Link: If you don’t already read Bad Science

ManfredMay 25, 2011, 10:28 PM
17 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Peter Thiel an­nounces the 20 tal­ented peo­ple he will pay to drop out of col­lege to pur­sue in­no­va­tive sci­en­tific and tech­ni­cal projects

InquilineKeaMay 25, 2011, 8:08 PM
10 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Strate­gic Reliablism

badgerMay 25, 2011, 5:33 PM
2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] De­bi­as­ing as Non-Self-Destruction

badgerMay 25, 2011, 2:14 PM
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Wiki: Stan­dard Refer­ence or Origi­nal Re­search?

wedrifidMay 25, 2011, 1:13 PM
21 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

So how much util­ity is it?

[deleted]May 25, 2011, 12:56 PM
4 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Pan­crit­i­cal Ra­tion­al­ism Can Ap­ply to Prefer­ences and Behavior

TimFreemanMay 25, 2011, 12:06 PM
0 points
37 comments6 min readLW link

Lightswitches

AlicornMay 25, 2011, 4:43 AM
8 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

LW Biol­ogy 101 In­tro­duc­tion: Con­strain­ing Anticipation

virtualAdeptMay 25, 2011, 12:32 AM
70 points
29 comments6 min readLW link

Self-pro­gram­ming through spaced repetition

[deleted]May 25, 2011, 12:02 AM
37 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity?

RickJSMay 24, 2011, 9:46 PM
−26 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Free Stats Text­book: Prin­ci­ples of Uncertainty

badgerMay 24, 2011, 7:45 PM
29 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong Power Reader (Grease­mon­key script, up­dated)

Wei DaiMay 24, 2011, 7:00 PM
28 points
28 comments2 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Know­ing About Bi­ases Can Hurt People

badgerMay 24, 2011, 12:54 PM
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Dis­solu­tion of free will as a call to action

Dr_ManhattanMay 24, 2011, 12:41 PM
10 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Offi­cial Less Wrong Redesign: Nearly there

mattMay 24, 2011, 7:20 AM
39 points
75 comments1 min readLW link

In­fer­ring Our Desires

lukeprogMay 24, 2011, 5:33 AM
60 points
45 comments6 min readLW link

Sig­nal­ing for a cause

KatjaGraceMay 24, 2011, 3:42 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

[REVIEW] Foun­da­tions of Neu­roe­co­nomic Analysis

badgerMay 24, 2011, 2:25 AM
31 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Min­neapo­lis Meetup: Satur­day May 28, 3:00PM

JustinShovelainMay 23, 2011, 11:55 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ace At­tor­ney: pi­o­neer Ra­tion­al­ism-di­dac­tic game?

Raw_PowerMay 23, 2011, 11:28 PM
27 points
30 comments5 min readLW link

Analo­gies and learning

lessdazedMay 23, 2011, 10:44 PM
3 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Las Ve­gas LW Meetup!

DukeMay 23, 2011, 7:25 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Al­gorithm-de­pen­dent prob­lems with self-modification

ManfredMay 23, 2011, 6:59 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

How to Dis­solve the Prob­lem of Free Will and Deter­minism (Video)

beriukayMay 23, 2011, 3:34 PM
1 point
4 comments1 min readLW link

Naive De­ci­sion Theory

snarlesMay 23, 2011, 2:55 PM
4 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Ma­jor­ity Is Always Wrong

badgerMay 23, 2011, 1:53 PM
10 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Any LWers in UK West Mid­lands?

sixes_and_sevensMay 23, 2011, 11:54 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

What makes Less Wrong awe­some?

Will_NewsomeMay 23, 2011, 6:27 AM
15 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Melbourne Meetup: Fri­day 3rd June, 7pm

mattMay 23, 2011, 4:00 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Evolu­tion, bias and global risk

GilesMay 23, 2011, 12:32 AM
5 points
10 comments5 min readLW link

The Ultraviolet

CuSithBellMay 22, 2011, 11:59 PM
6 points
42 comments1 min readLW link

How To Be More Con­fi­dent… That You’re Wrong

Wei DaiMay 22, 2011, 11:30 PM
38 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Less Wrong and The Ultraviolet

CuSithBellMay 22, 2011, 11:22 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

De­con­fus­ing Prob­a­bil­ity: What is prob­a­bil­ity any­way?

Oscar_CunninghamMay 22, 2011, 8:36 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A sum­mary of Sav­age’s foun­da­tions for prob­a­bil­ity and util­ity.

SniffnoyMay 22, 2011, 7:56 PM
84 points
92 comments13 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Er­ror of Crowds

badgerMay 22, 2011, 2:21 PM
9 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist horo­scopes: A low-hang­ing util­ity gen­er­a­tor.

AdeleneDawnerMay 22, 2011, 9:37 AM
79 points
80 comments2 min readLW link

LINK: Ralph Merkle lec­ture, ‘In­tro­duc­tion to Molec­u­lar Nan­otech­nol­ogy’

lukeprogMay 22, 2011, 3:38 AM
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

ANKI flash­card deck: Cog­ni­tive Bi­ases and Re­lated Terms

DukeMay 22, 2011, 1:33 AM
11 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

So­cial Profi­ciency of a Ra­tion­al­ist and a Scholar

Raw_PowerMay 21, 2011, 11:55 PM
9 points
40 comments2 min readLW link

Dirty old men and greedy young women

KatjaGraceMay 21, 2011, 10:14 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Not a Meetup May 22 in Cam­bridge, MA

paulfchristianoMay 21, 2011, 7:48 PM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Bi­ases to watch out for while job hunt­ing?

malthrinMay 21, 2011, 7:28 PM
13 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Toronto Meetup, May 24th

Spencer_SleepMay 21, 2011, 6:16 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Use­ful Statis­ti­cal Biases

badgerMay 21, 2011, 2:14 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ir­ish Less Wrong meetup Sun­day 29 May?

Scott AlexanderMay 21, 2011, 12:24 PM
7 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Auck­land meetup, Thrus­day May 26th

AndrewHMay 21, 2011, 5:22 AM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Up­com­ing meet-ups: Auck­land, Ban­ga­lore, Hous­ton, Toronto, Min­neapo­lis, Ot­tawa, DC, North Carolina, BC...

John_MaxwellMay 21, 2011, 5:06 AM
12 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

The Joys of Con­ju­gate Priors

TCBMay 21, 2011, 2:41 AM
63 points
24 comments5 min readLW link