[Link] Nick Bostrom on the Si­mu­la­tion Argument

Jayson_VirissimoAug 14, 2011, 7:15 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The Dooms­day Ar­gu­ment and Self-Sam­pling As­sump­tion are wrong, but in­duc­tion is al­ive and well.

RonPisaturoAug 14, 2011, 6:15 PM
10 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Cry­on­ics is Quan­tum Suicide (minus the suicide)

KPierAug 14, 2011, 6:08 PM
4 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

How good an em­u­la­tion is re­quired?

whpearsonAug 14, 2011, 1:15 PM
13 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Take heed, for it is a trap

ZedAug 14, 2011, 10:23 AM
54 points
189 comments6 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Mak­ing His­tory Available

MinibearRexAug 14, 2011, 3:24 AM
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Magic Tricks Re­vealed: Test Your Rationality

Peter WildefordAug 13, 2011, 5:23 AM
42 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

Does quan­tum me­chan­ics make simu­la­tions neg­ligible?

homunqAug 13, 2011, 1:53 AM
0 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

A Prob­lem with Ab­bre­vi­a­tions and Acronyms

billswiftAug 12, 2011, 8:41 PM
7 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

An­throp­ics Does Not Work LIke That

PavitraAug 12, 2011, 6:52 PM
−3 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

“Meetup” pro­posal: Google+

[deleted]Aug 12, 2011, 5:32 PM
28 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Over­com­ing bias in others

homunqAug 12, 2011, 3:38 PM
11 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Mu­nich Meetup, Satur­day Septem­ber 10th, 2PM

David AlthausAug 12, 2011, 2:04 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Easy money: Find me a new job, get $1000

Andrew_TaskifyAug 12, 2011, 1:03 PM
8 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Where to re­port bugs on the new site?

SniffnoyAug 12, 2011, 8:32 AM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Less Wrong Helsinki meetup

KellopyyAug 11, 2011, 4:25 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

An EPub of Eliezer’s blog posts

Paul CrowleyAug 11, 2011, 2:20 PM
59 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

Re­cent pop­u­lar books on hu­man ir­ra­tional­ity to recom­mend to your friends

lukeprogAug 11, 2011, 6:00 AM
17 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Why epi­demiol­ogy will not cor­rect itself

gwernAug 11, 2011, 12:54 AM
70 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Strate­gic ig­no­rance and plau­si­ble deniability

Kaj_SotalaAug 10, 2011, 9:30 AM
62 points
59 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : Hous­ton Hack­erspace Meetup

CogAug 10, 2011, 6:18 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Madison

fiddlemathAug 10, 2011, 4:01 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Fic­tion: Let­ter from the End

AlexMennenAug 9, 2011, 11:04 PM
32 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

The­ory of Knowl­edge (ra­tio­nal­ity out­reach)

KPierAug 9, 2011, 9:36 PM
86 points
82 comments2 min readLW link

The New York Times: The Math­e­mat­ics of Chang­ing Your Mind

IncorrectAug 9, 2011, 8:27 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Diego so­cial meet-up

MercurialAug 9, 2011, 7:39 PM
5 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Level­ing IRL—level 1

cousin_itAug 9, 2011, 5:12 PM
28 points
93 comments2 min readLW link

Judg­ing the in­tent of oth­ers favorably

lessdazedAug 9, 2011, 5:10 PM
5 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ot­tawa LessWrong Weekly Meetup

XFrequentistAug 9, 2011, 3:38 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Topic Search Poll Re­sults and Short Reports

Nic_SmithAug 9, 2011, 6:28 AM
8 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Failing to Learn from History

UnnamedAug 9, 2011, 4:42 AM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

In­di­vi­d­ual De­ni­a­bil­ity, Statis­ti­cal Honesty

AlicornAug 9, 2011, 4:17 AM
62 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Real-life ob­ser­va­tions of the blue eyes puz­zle phe­nomenon?

HonoreDBAug 8, 2011, 5:10 PM
6 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Spaced rep­e­ti­tion re­view (my en­try)

gwernAug 8, 2011, 3:48 PM
28 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Web­site us­abil­ity] Scroll to new com­ments (v0.3)

dbauppAug 8, 2011, 2:08 PM
22 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

‘Com­plex Value Sys­tems are Re­quired to Real­ize Valuable Fu­tures’ (Yud­kowsky, 2011)

lukeprogAug 8, 2011, 11:32 AM
22 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Best Text­book List Expansion

magfrumpAug 8, 2011, 11:17 AM
9 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Part 1 On What is a Self Discussion

diegocaleiroAug 8, 2011, 9:55 AM
2 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Anki Library

atuckerAug 8, 2011, 5:00 AM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity and Relationships

lukeprogAug 8, 2011, 4:02 AM
19 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Orange County Athe­ist Meetup Wed­nes­day Au­gust 10

JGWeissmanAug 8, 2011, 3:09 AM
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ca­reer choice for a util­i­tar­ian giver

juliawiseAug 8, 2011, 2:10 AM
39 points
29 comments3 min readLW link

Towards a New De­ci­sion The­ory for Par­allel Agents

Ronny FernandezAug 7, 2011, 11:39 PM
4 points
15 comments6 min readLW link

In­tel­li­genceEx­plo­sion.com

lukeprogAug 7, 2011, 5:46 PM
17 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Paper draft: Rel­a­tive ad­van­tages of up­loads, ar­tifi­cial gen­eral in­tel­li­gences, and other digi­tal minds

Kaj_SotalaAug 7, 2011, 4:53 PM
16 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Hik­ing in Van­cou­ver, Canada

michaelkeenanAug 7, 2011, 9:59 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] My Wild and Reck­less Youth

MinibearRexAug 7, 2011, 5:58 AM
10 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

San Diego Meetup?

atuckerAug 7, 2011, 5:10 AM
4 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Count­ing up­votes/​downvotes

calcsamAug 7, 2011, 4:37 AM
18 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK} Bayes’ The­o­rem in New York Times

DorikkaAug 7, 2011, 3:55 AM
6 points
9 comments1 min readLW link