Heaven+Earth+Joe Davis Documentary

EvelynMSep 11, 2011, 11:08 PM
−5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Seek­ing ra­tio­nal­ity-re­lated blogs

nerfhammerSep 11, 2011, 7:45 PM
6 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

[Help]: So­cial cost of cry­on­ics?

[deleted]Sep 11, 2011, 7:26 PM
14 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

First Ger­man Meeting

[deleted]Sep 11, 2011, 5:13 PM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong and Ra­tion­al­ity ebooks via Amazon

anonymSep 11, 2011, 4:08 PM
30 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Link] 20 2020 Pen­nies (a we­b­comic chap­ter about many wor­lds and de­ci­sion the­ory… sort of)

ArisKatsarisSep 11, 2011, 3:35 PM
8 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist sites worth archiv­ing?

gwernSep 11, 2011, 3:24 PM
42 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

‘The Bat­tle for Com­pas­sion’: ethics in a world of ac­cel­er­at­ing change

lukeprogSep 11, 2011, 12:54 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Helsinki Meetup

KellopyySep 11, 2011, 11:35 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Em­bod­ied cog­ni­tion summary

lukeprogSep 11, 2011, 9:20 AM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

‘Map­ping Bi­ases to the Com­po­nents of Ra­tion­al­is­tic and Nat­u­ral­is­tic De­ci­sion Mak­ing’

lukeprogSep 11, 2011, 8:42 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

‘Paley’s iPod: The cog­ni­tive ba­sis of the de­sign ar­gu­ment within nat­u­ral the­ol­ogy’

lukeprogSep 11, 2011, 4:35 AM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Bot­tom Line

MinibearRexSep 11, 2011, 3:25 AM
5 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

My fa­vorite pop­u­lar sci­en­tific self-help books

lukeprogSep 10, 2011, 9:53 PM
17 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Athe­isim Red­dit Rage Comic

MatthewBakerSep 10, 2011, 9:42 PM
−14 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Free On­line Stan­ford Courses: AI and Ma­chine Learning

Alex_AltairSep 10, 2011, 8:58 PM
8 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Lan­guage, Color Per­cep­tion, and Men­tal Maps

jsbennett86Sep 10, 2011, 5:48 PM
10 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Dub­step and al­gorith­mic in­for­ma­tion theory

Will_NewsomeSep 10, 2011, 2:32 PM
−4 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Word Pronunciation

Oscar_CunninghamSep 10, 2011, 2:25 PM
7 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Old OB re­post: Share like­li­hood ra­tios, not pos­te­rior beliefs

Will_NewsomeSep 10, 2011, 12:56 PM
16 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Prob­a­bly-in­com­pre­hen­si­ble de­ci­sion the­ory ex­po­si­tion and speculation

Will_NewsomeSep 10, 2011, 9:16 AM
−13 points
58 comments4 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] How to Con­vince Me That 2 + 2 = 3

MinibearRexSep 10, 2011, 3:13 AM
7 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Ot­tawa, West LA, Orange County, Wash­ing­ton DC, Melbourne, Shanghai

FrankAdamekSep 10, 2011, 2:46 AM
7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tional Communication

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Sep 10, 2011, 2:30 AM
37 points
38 comments4 min readLW link

Statis­ti­cal er­ror in half of neu­ro­science papers

Paul CrowleySep 9, 2011, 11:07 PM
31 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Tool ideology

PhilGoetzSep 9, 2011, 10:37 PM
36 points
66 comments2 min readLW link

Liv­ing For­ever is Hard, part 2: Adult Longevity

gwernSep 9, 2011, 6:52 PM
20 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Op­ti­mal User-End In­ter­net Se­cu­rity (Or, Ra­tional In­ter­net Brows­ing)

Arkanj3lSep 9, 2011, 6:23 PM
2 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

What are good tech­niques and re­sources for teach­ing bayes the­o­rem hands on?

jsalvatierSep 9, 2011, 3:51 PM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Oc­cam’s Razor

MinibearRexSep 9, 2011, 2:38 PM
9 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

JSTOR gives pub­lic ac­cess to pre-1870 publications

sattSep 9, 2011, 2:19 PM
15 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 9

Oscar_CunninghamSep 9, 2011, 1:29 PM
14 points
725 comments1 min readLW link

Part­ners in schol­ar­ship—Search and Find

TrESep 9, 2011, 12:50 PM
6 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Schol­ar­ship Booster: My fa­vorite journals

lukeprogSep 9, 2011, 9:41 AM
14 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

An at­tempt to ‘ex­plain away’ virtue ethics

lukeprogSep 9, 2011, 8:49 AM
7 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

“Friends do not let friends com­pute p val­ues.”

lukeprogSep 9, 2011, 7:10 AM
15 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Hu­man con­scious­ness as a tractable sci­en­tific problem

lukeprogSep 9, 2011, 6:39 AM
17 points
103 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Seat­tle Biweekly Meetup: Oc­cam’s Ra­zor, Rep­e­ti­tion and Time’s Up

jsalvatierSep 9, 2011, 4:46 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Story] Rejection

atuckerSep 9, 2011, 4:39 AM
28 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Op­ti­mal User-End In­ter­net Se­cu­rity (Or, Ra­tional In­ter­net Brows­ing)

Arkanj3lSep 9, 2011, 1:04 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Van­cou­ver Ra­tion­al­ists: LAN Party + Board Games + Dis­cus­sion at Waves Cafe: Septem­ber 10th 3:00 to 5:00PM

Arkanj3lSep 8, 2011, 10:39 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] New arm of GiveWell Re­search: GiveWell Labs

multifoliateroseSep 8, 2011, 9:23 PM
21 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

New arm of GiveWell Re­search: GiveWell Labs [Link]

multifoliateroseSep 8, 2011, 9:23 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pres­sure to pub­lish in­creases sci­en­tists’ vuln­er­a­bil­ity to pos­i­tive bias

lukeprogSep 8, 2011, 8:49 PM
14 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Fort Col­lins, Colorado Meetup

EvelynMSep 8, 2011, 8:28 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Ques­tion] Do you know a good game or demo for demon­strat­ing sunk costs?

AnnaSalamonSep 8, 2011, 8:07 PM
11 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Boot [Mini]Camp… night class style?

jwhendySep 8, 2011, 4:35 PM
15 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Rough calcu­la­tions: Fermi and the art of guessing

XiXiDuSep 8, 2011, 10:39 AM
15 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

Video: You Are Not So Smart

XiXiDuSep 8, 2011, 9:43 AM
16 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Ein­stein’s Arrogance

MinibearRexSep 8, 2011, 2:34 AM
10 points
15 comments1 min readLW link