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Blues, Greens and abortion
Snowyowl
Mar 5, 2011, 7:15 PM
17
points
158
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Transhumanist Poem
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Mar 5, 2011, 9:16 AM
22
points
50
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Using the Karma system to call for a show of hands—profitable?
[deleted]
Mar 5, 2011, 8:35 AM
−6
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Brief Overview of Machine Ethics
lukeprog
Mar 5, 2011, 6:09 AM
10
points
91
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Case study: Console Insurance
gwern
Mar 5, 2011, 2:11 AM
16
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Well-done documentary on the singularity: ‘Transcendent Man’
lukeprog
Mar 4, 2011, 11:07 PM
7
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Importance of Mathematics (Gowers)
komponisto
Mar 4, 2011, 8:32 PM
10
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Discovery shuttle launch viewed from an airliner
Cyan
Mar 4, 2011, 4:04 PM
4
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Trouble with Bright Girls [link]
Dreaded_Anomaly
Mar 4, 2011, 4:17 AM
23
points
52
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why are promisers innocent?
KatjaGrace
Mar 4, 2011, 3:13 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Activism: Open Thread
atucker
Mar 4, 2011, 2:06 AM
13
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What are you working on?
jsalvatier
Mar 4, 2011, 1:33 AM
30
points
104
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Shikamaru vs. the Logical Fallacies
Nick_Roy
Mar 4, 2011, 12:35 AM
16
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
post
XFrequentist
Mar 3, 2011, 4:20 PM
−2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sydney Less Wrong Meetup (cancelled due to lack of interest)
syllogism
Mar 3, 2011, 6:21 AM
10
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Go Try Things
atucker
Mar 3, 2011, 1:51 AM
14
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Testing Intelligence
paulfchristiano
Mar 2, 2011, 11:29 PM
2
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Are You a Paralyzed Subordinate Monkey?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Mar 2, 2011, 9:12 PM
46
points
78
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What Else Would I Do To Make a Living?
magfrump
Mar 2, 2011, 8:09 PM
22
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes: March 2011
Alexandros
Mar 2, 2011, 11:14 AM
9
points
392
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hong Kong LW meetup
Isaac
Mar 2, 2011, 9:53 AM
31
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] John Baez Interview with astrophysicist Gregory Benford
multifoliaterose
Mar 2, 2011, 9:53 AM
5
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Revisiting Psy-Kosh’s Non-Anthropic Decision Problem
Vaniver
Mar 2, 2011, 6:24 AM
2
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Eliezer Yudkowsky and Michael Vassar at NYU, Thursday March 3rd
Cosmos
Mar 1, 2011, 4:53 AM
5
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Are Interesting Problems Useful?
paulfchristiano
Mar 1, 2011, 3:59 AM
22
points
41
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Experimental evidence of the value of redundant oral tradition
Raemon
Mar 1, 2011, 1:08 AM
2
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cryptography
MinibearRex
Feb 28, 2011, 9:35 PM
6
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I am anti-awareness and you should be too
KatjaGrace
Feb 28, 2011, 5:31 PM
1
point
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Singularity Institute now accepts donations via Bitcoin
Kevin
Feb 28, 2011, 4:03 PM
21
points
100
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Wikipedia: Moravec’s Paradox
cousin_it
Feb 28, 2011, 2:13 PM
22
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mistakes and Rationality
InquilineKea
Feb 28, 2011, 12:27 AM
3
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Baltimore?
groupuscule
Feb 27, 2011, 7:21 PM
4
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LINK: Bostrom & Yudkowsky, “The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence” (2011)
lukeprog
Feb 27, 2011, 5:43 PM
21
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Value agression
[deleted]
Feb 27, 2011, 12:32 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Inspiring Rationalists
paulfchristiano
Feb 27, 2011, 5:08 AM
9
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Some Considerations Against Short-Term and/or Explicit Focus on Existential Risk Reduction
multifoliaterose
Feb 27, 2011, 4:31 AM
12
points
22
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Vassar talk in New Haven, Sunday 2/27
alyssavance
Feb 27, 2011, 2:49 AM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Existential Risk Reduction Career Network
FrankAdamek
Feb 27, 2011, 12:27 AM
21
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Vassar talk in New Haven, Sunday 2/27
alyssavance
Feb 26, 2011, 8:57 PM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
When to scream “Error!”
Dorikka
Feb 26, 2011, 5:40 PM
13
points
38
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Is GiveWell.org the best charity (excluding SIAI)?
syllogism
Feb 26, 2011, 1:37 PM
52
points
61
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[link] On Reasonable Efforts
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 26, 2011, 9:57 AM
27
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Common Form of Erroneous Thinking about the Universe
rohern
Feb 26, 2011, 9:42 AM
0
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
London meetup, Sunday 2011-03-06 14:00, near Holborn (reminder)
Paul Crowley
Feb 26, 2011, 8:10 AM
9
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does SI make everyone look like swimsuit models?
KatjaGrace
Feb 26, 2011, 4:02 AM
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Use curiosity
AnnaSalamon
Feb 25, 2011, 10:23 PM
92
points
61
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Value of Theoretical Research
paulfchristiano
Feb 25, 2011, 6:06 PM
65
points
53
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Some informal ramblings abaut what a defenition of reality might look like.
Armok_GoB
Feb 25, 2011, 4:04 PM
−4
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Go Try Things
atucker
Feb 25, 2011, 6:23 AM
18
points
28
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] [Fiction] Ted Chiang: The Lifecycle of Software Objects
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 24, 2011, 10:56 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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