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Overcoming the negative signal of not attending college.
James_Miller
Feb 16, 2011, 8:13 PM
14
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Making money with Bitcoin?
Clippy
Feb 16, 2011, 7:17 PM
49
points
129
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Who’s likely to write the AI? A hypothesis
NancyLebovitz
Feb 16, 2011, 5:04 PM
8
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A simple-minded theory of “observer fluid”
cousin_it
Feb 16, 2011, 4:40 PM
6
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Write It Like A Poem
Strange7
Feb 16, 2011, 3:11 PM
18
points
40
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(Humor, link) UnFriendly AI has claimed its first victim...
CronoDAS
Feb 16, 2011, 2:28 PM
−10
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Automated theorem proving by learning from examples
Alex Flint
Feb 16, 2011, 1:38 PM
5
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Revisiting the Anthropic Trilemma II: axioms and assumptions
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 16, 2011, 9:42 AM
9
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Settled questions in philosophy
lukeprog
Feb 16, 2011, 6:53 AM
56
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] What are some stupid things smart people do?
David_Gerard
Feb 15, 2011, 5:51 PM
12
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A gene for bad memory? (Link)
Richard_Kennaway
Feb 15, 2011, 3:27 PM
8
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Not owning our beliefs
Alex Flint
Feb 15, 2011, 3:02 PM
10
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Revisiting the anthropic trilemma I: intuitions and contradictions
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 15, 2011, 11:18 AM
3
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Some Heuristics for Evaluating the Soundness of the Academic Mainstream in Unfamiliar Fields
Vladimir_M
Feb 15, 2011, 9:17 AM
100
points
274
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Rationalist Diplomacy, Game Two Post-game Discussion
Randaly
Feb 15, 2011, 5:13 AM
7
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The non-painless upload
Prismattic
Feb 15, 2011, 4:23 AM
6
points
79
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Optimal Employment Open Thread
[deleted]
Feb 14, 2011, 10:49 PM
18
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Intro to Naturalist Metaethics?
Mass_Driver
Feb 14, 2011, 10:32 PM
10
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Torturing people for fun
cousin_it
Feb 14, 2011, 8:52 PM
18
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why we should fear the Paperclipper [Link]
XiXiDu
Feb 14, 2011, 7:24 PM
5
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Algorithms as Case Studies in Rationality
abramdemski
Feb 14, 2011, 6:27 PM
38
points
40
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[COMIC] Anthropic dungeon crawling
jsalvatier
Feb 14, 2011, 3:30 PM
3
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
IBM’s “Watson” program to compete against “Jeopardy” champions tonight
NihilCredo
Feb 14, 2011, 3:28 PM
12
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Peter Thiel backs “AI startup” [link]
Dr_Manhattan
Feb 14, 2011, 2:56 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup posts as discussion threads, please
Jonii
Feb 14, 2011, 11:49 AM
39
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Against Desirism
endoself
Feb 14, 2011, 5:56 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why Do We Engage in Moral Simplification?
Wei Dai
Feb 14, 2011, 1:16 AM
34
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Open Thread: Mathematics
bentarm
Feb 13, 2011, 11:50 PM
18
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Social Necessity of Drinking
Raemon
Feb 13, 2011, 10:52 PM
20
points
97
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Farmington Hills, MI Less Wrong meetup: Sunday, February 20
Psy-Kosh
Feb 13, 2011, 6:42 PM
10
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Exercise and motivation
NancyLebovitz
Feb 13, 2011, 1:56 PM
9
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
BOOK DRAFT: ‘Ethics and Superintelligence’ (part 1)
lukeprog
Feb 13, 2011, 10:09 AM
18
points
112
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Bridging Inferential Gaps and Explaining Rationality to Other People
atucker
Feb 13, 2011, 6:22 AM
14
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Science: Do It Yourself
alyssavance
Feb 13, 2011, 4:47 AM
91
points
206
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Link: Cryonics and the Creation of a Durable Morality
lsparrish
Feb 12, 2011, 6:10 PM
16
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Secure Your Beliefs
lukeprog
Feb 12, 2011, 4:53 PM
59
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Are Intuitions Good Evidence? [Link]
XiXiDu
Feb 12, 2011, 2:57 PM
8
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LINK: ‘Philosophy Bites’ episode on the Singularity
lukeprog
Feb 12, 2011, 5:46 AM
6
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What’s the single best introduction to evolution to give to a creationist?
Raemon
Feb 12, 2011, 5:00 AM
14
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Make your training useful
AnnaSalamon
Feb 12, 2011, 2:14 AM
141
points
46
comments
5
min read
LW
link
An Abortion Dialogue
gwern
Feb 12, 2011, 1:20 AM
15
points
92
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Comprehensible Improvments: Things you Could Do.
Armok_GoB
Feb 11, 2011, 11:15 PM
2
points
31
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Madison Less Wrong Meetup: Wednesday, 16 Feb
fiddlemath
Feb 11, 2011, 10:06 PM
10
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thinking Outside The Sphere
sixes_and_sevens
Feb 11, 2011, 5:20 PM
17
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Subjective Relativity, Time Dilation and Divergence
jacob_cannell
Feb 11, 2011, 7:50 AM
15
points
95
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Suggestions for a presentation on FAI?
ShardPhoenix
Feb 11, 2011, 6:09 AM
6
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Interest in LW meetup in Farmington Hills, Michigan?
Psy-Kosh
11 Feb 2011 6:06 UTC
3
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality for Other People
atucker
11 Feb 2011 5:41 UTC
6
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Time Magazine has an article about the Singularity...
Raemon
11 Feb 2011 2:20 UTC
40
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ken Jennings to give 50% of Watson competiton winnings to VillageReach [link]
Kevin
10 Feb 2011 19:13 UTC
15
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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