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Signalling fallacies: Implication vs. Inference
hankx7787
Nov 14, 2012, 9:15 PM
−12
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Cincinnati/Columbus: Memorisation exercise (NB, time changed)
RolfAndreassen
Nov 14, 2012, 8:38 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Durham HPMoR Discussion, chapters 15-17
evand
Nov 14, 2012, 5:52 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Steven Landsburg “Accounting for Numbers”—response to EY’s “Logical Pinpointing”
David_Gerard
Nov 14, 2012, 12:55 PM
15
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Instrumental rationality for overcoming disability and lifestyle failure (a specific case)
CAE_Jones
Nov 14, 2012, 8:46 AM
13
points
25
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Brain Emulation and Hard Takeoff
MinibearRex
Nov 14, 2012, 6:47 AM
4
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Universal agents and utility functions
Anja
Nov 14, 2012, 4:05 AM
43
points
38
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Link] “An OKCupid Profile of a Rationalist”
Athrelon
Nov 14, 2012, 1:48 AM
−39
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Chicago Organizational Meeting and Open Discussion
Nic_Smith
Nov 14, 2012, 1:45 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Berkeley meetup: Deliberate performance
Nisan
Nov 13, 2012, 11:58 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How can I reduce existential risk from AI?
lukeprog
Nov 13, 2012, 9:56 PM
63
points
92
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Group rationality diary, 11/13/12
cata
Nov 13, 2012, 6:39 PM
4
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
CFAR and SI MOOCs: a Great Opportunity
Wrongnesslessness
Nov 13, 2012, 10:30 AM
19
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Emulations Go Foom
MinibearRex
Nov 13, 2012, 5:44 AM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Short introductory materials for a rationality meetup
Dolores1984
Nov 13, 2012, 5:10 AM
4
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Simulationist sympathetic magic
DataPacRat
Nov 13, 2012, 3:45 AM
21
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Coursera course on critical thinking
daenerys
Nov 13, 2012, 2:13 AM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationalist subreddit
nerfhammer
Nov 13, 2012, 1:17 AM
4
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A hypothesis concerning discounting.
abramdemski
Nov 12, 2012, 9:51 PM
4
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Gap in understanding of Logical Pinpointing
Incorrect
Nov 12, 2012, 5:33 PM
11
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
SIA, conditional probability and Jaan Tallinn’s simulation tree
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 12, 2012, 5:24 PM
18
points
3
comments
7
min read
LW
link
SIA fears (expected) infinity
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 12, 2012, 5:23 PM
22
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Digging the Bull’s Horn
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Nov 12, 2012, 4:03 PM
−10
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Life’s Story Continues
MinibearRex
Nov 12, 2012, 3:08 AM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
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
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