Ex­per­i­ment Idea Thread - Spring 2011

PsychohistorianMay 6, 2011, 6:10 PM
35 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­ist­ing Ab­surd Technologies

DesrtopaMay 30, 2011, 6:12 AM
34 points
59 comments1 min readLW link

Defeat­ing Mun­dane Holo­causts With Robots

lsparrishMay 30, 2011, 10:34 PM
34 points
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“I know I’m bi­ased, but...”

[deleted]May 10, 2011, 8:03 PM
32 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

[REVIEW] Foun­da­tions of Neu­roe­co­nomic Analysis

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

The elephant in the room, AMA

calcsamMay 12, 2011, 2:59 PM
30 points
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Free Stats Text­book: Prin­ci­ples of Uncertainty

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

I want to save myself

DanArmakMay 20, 2011, 10:27 AM
29 points
64 comments1 min readLW link

Coloniza­tion mod­els: a tu­to­rial on com­pu­ta­tional Bayesian in­fer­ence (part 2/​2)

snarlesMay 17, 2011, 3:54 AM
29 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

LessWrong Power Reader (Grease­mon­key script, up­dated)

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

Ace At­tor­ney: pi­o­neer Ra­tion­al­ism-di­dac­tic game?

Raw_PowerMay 23, 2011, 11:28 PM
27 points
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Build­ing ra­tio­nal­ist com­mu­ni­ties: a se­ries overview

calcsamMay 9, 2011, 3:15 PM
26 points
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On­tolog­i­cal Crises in Ar­tifi­cial Agents’ Value Sys­tems by Peter de Blanc

jimrandomhMay 21, 2011, 1:05 AM
26 points
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What both­ers you about Less Wrong?

Will_NewsomeMay 19, 2011, 10:23 AM
26 points
162 comments1 min readLW link

A De­layed Epiphany on Motivation

LucasSloanMay 4, 2011, 4:27 AM
26 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

[link] Whole Brain Emu­la­tion and the Evolu­tion of Superorganisms

Wei DaiMay 3, 2011, 11:38 PM
26 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

SL4 META: list clo­sure 2 month followup

gwernMay 10, 2011, 3:46 PM
26 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Shift­ing Load to Ex­plicit Reasoning

Vladimir_NesovMay 7, 2011, 6:00 PM
25 points
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The Ad­van­tages of Be­ing Technical

XiXiDuMay 19, 2011, 7:39 PM
24 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

How to (un)be­come a crank

cousin_itMay 19, 2011, 5:03 PM
24 points
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Greg Egan and the Incomprehensible

XiXiDuMay 19, 2011, 10:38 AM
23 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

Life Ex­ten­sion through Diet Modification

CaerbannogMay 16, 2011, 6:36 PM
23 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Your Evolved Intuitions

lukeprogMay 5, 2011, 4:21 PM
22 points
106 comments10 min readLW link

Build­ing ra­tio­nal­ist com­mu­ni­ties: les­sons from the Lat­ter-day Saints

calcsamMay 9, 2011, 3:14 PM
22 points
72 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup re­port: Dar­win, Some Ra­tion­al­ists and the Joker [link]

XFrequentistMay 9, 2011, 7:01 PM
22 points
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You’ll die if you do that

sixes_and_sevensMay 12, 2011, 10:27 AM
22 points
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Wiki: Stan­dard Refer­ence or Origi­nal Re­search?

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

Begin­ning re­sources for CEV research

lukeprogMay 7, 2011, 5:28 AM
21 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

Offi­cial Less Wrong Redesign: Spe­cial pages

mattMay 20, 2011, 7:19 AM
21 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Talk about your research

snarlesMay 15, 2011, 1:32 AM
20 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

Per­son­als, any­one?

GrayMay 2, 2011, 5:36 PM
20 points
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Ra­tion­al­ity Ex­er­cise: My Lit­tle Pony

magfrumpMay 13, 2011, 2:13 AM
20 points
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Less­wrongers from the Ger­man-speak­ing world, unite!

David AlthausMay 19, 2011, 8:32 PM
20 points
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Ask LessWrong: De­sign a de­gree in Ra­tion­al­ity.

XFrequentistMay 13, 2011, 3:51 PM
19 points
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Econ/​Game the­ory question

PsychohistorianMay 11, 2011, 8:17 PM
19 points
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When In­tu­itions Are Useful

lukeprogMay 9, 2011, 7:40 PM
18 points
15 comments11 min readLW link

Se­quence trans­la­tions: Seek­ing feed­back/​collaboration

komponistoMay 28, 2011, 10:24 PM
17 points
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Link: If you don’t already read Bad Science

ManfredMay 25, 2011, 10:28 PM
17 points
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Pro­posal: con­soli­date meetup an­nounce­ments be­fore promotion

CarlShulmanMay 3, 2011, 1:34 AM
17 points
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Shane Legg’s Th­e­sis: Ma­chine Su­per­in­tel­li­gence, Opinions?

ZeteticMay 8, 2011, 8:04 PM
16 points
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[SEQ RERUN] Archimedes’s Chronophone

badgerMay 15, 2011, 1:04 PM
16 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

How should I help us achieve im­mor­tal­ity?

Hul-GilMay 10, 2011, 2:00 AM
16 points
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[Altru­ist Sup­port] Fix the SIAI’s web­site (EDIT: or not. I’ll do it)

GilesMay 7, 2011, 6:36 PM
15 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

[HPMoR] Trailer up

EneaszMay 10, 2011, 6:15 AM
15 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Lead­er­ship and Self De­cep­tion, Anatomy of Peace

TimFreemanMay 6, 2011, 3:56 AM
15 points
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What can you teach us?

EmileMay 28, 2011, 9:57 AM
15 points
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A dis­cus­sion of an ap­plic­ta­tion of Bayes’ the­o­rem to ev­ery­day life

AdeleneDawnerMay 29, 2011, 6:04 AM
15 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

What makes Less Wrong awe­some?

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

[LINK] Pixar works to make the fu­ture better

EneaszMay 18, 2011, 10:51 PM
14 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[link] Bruce Sch­neier on Cog­ni­tive Bi­ases in Risk Analysis

Alex FlintMay 3, 2011, 6:37 PM
14 points
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