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Charity when time isn’t convertible to money?
DataPacRat
Jan 29, 2012, 7:38 PM
7
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cataloging my skills—good idea?
hamnox
Jan 29, 2012, 2:07 PM
9
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
There’s learned philosophers but not philosophical experts
JamesCole
Jan 29, 2012, 10:28 AM
6
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Personal research update
Mitchell_Porter
Jan 29, 2012, 9:32 AM
3
points
32
comments
14
min read
LW
link
The utility of information should almost never be negative
Solvent
Jan 29, 2012, 5:43 AM
9
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Faustian bargains and discounting
RolfAndreassen
Jan 29, 2012, 5:10 AM
20
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rational vs. real utilities in the cousin_it-Nesov model of UDT
Karl
Jan 29, 2012, 4:43 AM
13
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What are your benchmarks of rationality?
DataPacRat
Jan 29, 2012, 3:57 AM
2
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Efficient Charity: Cheap Utilons via bone marrow registration
atorm
Jan 29, 2012, 3:52 AM
24
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Toward “timeless” continuous-time causal models
[deleted]
Jan 28, 2012, 11:44 PM
22
points
23
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Self-Indication Assumption—Still Doomed
drnickbone
Jan 28, 2012, 11:09 PM
5
points
26
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Let’s fix the RSS feed so it doesn’t re-post articles every time their titles are edited (forgot the hyphen in “re-post”)
Postal_Scale
Jan 28, 2012, 10:17 PM
3
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Trust
NancyLebovitz
Jan 28, 2012, 8:50 PM
16
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[META] My Negative Results
RobertLumley
Jan 28, 2012, 8:44 PM
54
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Personality of (great/creative) Scientists: Open and Conscientious
gwern
Jan 28, 2012, 8:01 PM
45
points
12
comments
8
min read
LW
link
The Ellsberg paradox and money pumps
fool
Jan 28, 2012, 5:34 PM
17
points
72
comments
14
min read
LW
link
The Neglected Virtue of Curiosity
vallinder
Jan 28, 2012, 5:28 PM
32
points
31
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Atlanta
hankx7787
Jan 28, 2012, 3:51 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
HPMOR: What could’ve been done better?
Anubhav
Jan 28, 2012, 1:31 PM
15
points
111
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Substitution Principle
Kaj_Sotala
Jan 28, 2012, 4:20 AM
112
points
65
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Help! Name suggestions needed for Rationality-Inst!
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jan 28, 2012, 2:24 AM
28
points
299
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Deliberately trying to annoy simulators?
DataPacRat
Jan 27, 2012, 11:57 PM
5
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Evidence For Simulation
TruePath
Jan 27, 2012, 11:07 PM
20
points
25
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Interest in Reason Rally meetup?
daenerys
Jan 27, 2012, 10:15 PM
5
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Monday Madison Meetup
fiddlemath
Jan 27, 2012, 8:55 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Safe questions to ask an Oracle?
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 27, 2012, 6:33 PM
3
points
41
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[META] LW slow for other users?
RobertLumley
Jan 27, 2012, 3:42 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Melbourne, Austin, Salt Lake City, Wilmington OH, Fort Collins
FrankAdamek
Jan 27, 2012, 2:50 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Describe the ways you can hear/see/feel yourself think.
Dmytry
Jan 27, 2012, 2:32 PM
16
points
17
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Fiction: LW-inspired scenelet
DataPacRat
Jan 27, 2012, 6:43 AM
35
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
AI Box Log
Dorikka
Jan 27, 2012, 4:47 AM
24
points
30
comments
23
min read
LW
link
Informed consent bias in RCTs?
neq1
Jan 27, 2012, 2:31 AM
3
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What’s going on here?
RobertLumley
Jan 27, 2012, 1:38 AM
20
points
61
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mathematicians & mathletes: the Singularity Institute wants your strategic input!
lukeprog
Jan 26, 2012, 10:13 PM
12
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Learning enhancement using “transcranial direct current stimulation”
Alex_Altair
Jan 26, 2012, 4:18 PM
11
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Politics is the mind-killer” is the mind-killer
thomblake
Jan 26, 2012, 3:55 PM
58
points
99
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[post redacted]
Will_Newsome
Jan 26, 2012, 1:30 AM
−4
points
59
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Cambridge UK
rebellionkid
Jan 25, 2012, 11:47 PM
7
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Shit Rationalists Say?
Eneasz
Jan 25, 2012, 9:51 PM
55
points
119
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[META] Karma, its positive and negative component
Thomas
Jan 25, 2012, 9:31 PM
21
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I’ve had it with those dark rumours about our culture rigorously suppressing opinions
Multiheaded
Jan 25, 2012, 5:43 PM
50
points
868
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Occam alternatives
selylindi
Jan 25, 2012, 7:50 AM
30
points
51
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Pittsburgh Meetup: Big Gaming Fun 3!
Kenoubi
Jan 25, 2012, 4:05 AM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Urges vs. Goals: The analogy to anticipation and belief
AnnaSalamon
Jan 24, 2012, 11:57 PM
126
points
71
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Sunk Costs Fallacy Fallacy
[deleted]
Jan 24, 2012, 9:09 PM
38
points
28
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Drawing Workshop in NYC: Gauging Interest
Raemon
Jan 24, 2012, 8:49 PM
4
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Michael Nielsen explains Judea Pearl’s causality
gwern
Jan 24, 2012, 7:35 PM
30
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thinking Bayesianically, with Lojban
DataPacRat
Jan 24, 2012, 6:47 PM
13
points
66
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Raising awareness of existential risks—perhaps explaining at “personally stocking canned food” level?
Dmytry
Jan 24, 2012, 4:17 PM
19
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Sydney Rationality meet-up No.2
Oklord
Jan 24, 2012, 2:07 PM
1
point
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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