PM
14
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Selfish reasons for FAI
snarles
Dec 17, 2011, 10:58 PM
0
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Belief in religion considered harmful?
[deleted]
Dec 17, 2011, 10:38 PM
33
points
54
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[LINK] High school students coerced into non-optimal philanthropy via psychological warfare
Dallas
Dec 17, 2011, 10:24 PM
10
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
MINE: Free tool for detecting novel associations in large data sets
curiousepic
Dec 17, 2011, 3:02 PM
7
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anesthesia and Consciousness [link]
NancyLebovitz
Dec 17, 2011, 11:50 AM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Fallacy of Gray
MinibearRex
Dec 17, 2011, 6:11 AM
7
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Transcript] Tyler Cowen on Stories
Grognor
Dec 17, 2011, 5:42 AM
96
points
14
comments
9
min read
LW
link
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