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[SEQ RERUN] Lot­ter­ies: A Waste of Hope

badgerMay 30, 2011, 3:13 PM
5 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Non-ax­io­matic math rea­son­ing with naive Bayes

cousin_itMay 30, 2011, 10:26 AM
2 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­ist­ing Ab­surd Technologies

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

A sim­ple coun­terex­am­ple to deBlanc 2007?

PhilGoetzMay 30, 2011, 5:09 AM
6 points
41 comments3 min readLW link

Austin, TX LW Meetup, 6/​4 1:30PM

VaniverMay 30, 2011, 4:57 AM
2 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

A puz­zle on the ASVAB

Hul-GilMay 30, 2011, 4:01 AM
6 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Raw sili­con ore of perfect emptiness

PavitraMay 30, 2011, 12:54 AM
6 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

When not to know?

KatjaGraceMay 30, 2011, 12:38 AM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Na­ture: Red, in Truth and Qualia

orthonormalMay 29, 2011, 11:50 PM
62 points
64 comments6 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Pri­ors as Math­e­mat­i­cal Objects

Tyrrell_McAllisterMay 29, 2011, 3:36 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Over­com­ing suffer­ing: Emo­tional acceptance

Kaj_SotalaMay 29, 2011, 10:57 AM
60 points
44 comments6 min readLW link

Train­ing for math olympiads

D_MalikMay 29, 2011, 9:34 AM
11 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Ad­vice re­quest: Buy­ing a car

MaelinMay 29, 2011, 7:33 AM
1 point
22 comments1 min readLW link

Calcu­lus text­book recom­men­da­tion?

TesseractMay 29, 2011, 6:20 AM
7 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

A dis­cus­sion of an ap­plic­ta­tion of Bayes’ the­o­rem to ev­ery­day life

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

“Thank you for up­dat­ing”

rysadeMay 28, 2011, 11:41 PM
9 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Se­quence trans­la­tions: Seek­ing feed­back/​collaboration

komponistoMay 28, 2011, 10:24 PM
17 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Marginally Zero-Sum Efforts

badgerMay 28, 2011, 4:07 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity case study: How to eval­u­ate untested med­i­cal pro­ce­dures?

jimrandomhMay 28, 2011, 11:17 AM
11 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

What can you teach us?

EmileMay 28, 2011, 9:57 AM
15 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Skepticalcon

zntneoMay 28, 2011, 7:22 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Episte­mol­ogy and the Psy­chol­ogy of Hu­man Judgment

badgerMay 28, 2011, 5:15 AM
44 points
9 comments11 min readLW link

Ot­tawa LW meetup, June 2, 7pm; two Bayesian Con­spir­acy sessions

CyanMay 28, 2011, 3:22 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Up­com­ing meet-ups: Ban­ga­lore, Min­neapo­lis, Ed­in­burgh, Melbourne, Hous­ton, Dublin

FrankAdamekMay 28, 2011, 1:52 AM
9 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Teach­able Ra­tion­al­ity Skills

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 27, 2011, 9:57 PM
74 points
263 comments1 min readLW link

A Study of Scar­let: The Con­scious Men­tal Graph

orthonormalMay 27, 2011, 8:13 PM
44 points
9 comments6 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Fu­tur­is­tic Pre­dic­tions as Con­sum­able Goods

badgerMay 27, 2011, 3:57 PM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

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[deleted]May 27, 2011, 3:55 PM
6 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

A less wrong way to dis­cuss the arts?

[deleted]May 27, 2011, 3:52 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Ad­vice re­quest: Homeownership

AdeleneDawnerMay 27, 2011, 11:44 AM
10 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Re­quest­ing advice

CarinthiumMay 27, 2011, 10:12 AM
4 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Quote help

GoobahmanMay 27, 2011, 1:53 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

The 48 Rules of Power; Vi­able?

Raw_PowerMay 27, 2011, 1:36 AM
10 points
52 comments1 min readLW link

Mea­sur­ing aver­sion and habit strength

AcademianMay 27, 2011, 1:05 AM
111 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

les­san­noy­ing.org

BongoMay 26, 2011, 8:40 PM
10 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

les­san­noy­ing.org

BongoMay 26, 2011, 8:39 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Bias in cap­i­tal pro­ject de­ci­sion making

jsalvatierMay 26, 2011, 6:06 PM
56 points
23 comments4 min readLW link

See­ing Red: Dis­solv­ing Mary’s Room and Qualia

orthonormalMay 26, 2011, 5:47 PM
54 points
160 comments6 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] In­duc­tive Bias

badgerMay 26, 2011, 1:20 PM
9 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Free­dom From Choice: Should we sur­ren­der our free­dom to an ex­ter­nal agent? How much?

Raw_PowerMay 26, 2011, 12:11 PM
−2 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

Ed­in­burgh LW meetup, Satur­day May 28, 2pm

sarkMay 26, 2011, 11:11 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The cost of uni­ver­sal cryonics

The Dao of BayesMay 26, 2011, 2:33 AM
52 points
42 comments5 min readLW link

Test article

The Dao of BayesMay 26, 2011, 2:29 AM
2 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

NC Tri­an­gle LW meetup: Wed June 1, 7:00PM

muttercMay 26, 2011, 1:09 AM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Dominus’ Razor

badgerMay 26, 2011, 1:05 AM
61 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Tor­ture Si­mu­lated with Flipbooks

AmanojackMay 26, 2011, 1:00 AM
9 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

Hous­ton Hack­erspace Meetup: Sun­day May 29, 5:00PM

CogMay 26, 2011, 12:08 AM
2 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

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