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Meetup : Pittsburgh: Value of Information
KatjaGrace
Nov 11, 2012, 9:09 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Questions from potential donors to Giving What We Can, 80,000 Hours and EAA
Giles
Nov 11, 2012, 6:54 PM
17
points
22
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Paderborn Meetup, November 22th
Just_existing
Nov 11, 2012, 10:43 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Observing Optimization
MinibearRex
Nov 11, 2012, 6:50 AM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Struck with a belief in Alien presence
[deleted]
Nov 11, 2012, 1:20 AM
−13
points
113
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Detecting Web baloney with your nose?
uzalud
Nov 10, 2012, 3:50 PM
−4
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cryonics as Charity
jefftk
Nov 10, 2012, 2:21 PM
6
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
NKCDT: The Big Bang Theory
[deleted]
Nov 10, 2012, 1:15 PM
−18
points
207
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Eliezer’s Meta-Level Determinism
MinibearRex
Nov 10, 2012, 6:01 AM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Optimization and the Singularity
MinibearRex
Nov 10, 2012, 5:50 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How many of you doing Khan Academy?
hackerkiba
Nov 10, 2012, 5:39 AM
5
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
If MWI is correct, should we expect to experience Quantum Torment?
Furcas
Nov 10, 2012, 4:32 AM
5
points
74
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bug: The “Load all comments” link doesn’t work
Eugine_Nier
Nov 10, 2012, 3:23 AM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Toronto THINK
Giles
Nov 10, 2012, 12:24 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : (Seattle) Conscientiousness
jsalvatier
Nov 9, 2012, 10:10 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Austin, Berlin, Cambridge UK, Champaign IL, Durham NC (2), Washington DC
FrankAdamek
Nov 9, 2012, 4:12 PM
2
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] AI Go Foom
MinibearRex
Nov 9, 2012, 5:37 AM
6
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
XKCD—Frequentist vs. Bayesians
brilee
Nov 9, 2012, 5:25 AM
24
points
91
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Berlin Meetup
blob
Nov 9, 2012, 4:59 AM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
On counting and addition
Anatoly_Vorobey
Nov 9, 2012, 3:26 AM
47
points
23
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Rio de Janeiro Meetup
roland
Nov 9, 2012, 12:24 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Nov 16-18: Rationality for Entrepreneurs
AnnaSalamon
Nov 8, 2012, 6:15 PM
44
points
58
comments
6
min read
LW
link
FAI, FIA, and singularity politics
Mitchell_Porter
Nov 8, 2012, 5:11 PM
17
points
11
comments
6
min read
LW
link
SI is coming to Oxford, looking for hosts, trying to keep costs down
Malo
Nov 8, 2012, 3:40 PM
8
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Whence Your Abstractions?
MinibearRex
Nov 8, 2012, 3:28 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Was Intrade being manipulated?
DanielVarga
Nov 8, 2012, 8:30 AM
9
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
PROPOSAL: LessWrong for Teenagers
[deleted]
Nov 8, 2012, 6:09 AM
31
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Checklist of Rationality Habits
AnnaSalamon
Nov 7, 2012, 9:19 PM
212
points
189
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Meetup :St.Louis MO: Psycology of memorization, Thiel Fellow James Koppel, and games
beoShaffer
Nov 7, 2012, 7:26 PM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Meetup, Champaign IL,
aspera
Nov 7, 2012, 5:38 PM
2
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI risk-related improvements to the LW wiki
Kaj_Sotala
Nov 7, 2012, 9:24 AM
59
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Abstraction, Not Analogy
MinibearRex
Nov 7, 2012, 8:03 AM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Think Twice: A Response to Kevin Kelly on ‘Thinkism’
MichaelAnissimov
Nov 7, 2012, 6:07 AM
10
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes November 2012
[deleted]
Nov 6, 2012, 10:38 PM
10
points
902
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] TEDx “When creative machines overtake man”
Kawoomba
Nov 6, 2012, 6:03 PM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Gauging interest for a Rio de Janeiro meetup group.
roland
Nov 6, 2012, 11:33 AM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow: Applied Rationality and Cognitive Biases
Yuu
Nov 6, 2012, 7:51 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA Meetup—Fun Theory
[deleted]
Nov 6, 2012, 5:28 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] A Few Background Posts by Robin Hanson
MinibearRex
Nov 6, 2012, 5:10 AM
6
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington DC Show and tell meetup: Economics II
rocurley
Nov 6, 2012, 1:28 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Please don’t vote because democracy is a local optimum
[deleted]
Nov 5, 2012, 8:09 PM
−19
points
210
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Yes, Voting is Rational, So Please Go Vote!
Peter Wildeford
Nov 5, 2012, 5:35 AM
−6
points
5
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Does My Vote Matter?
orthonormal
Nov 5, 2012, 1:23 AM
23
points
77
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Voting is like donating thousands of dollars to charity
Academian
Nov 5, 2012, 1:02 AM
41
points
206
comments
5
min read
LW
link
NYC Winter Megameetup, Event RSVPs
Raemon
Nov 4, 2012, 7:12 PM
7
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A place for casual, non-karmic discussion for lesswrongers?
[deleted]
Nov 4, 2012, 6:50 PM
24
points
88
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Q&A with John E. Laird and Kristinn R. Thorisson on risks from AI
David_Gerard
Nov 4, 2012, 3:09 PM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Q&A with Larry Wasserman on risks from AI
David_Gerard
Nov 4, 2012, 11:59 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
In Defense of Moral Investigation
MTGandP
Nov 4, 2012, 4:26 AM
−9
points
78
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Analyzing FF.net reviews of ‘Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality’
gwern
Nov 3, 2012, 11:47 PM
41
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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