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Fiction: Letter from the End
AlexMennen
Aug 9, 2011, 11:04 PM
32
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Theory of Knowledge (rationality outreach)
KPier
Aug 9, 2011, 9:36 PM
86
points
82
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The New York Times: The Mathematics of Changing Your Mind
Incorrect
Aug 9, 2011, 8:27 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Diego social meet-up
Mercurial
Aug 9, 2011, 7:39 PM
5
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Leveling IRL—level 1
cousin_it
Aug 9, 2011, 5:12 PM
28
points
93
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Judging the intent of others favorably
lessdazed
Aug 9, 2011, 5:10 PM
5
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Ottawa LessWrong Weekly Meetup
XFrequentist
Aug 9, 2011, 3:38 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Topic Search Poll Results and Short Reports
Nic_Smith
Aug 9, 2011, 6:28 AM
8
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Failing to Learn from History
Unnamed
Aug 9, 2011, 4:42 AM
9
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Individual Deniability, Statistical Honesty
Alicorn
Aug 9, 2011, 4:17 AM
62
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Real-life observations of the blue eyes puzzle phenomenon?
HonoreDB
Aug 8, 2011, 5:10 PM
6
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Spaced repetition review (my entry)
gwern
Aug 8, 2011, 3:48 PM
28
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Website usability] Scroll to new comments (v0.3)
dbaupp
Aug 8, 2011, 2:08 PM
22
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
‘Complex Value Systems are Required to Realize Valuable Futures’ (Yudkowsky, 2011)
lukeprog
Aug 8, 2011, 11:32 AM
22
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Best Textbook List Expansion
magfrump
Aug 8, 2011, 11:17 AM
9
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Part 1 On What is a Self Discussion
diegocaleiro
Aug 8, 2011, 9:55 AM
2
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Anki Library
atucker
Aug 8, 2011, 5:00 AM
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality and Relationships
lukeprog
Aug 8, 2011, 4:02 AM
19
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Orange County Atheist Meetup Wednesday August 10
JGWeissman
Aug 8, 2011, 3:09 AM
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Career choice for a utilitarian giver
juliawise
Aug 8, 2011, 2:10 AM
39
points
29
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Towards a New Decision Theory for Parallel Agents
Ronny Fernandez
Aug 7, 2011, 11:39 PM
4
points
15
comments
6
min read
LW
link
IntelligenceExplosion.com
lukeprog
Aug 7, 2011, 5:46 PM
17
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Paper draft: Relative advantages of uploads, artificial general intelligences, and other digital minds
Kaj_Sotala
Aug 7, 2011, 4:53 PM
16
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Hiking in Vancouver, Canada
michaelkeenan
Aug 7, 2011, 9:59 AM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] My Wild and Reckless Youth
MinibearRex
Aug 7, 2011, 5:58 AM
10
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
San Diego Meetup?
atucker
Aug 7, 2011, 5:10 AM
4
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Counting upvotes/downvotes
calcsam
Aug 7, 2011, 4:37 AM
18
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK} Bayes’ Theorem in New York Times
Dorikka
Aug 7, 2011, 3:55 AM
6
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Exercises to do while alone
zntneo
Aug 7, 2011, 3:29 AM
6
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tip: Reading LW on the Kindle
anonym
Aug 6, 2011, 10:40 PM
19
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA Meetup 08-09-2011
[deleted]
Aug 6, 2011, 8:52 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Selecting optimal group projects and roles
calcsam
Aug 6, 2011, 5:50 PM
3
points
28
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why are certain trends so precisely exponential?
orthonormal
Aug 6, 2011, 5:38 PM
29
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Raise the Age Demographic
calcsam
Aug 6, 2011, 5:10 PM
6
points
75
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Am confused about part of the IC* algorithm in Pearl’s Causality.
Psy-Kosh
Aug 6, 2011, 4:16 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Attempt to explain Bayes without much maths, please review
David_Gerard
Aug 6, 2011, 9:24 AM
17
points
26
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Say Not “Complexity”
MinibearRex
Aug 6, 2011, 12:22 AM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Leveling IRL
cousin_it
Aug 5, 2011, 9:35 PM
45
points
126
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Akrasic Reasoning
MatthewBaker
Aug 5, 2011, 8:22 PM
−7
points
20
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Teenage Rationalists and Changing Your Mind
KPier
Aug 5, 2011, 6:19 PM
88
points
31
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Reverse priming effect from awareness of persuasion attempt?
Sniffnoy
Aug 5, 2011, 6:02 PM
9
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
I can’t see comments anymore—what was recently changed?
SilasBarta
Aug 5, 2011, 4:16 PM
14
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Unknown unknowns
Paul Crowley
Aug 5, 2011, 12:55 PM
19
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My Expected Value Approach to Newcomb’s Problem
Peter Wildeford
Aug 5, 2011, 7:24 AM
−3
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Expected Value Approach to Newcomb’s Problem
Peter Wildeford
Aug 5, 2011, 7:09 AM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Positive Bias: Look Into the Dark
MinibearRex
Aug 5, 2011, 3:04 AM
10
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Vancouver meetup
michaelkeenan
Aug 5, 2011, 2:40 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Consistently Inconsistent
Kaj_Sotala
Aug 4, 2011, 10:33 PM
81
points
25
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Summarizing the Sequences Proposal
MinibearRex
Aug 4, 2011, 9:15 PM
9
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
bridgeplan—a writeup on things one can actually do to increase lifespan
MartinB
Aug 4, 2011, 7:05 PM
0
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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