Vas­sar talk in New Haven, Sun­day 2/​27

alyssavanceFeb 26, 2011, 8:57 PM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

When to scream “Er­ror!”

DorikkaFeb 26, 2011, 5:40 PM
13 points
38 comments2 min readLW link

Is GiveWell.org the best char­ity (ex­clud­ing SIAI)?

syllogismFeb 26, 2011, 1:37 PM
52 points
61 comments2 min readLW link

[link] On Rea­son­able Efforts

Kaj_SotalaFeb 26, 2011, 9:57 AM
27 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

A Com­mon Form of Er­ro­neous Think­ing about the Universe

rohernFeb 26, 2011, 9:42 AM
0 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Lon­don meetup, Sun­day 2011-03-06 14:00, near Holborn (re­minder)

Paul CrowleyFeb 26, 2011, 8:10 AM
9 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Does SI make ev­ery­one look like swim­suit mod­els?

KatjaGraceFeb 26, 2011, 4:02 AM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Use cu­ri­os­ity

AnnaSalamonFeb 25, 2011, 10:23 PM
92 points
61 comments1 min readLW link

The Value of The­o­ret­i­cal Research

paulfchristianoFeb 25, 2011, 6:06 PM
65 points
53 comments3 min readLW link

Some in­for­mal ram­blings abaut what a defe­n­i­tion of re­al­ity might look like.

Armok_GoBFeb 25, 2011, 4:04 PM
−4 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Go Try Things

atuckerFeb 25, 2011, 6:23 AM
18 points
28 comments2 min readLW link

[Link] [Fic­tion] Ted Chi­ang: The Life­cy­cle of Soft­ware Objects

Kaj_SotalaFeb 24, 2011, 10:56 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Fe­bru­ary 27 2011 South­ern Cal­ifor­nia Meetup

JenniferRMFeb 24, 2011, 5:05 AM
12 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

IBM Wat­son Re­search Team An­swers Your Ques­tions [link]

KevinFeb 23, 2011, 10:50 PM
8 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

South Bay Less Wrong Meetup Satur­day Feb 26th

JasenFeb 23, 2011, 10:45 PM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Does Solomonoff always win?

cousin_itFeb 23, 2011, 8:42 PM
14 points
56 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ment­ing with ed­u­ca­tion [link]

Dr_ManhattanFeb 23, 2011, 1:21 PM
3 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

BOOK DRAFT: ‘Ethics and Su­per­in­tel­li­gence’ (part 2)

lukeprogFeb 23, 2011, 5:58 AM
11 points
16 comments3 min readLW link

Dawk­ins and Den­nett defend Adap­ta­tion­ism [Links]

PerplexedFeb 23, 2011, 4:13 AM
15 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

BOOK DRAFT: ‘Ethics and Su­per­in­tel­li­gence’ (part 1, re­vised)

lukeprogFeb 22, 2011, 8:59 PM
20 points
38 comments3 min readLW link

Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute Party Feb 22nd

JasenFeb 22, 2011, 6:45 AM
8 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Re­search methods

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Feb 22, 2011, 6:10 AM
18 points
42 comments2 min readLW link

Helsinki LW Meetup—Sat March 5th

ErebusFeb 21, 2011, 10:10 PM
10 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

About the AI-Box experiment

TimwiFeb 21, 2011, 7:45 PM
−1 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

En­joy­ing mu­si­cal fash­ion: why not?

Alex FlintFeb 21, 2011, 4:22 PM
6 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Is Mo­ral­ity a Valid Prefer­ence?

MinibearRexFeb 21, 2011, 1:18 AM
19 points
75 comments1 min readLW link

Solomonoff In­duc­tion, by Shane Legg

cousin_itFeb 21, 2011, 12:32 AM
21 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

What does your web of be­liefs look like, as of to­day?

lukeprogFeb 20, 2011, 7:47 PM
23 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

Up­date­less anthropics

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 20, 2011, 7:23 PM
13 points
13 comments5 min readLW link

Age, fluid in­tel­li­gence, and in­tel­li­gent posts

InquilineKeaFeb 20, 2011, 9:06 AM
21 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

Tool for com­bat­ing un­due hesitation

DorikkaFeb 20, 2011, 5:19 AM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

De­cep­tion by cherry picking

AlephNeilFeb 20, 2011, 5:11 AM
1 point
4 comments1 min readLW link

Is sci­ence the worst field for learn­ing sci­ence in?

KatjaGraceFeb 20, 2011, 4:29 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

So­cial ethics vs de­ci­sion theory

AlexMennenFeb 20, 2011, 4:14 AM
7 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Re­quest for Widely Ap­pli­ca­ble Quan­ti­ta­tive Methods

atuckerFeb 20, 2011, 4:08 AM
5 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Do bi­ases mat­ter?

Student_UKFeb 20, 2011, 1:10 AM
0 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

New blog

chronophasiacFeb 20, 2011, 12:07 AM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

LW was started to help altruists

RHollerithFeb 19, 2011, 9:13 PM
−7 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

[Link] “It’ll never work”: a col­lec­tion of failed predictions

AlexandrosFeb 19, 2011, 6:02 PM
13 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist Hobbies

Wei DaiFeb 19, 2011, 8:24 AM
12 points
65 comments1 min readLW link

prefer­ences:de­ci­sion the­ory :: data:code

ArthurBFeb 19, 2011, 7:45 AM
6 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

Spoiled Dis­cus­sion of Per­mu­ta­tion City, A Fire Upon The Deep, and Eliezer’s Mega Crossover

JenniferRMFeb 19, 2011, 6:10 AM
10 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Alt text of to­day’s xkcd ad­dresses akrasia

CyanFeb 19, 2011, 2:03 AM
8 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Fun and Games with Cog­ni­tive Biases

CosmosFeb 18, 2011, 8:38 PM
86 points
28 comments6 min readLW link

Abil­ity to react

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Feb 18, 2011, 7:19 PM
100 points
99 comments4 min readLW link

Cry­on­ics and Pas­cal’s wager

TimwiFeb 18, 2011, 6:36 PM
−3 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Brains more com­pli­cated than pre­vi­ously thought

NancyLebovitz18 Feb 2011 15:37 UTC
17 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Doodling as a tool of thought (just a link)

NancyLebovitz18 Feb 2011 14:53 UTC
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Dead men tell tales: fal­ling out of love with SIA

Stuart_Armstrong18 Feb 2011 14:10 UTC
5 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

Schol­ar­ship and DIY Science

[deleted]18 Feb 2011 6:37 UTC
22 points
20 comments5 min readLW link