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Heaven+Earth+Joe Davis Documentary
EvelynM
Sep 11, 2011, 11:08 PM
−5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Seeking rationality-related blogs
nerfhammer
Sep 11, 2011, 7:45 PM
6
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Help]: Social cost of cryonics?
[deleted]
Sep 11, 2011, 7:26 PM
14
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
First German Meeting
[deleted]
Sep 11, 2011, 5:13 PM
10
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LessWrong and Rationality ebooks via Amazon
anonym
Sep 11, 2011, 4:08 PM
30
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] 20 2020 Pennies (a webcomic chapter about many worlds and decision theory… sort of)
ArisKatsaris
Sep 11, 2011, 3:35 PM
8
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rationalist sites worth archiving?
gwern
Sep 11, 2011, 3:24 PM
42
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
‘The Battle for Compassion’: ethics in a world of accelerating change
lukeprog
Sep 11, 2011, 12:54 PM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Helsinki Meetup
Kellopyy
Sep 11, 2011, 11:35 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Embodied cognition summary
lukeprog
Sep 11, 2011, 9:20 AM
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
‘Mapping Biases to the Components of Rationalistic and Naturalistic Decision Making’
lukeprog
Sep 11, 2011, 8:42 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
‘Paley’s iPod: The cognitive basis of the design argument within natural theology’
lukeprog
Sep 11, 2011, 4:35 AM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Bottom Line
MinibearRex
Sep 11, 2011, 3:25 AM
5
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My favorite popular scientific self-help books
lukeprog
Sep 10, 2011, 9:53 PM
17
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Atheisim Reddit Rage Comic
MatthewBaker
Sep 10, 2011, 9:42 PM
−14
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Free Online Stanford Courses: AI and Machine Learning
Alex_Altair
Sep 10, 2011, 8:58 PM
8
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Language, Color Perception, and Mental Maps
jsbennett86
Sep 10, 2011, 5:48 PM
10
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Dubstep and algorithmic information theory
Will_Newsome
Sep 10, 2011, 2:32 PM
−4
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Word Pronunciation
Oscar_Cunningham
Sep 10, 2011, 2:25 PM
7
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Old OB repost: Share likelihood ratios, not posterior beliefs
Will_Newsome
Sep 10, 2011, 12:56 PM
16
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Probably-incomprehensible decision theory exposition and speculation
Will_Newsome
Sep 10, 2011, 9:16 AM
−13
points
58
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] How to Convince Me That 2 + 2 = 3
MinibearRex
Sep 10, 2011, 3:13 AM
7
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Ottawa, West LA, Orange County, Washington DC, Melbourne, Shanghai
FrankAdamek
Sep 10, 2011, 2:46 AM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rational Communication
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Sep 10, 2011, 2:30 AM
37
points
38
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Statistical error in half of neuroscience papers
Paul Crowley
Sep 9, 2011, 11:07 PM
31
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tool ideology
PhilGoetz
Sep 9, 2011, 10:37 PM
36
points
66
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Living Forever is Hard, part 2: Adult Longevity
gwern
Sep 9, 2011, 6:52 PM
20
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Optimal User-End Internet Security (Or, Rational Internet Browsing)
Arkanj3l
Sep 9, 2011, 6:23 PM
2
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What are good techniques and resources for teaching bayes theorem hands on?
jsalvatier
Sep 9, 2011, 3:51 PM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Occam’s Razor
MinibearRex
Sep 9, 2011, 2:38 PM
9
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
JSTOR gives public access to pre-1870 publications
satt
Sep 9, 2011, 2:19 PM
15
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 9
Oscar_Cunningham
Sep 9, 2011, 1:29 PM
14
points
725
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Partners in scholarship—Search and Find
TrE
Sep 9, 2011, 12:50 PM
6
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Scholarship Booster: My favorite journals
lukeprog
Sep 9, 2011, 9:41 AM
14
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An attempt to ‘explain away’ virtue ethics
lukeprog
Sep 9, 2011, 8:49 AM
7
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Friends do not let friends compute p values.”
lukeprog
Sep 9, 2011, 7:10 AM
15
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Human consciousness as a tractable scientific problem
lukeprog
Sep 9, 2011, 6:39 AM
17
points
103
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Seattle Biweekly Meetup: Occam’s Razor, Repetition and Time’s Up
jsalvatier
Sep 9, 2011, 4:46 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Story] Rejection
atucker
Sep 9, 2011, 4:39 AM
28
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Optimal User-End Internet Security (Or, Rational Internet Browsing)
Arkanj3l
Sep 9, 2011, 1:04 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Vancouver Rationalists: LAN Party + Board Games + Discussion at Waves Cafe: September 10th 3:00 to 5:00PM
Arkanj3l
Sep 8, 2011, 10:39 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] New arm of GiveWell Research: GiveWell Labs
multifoliaterose
Sep 8, 2011, 9:23 PM
21
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New arm of GiveWell Research: GiveWell Labs [Link]
multifoliaterose
Sep 8, 2011, 9:23 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Pressure to publish increases scientists’ vulnerability to positive bias
lukeprog
Sep 8, 2011, 8:49 PM
14
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Fort Collins, Colorado Meetup
EvelynM
Sep 8, 2011, 8:28 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question] Do you know a good game or demo for demonstrating sunk costs?
AnnaSalamon
Sep 8, 2011, 8:07 PM
11
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Boot [Mini]Camp… night class style?
jwhendy
Sep 8, 2011, 4:35 PM
15
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rough calculations: Fermi and the art of guessing
XiXiDu
Sep 8, 2011, 10:39 AM
15
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Video: You Are Not So Smart
XiXiDu
Sep 8, 2011, 9:43 AM
16
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Einstein’s Arrogance
MinibearRex
Sep 8, 2011, 2:34 AM
10
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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