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The Blue-Minimizing Robot
Scott Alexander
Jul 4, 2011, 10:26 PM
330
points
160
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Google+
[deleted]
Jul 4, 2011, 9:20 PM
4
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Behaviorism: Beware Anthropomorphizing Humans
Scott Alexander
Jul 4, 2011, 8:40 PM
89
points
24
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Irvine Meetup Wednesday July 6
JGWeissman
Jul 4, 2011, 7:07 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Richard Dawkins on vivisection: “But can they suffer?”
XiXiDu
Jul 4, 2011, 4:56 PM
19
points
49
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[LINK] “The Limits of Intelligence”
Richard_Kennaway
Jul 4, 2011, 4:29 PM
3
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Personal Examples of using Bayes’ Theorem
Raemon
Jul 4, 2011, 3:56 PM
9
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne’s first Friday of the month meetup
matt
Jul 4, 2011, 7:43 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Recent site changes, Mon 4th July
matt
Jul 4, 2011, 7:25 AM
39
points
59
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hype Aversion/Backlash as an Immune Response?
lucidfox
Jul 4, 2011, 5:58 AM
10
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Are search engines perpetuating our biases?
TCB
Jul 4, 2011, 1:29 AM
23
points
17
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Triangle NC Meetup July 6th
curiousepic
Jul 4, 2011, 12:36 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What are LessWrong’s thoughts on Venkatesh Rao, Gregory Rader, and Daniel Lemire?
InquilineKea
Jul 3, 2011, 11:00 PM
3
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Virtue of Narrowness
Tyrrell_McAllister
Jul 3, 2011, 7:47 PM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Has SIAI/FHI considered putting up prizes for contributions to important problems?
jsalvatier
Jul 3, 2011, 5:26 PM
18
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hanson Debating Yudkowsky, Jun 2011
XiXiDu
Jul 3, 2011, 4:59 PM
21
points
78
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Gender and Libido
NancyLebovitz
Jul 3, 2011, 2:20 PM
16
points
59
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Consequences of increased ability to kill
DataPacRat
Jul 3, 2011, 6:52 AM
2
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes July 2011
Normal_Anomaly
Jul 3, 2011, 6:41 AM
5
points
148
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Volunteers needed to work on LessWrong’s public goods problem
jsalvatier
Jul 3, 2011, 1:08 AM
29
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is it cool if I post responses/thoughts as I read through the sequences?
MrHen
Jul 2, 2011, 11:31 PM
10
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Not for the Sake of Selfishness Alone
lukeprog
Jul 2, 2011, 5:37 PM
34
points
20
comments
8
min read
LW
link
“The True Rejection Challenge”—Thread 2
Armok_GoB
Jul 2, 2011, 11:49 AM
13
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
People neglect small probability events
XiXiDu
Jul 2, 2011, 10:54 AM
17
points
67
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Khan Academy: Introduction to programming and computer science
XiXiDu
Jul 2, 2011, 9:44 AM
15
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Proper Use of Doubt
Tyrrell_McAllister
Jul 1, 2011, 11:54 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Charlie Stross: Federov’s Rapture
jfm
Jul 1, 2011, 5:18 PM
4
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reasons for being rational
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Jul 1, 2011, 3:28 PM
87
points
179
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meta: “Less Wrong” connotations?
Will_Newsome
Jul 1, 2011, 6:57 AM
9
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Those who can’t admit they’re wrong
Zed
Jul 1, 2011, 5:09 AM
14
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Introducing… The Less Wrong Forum!
Normal_Anomaly
Jul 1, 2011, 1:46 AM
3
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Algorithm detects multiple authors in of the Old Testament [link]
Dr_Manhattan
Jun 30, 2011, 7:16 PM
−1
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I’m becoming intolerant. Help.
loup-vaillant
Jun 30, 2011, 3:30 PM
34
points
85
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Edinburgh Tiny Meetup Reminder
sark
Jun 30, 2011, 10:58 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Index of Yvain’s (Excellent) Articles
lukeprog
Jun 30, 2011, 9:57 AM
36
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Focus Your Uncertainty
Tyrrell_McAllister
Jun 30, 2011, 5:21 AM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Please vote—What topic would be best for an investigation and brief post?
Nic_Smith
Jun 30, 2011, 4:50 AM
5
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Making an Amanda Knox prediction market
Kevin
Jun 30, 2011, 12:53 AM
6
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Born rule or universal prior?
cousin_it
Jun 29, 2011, 11:27 PM
17
points
38
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LW Bipolar Support Group?
bipolar
Jun 29, 2011, 10:06 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
So what are our Mid-Term goals?
Fergus_Mackinnon
Jun 29, 2011, 8:44 PM
12
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Cambridge Massachusetts meetup
jimrandomh
Jun 29, 2011, 4:57 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : DC Special Meetup
atucker
Jun 29, 2011, 11:57 AM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
London meetup, Sunday 2011-07-03 14:00, near Holborn
taryneast
Jun 29, 2011, 9:20 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is it possible to prevent the torture of ems?
NancyLebovitz
Jun 29, 2011, 7:42 AM
14
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Two-monthly London Meetup
Alexandros
Jun 29, 2011, 7:16 AM
3
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The scope of “free will” within biology?
Jay_Schweikert
29 Jun 2011 6:34 UTC
21
points
30
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Importance of Saying “Oops”
Tyrrell_McAllister
29 Jun 2011 5:25 UTC
10
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly Marin, CA meetup
Nevin
29 Jun 2011 2:24 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Born probabilities vs. the universal prior
cousin_it
28 Jun 2011 23:49 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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