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Toronto Meetup, May 10th
Spencer_Sleep
May 9, 2011, 2:50 AM
6
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Reference request] Article by scientist giving lower and upper bounds on the probability of superintelligence
multifoliaterose
May 8, 2011, 10:16 PM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Shane Legg’s Thesis: Machine Superintelligence, Opinions?
Zetetic
May 8, 2011, 8:04 PM
16
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Scales of Justice, the Notebook of Rationality
Tyrrell_McAllister
May 8, 2011, 5:43 PM
11
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Death Note, Anonymity, and Information Theory
gwern
May 8, 2011, 3:44 PM
60
points
49
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Save the Date: DC Meetup May 15th
atucker
May 8, 2011, 3:22 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
erratio
May 8, 2011, 8:13 AM
46
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[POLL] Slutwalk
magfrump
May 8, 2011, 7:00 AM
−18
points
42
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Religious Behaviorism
PhilGoetz
May 8, 2011, 12:11 AM
−3
points
20
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Altruist Support] Fix the SIAI’s website (EDIT: or not. I’ll do it)
Giles
May 7, 2011, 6:36 PM
15
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Shifting Load to Explicit Reasoning
Vladimir_Nesov
May 7, 2011, 6:00 PM
25
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Bias and Naturalism: a Challenge
BobTheBob
May 7, 2011, 3:30 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Karma Bubble Fix (Greasemonkey script)
Vladimir_Nesov
May 7, 2011, 1:14 PM
36
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Beginning resources for CEV research
lukeprog
May 7, 2011, 5:28 AM
21
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The 5-Second Level
Eliezer Yudkowsky
May 7, 2011, 4:51 AM
245
points
328
comments
8
min read
LW
link
The Power of Agency
lukeprog
May 7, 2011, 1:38 AM
114
points
78
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What causes people to believe in conspiracy theories?
Servant
May 7, 2011, 12:06 AM
10
points
48
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Who are the LW editors?
saliency
May 6, 2011, 9:34 PM
7
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Burch’s Law
Tyrrell_McAllister
May 6, 2011, 9:15 PM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mutable Levels Are Path-Dependent
XFrequentist
May 6, 2011, 8:47 PM
3
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Add “Meetups” to top navigation bar?
saliency
May 6, 2011, 8:03 PM
3
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Intuition and Unconscious Learning
lukeprog
May 6, 2011, 6:47 PM
44
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Why is my sister related to me only 50%?
TimFreeman
May 6, 2011, 6:17 PM
3
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Experiment Idea Thread - Spring 2011
Psychohistorian
May 6, 2011, 6:10 PM
35
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Extreme Altruistic Personality Type
XFrequentist
May 6, 2011, 2:13 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Requesting Advice
Carinthium
May 6, 2011, 10:59 AM
7
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Climate change: existential risk?
katydee
May 6, 2011, 6:19 AM
8
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Leadership and Self Deception, Anatomy of Peace
TimFreeman
May 6, 2011, 3:56 AM
15
points
11
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Altruist Support] The Plan
Giles
May 6, 2011, 3:53 AM
13
points
24
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Helsinki meetup on May 13, special guest star Patri Friedman (patrissimo)
Kaj_Sotala
May 6, 2011, 12:03 AM
10
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
GiveWell.org interviews SIAI
Paul Crowley
May 5, 2011, 4:29 PM
38
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Your Evolved Intuitions
lukeprog
May 5, 2011, 4:21 PM
22
points
106
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Edinburgh LW meetup, Saturday May 7, 2pm
sark
May 5, 2011, 1:55 PM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
San Francisco Meetup every Tues 5/10, 7 pm
Mass_Driver
May 5, 2011, 6:28 AM
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hollow Adjectives
Psychohistorian
May 5, 2011, 3:44 AM
13
points
45
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meditation, insight, and rationality. (Part 2 of 3)
DavidM
May 4, 2011, 10:38 PM
35
points
190
comments
26
min read
LW
link
Apology for delay and [link] rationality comic
Skatche
May 4, 2011, 7:08 PM
4
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
No coinductive datatype of integers
cousin_it
May 4, 2011, 4:37 PM
8
points
147
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes: May 2011
DSimon
May 4, 2011, 4:13 PM
3
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK, TED video] Kathryn Schulz on Being Wrong
bogus
May 4, 2011, 3:52 PM
5
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Skeptics Stack Exchange
Wilka
May 4, 2011, 12:53 PM
7
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
CFAI doc in SIAI FAQ
Dr_Manhattan
May 4, 2011, 12:49 PM
6
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Delayed Epiphany on Motivation
LucasSloan
May 4, 2011, 4:27 AM
26
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Track Your Happiness
Matt_Simpson
May 4, 2011, 2:59 AM
9
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The importance of open-source cryptography for Singleton prevention
snarles
May 4, 2011, 2:25 AM
−6
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Official Less Wrong Redesign: View defaults for new users
matt
May 4, 2011, 2:21 AM
6
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Pleasure, Desire, and Arguing about Definitions
lukeprog
May 4, 2011, 1:02 AM
6
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[link] Whole Brain Emulation and the Evolution of Superorganisms
Wei Dai
May 3, 2011, 11:38 PM
26
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[link] Bruce Schneier on Cognitive Biases in Risk Analysis
Alex Flint
May 3, 2011, 6:37 PM
14
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Policy Debates Should Not Appear One-Sided
Tyrrell_McAllister
May 3, 2011, 6:13 PM
8
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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