Steve Jobs’ med­i­cal leave, riches and longevity

sfbJan 20, 2011, 1:06 AM
18 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Link: Three Wor­lds Col­lide analysis

RobinZJan 25, 2011, 2:33 AM
17 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

The Illu­sion of Sameness

ElizabethJan 22, 2011, 6:41 AM
17 points
75 comments2 min readLW link

Should we have sec­u­lar churches?

DesrtopaJan 19, 2011, 10:02 PM
17 points
87 comments1 min readLW link

A Bayesian Ar­gu­ment for the Re­s­ur­rec­tion of Jesus

lukeprogJan 8, 2011, 5:05 AM
17 points
42 comments1 min readLW link

The Trickle-Down Effect of Good Communities

lukeprogJan 8, 2011, 3:58 PM
16 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Your best ar­gu­ments for risks from AI

XiXiDuJan 17, 2011, 1:20 PM
16 points
28 comments6 min readLW link

New Year’s Pre­dic­tions Thread (2011)

KevinJan 2, 2011, 9:58 AM
16 points
230 comments1 min readLW link

Dis­cus­sion for Eliezer Yud­kowsky’s pa­per: Time­less De­ci­sion Theory

AlexeiJan 6, 2011, 12:28 AM
16 points
65 comments1 min readLW link

I want to learn economics

Alex FlintJan 13, 2011, 11:02 PM
16 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

A plan for spam

cousin_itJan 26, 2011, 2:22 AM
15 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Zendo-like In­duc­tion Game for Play­ing Online

Normal_AnomalyJan 3, 2011, 5:16 PM
15 points
76 comments2 min readLW link

“Manna” by Mar­shall Brain

cousin_itJan 19, 2011, 6:12 AM
14 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

Eliezer to speak in Oxford, 8pm Jan 25th

Alex FlintJan 17, 2011, 11:58 PM
14 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

META: Which posts are ap­pro­pri­ate for the ar­ti­cles sec­tion vs. the dis­cus­sion sec­tion?

lukeprogJan 28, 2011, 8:27 PM
14 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

$295 bounty for new Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute logo de­sign (crowd-sourced com­pe­ti­tion)

LouieJan 28, 2011, 6:01 AM
14 points
92 comments1 min readLW link

Some ra­tio­nal­is­tic aphorisms

Will_NewsomeJan 24, 2011, 11:45 AM
14 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

AIXI-style IQ tests

gwernJan 29, 2011, 12:49 AM
14 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Scott Sum­ner on Utility vs Hap­piness [Link]

Nic_SmithJan 12, 2011, 8:14 PM
14 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

A sealed prediction

Quirinus_QuirrellJan 28, 2011, 4:10 AM
14 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­plied Op­ti­mal Philan­thropy: How to Donate $100 to SIAI for Free

LouieJan 4, 2011, 6:14 AM
14 points
86 comments1 min readLW link

Three easy an­thropic mod­els, and two hard ones

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 26, 2011, 10:41 AM
14 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

Poli­tics is a fact of life

[deleted]Jan 21, 2011, 11:07 AM
14 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

Link: The Uncer­tain Fu­ture—“The Fu­ture Ac­cord­ing to You”

XiXiDuJan 13, 2011, 5:44 PM
13 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Jan­uary 2011 South­ern Cal­ifor­nia Meetup

JenniferRMJan 18, 2011, 4:50 AM
13 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

So­ciopa­thy and Rationality

InquilineKeaJan 7, 2011, 7:24 AM
13 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

“Add to Friends” does some­thing or not?

mwenglerJan 28, 2011, 12:45 AM
13 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Er­ro­neous Visualizations

BecomingMyselfJan 19, 2011, 1:44 AM
13 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Re­solv­ing the un­ex­pected hang­ing paradox

AlexMennenJan 25, 2011, 7:32 PM
13 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 7

UnnamedJan 14, 2011, 6:49 AM
13 points
510 comments1 min readLW link

Does Ev­i­den­tial De­ci­sion The­ory re­ally fail Solomon’s Prob­lem?

AlexMennenJan 11, 2011, 4:53 AM
13 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Ask­ing Pre­cise Questions

paulfchristianoJan 3, 2011, 8:48 AM
12 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

Which are the use­ful ar­eas of AI study?

PeterisPJan 15, 2011, 11:03 PM
12 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

Avoid in­ter­rup­tions by time-shift­ing them

Dr_ManhattanJan 30, 2011, 7:14 PM
12 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Net­works, Crowds, and Mar­kets textbook

[deleted]Jan 20, 2011, 2:04 AM
12 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Slate ar­ti­cle on Effi­cient Char­ity (link)

bentarmJan 16, 2011, 4:00 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

“Bad-for-the-world-ipe­dia?”

RaemonJan 15, 2011, 4:47 PM
12 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

The au­tho­rial construct

NancyLebovitzJan 28, 2011, 11:44 PM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Look­ing for in­for­ma­tion on scor­ing calibration

Scott AlexanderJan 29, 2011, 10:24 PM
12 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Link: Mone­tiz­ing anti-akra­sia mechanisms

TheOtherDaveJan 27, 2011, 5:02 PM
12 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Link: NY Times cov­ers Bayesian statistics

Mass_DriverJan 12, 2011, 8:45 AM
12 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

I Want to Learn About Education

fiddlemathJan 20, 2011, 3:46 AM
12 points
41 comments1 min readLW link

NYC Ra­tion­al­ist Di­plo­macy Post-Game Discussion

ZviJan 12, 2011, 7:40 PM
12 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Philos­o­phy of Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence (links)

lukeprogJan 25, 2011, 3:39 AM
11 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

This Sun­day: Oxford Ra­tion­al­ity Meetup

Alex FlintJan 28, 2011, 3:06 PM
11 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

In Defense of Ob­jec­tive Bayesi­anism: MaxEnt Puz­zle.

LarksJan 6, 2011, 12:56 AM
11 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

To­day’s xkcd is rele­vant to our interests

mindspillageJan 5, 2011, 6:07 AM
11 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Are com­mit­ted truth­seek­ers lone­lier?

spencerthJan 11, 2011, 9:42 AM
11 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Less Wrong policy questions

diegocaleiroJan 4, 2011, 8:27 PM
11 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Alter­nate Sleep Schedules

[deleted]Jan 11, 2011, 11:47 AM
10 points
45 comments1 min readLW link