Gun Con­trol: How would we know?

rlpowellDec 20, 2012, 8:14 PM
17 points
169 comments2 min readLW link

Be­ware Selec­tive Nihilism

Wei DaiDec 20, 2012, 6:53 PM
63 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] ‘Some­thing feels wrong with the state of philos­o­phy to­day.’

alanogDec 20, 2012, 1:48 PM
13 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Stan­dard and Non­stan­dard Numbers

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 20, 2012, 3:23 AM
82 points
89 comments15 min readLW link

Over­sim­plifi­ca­tion when gen­er­al­iz­ing from DNA?

[deleted]Dec 19, 2012, 1:18 PM
0 points
35 comments2 min readLW link

The “Scary prob­lem of Qualia”

[deleted]Dec 19, 2012, 12:42 PM
1 point
34 comments2 min readLW link

Nar­ra­tive, self-image, and self-communication

AcademianDec 19, 2012, 9:42 AM
48 points
51 comments5 min readLW link

LessWrong Sur­vey Re­sults: Do Eth­i­cal The­o­ries Affect Be­hav­ior?

Peter WildefordDec 19, 2012, 8:40 AM
35 points
47 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, DC Meetup with Spe­cial Guest

maiaDec 19, 2012, 4:43 AM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Psychopathy

gwernDec 19, 2012, 4:02 AM
42 points
100 comments35 min readLW link

Meetup : Mont­pel­lier: Ten­ta­tive first meetup

RoxolanDec 18, 2012, 8:39 PM
4 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Bound­ing the im­pact of AGI

LouieDec 18, 2012, 7:47 PM
27 points
13 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham LW discussion

evandDec 18, 2012, 6:38 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

On­tolog­i­cal Cri­sis in Humans

Wei DaiDec 18, 2012, 5:32 PM
90 points
69 comments4 min readLW link

Ma­trix and In­spira­tional re­li­gious fiction

[deleted]Dec 18, 2012, 4:38 PM
−3 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Car­ing about what hap­pens af­ter you die

DataPacRatDec 18, 2012, 3:13 PM
16 points
52 comments1 min readLW link

That Thing That Happened

[deleted]Dec 18, 2012, 12:29 PM
33 points
85 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup—Dark Arts

APXASDec 18, 2012, 8:12 AM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] True Sources of Disagreement

MinibearRexDec 18, 2012, 4:16 AM
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

CFAR’s Inau­gu­ral Fundrais­ing Drive

Dr_ManhattanDec 18, 2012, 1:19 AM
18 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

More Cry­on­ics Prob­a­bil­ity Estimates

jefftkDec 17, 2012, 8:59 PM
30 points
89 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Berkeley: How Robot Cars Are Near

NisanDec 17, 2012, 7:46 PM
3 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Re­think­ing the way col­leges teach crit­i­cal thinking

DespardDec 17, 2012, 6:51 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Statis­ti­cal checks on some so­cial science

NancyLebovitzDec 17, 2012, 5:23 PM
30 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 17, chap­ter 86

AlsadiusDec 17, 2012, 7:19 AM
15 points
609 comments1 min readLW link

Wanted: Ra­tion­al­ist Push­back (link)

aronwallDec 17, 2012, 5:51 AM
−1 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Wrap­ping Up

MinibearRexDec 17, 2012, 4:33 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Par­alleliz­ing Ra­tion­al­ity: How Should Ra­tion­al­ists Think in Groups?

almkglorDec 17, 2012, 4:08 AM
21 points
23 comments11 min readLW link

A util­ity-max­i­miz­ing vari­ent of AIXI

AlexMennenDec 17, 2012, 3:48 AM
26 points
22 comments5 min readLW link

A util­ity-max­i­miz­ing vari­ent of AIXI

AlexMennenDec 17, 2012, 1:12 AM
2 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

a util­ity-max­i­miz­ing vari­ent of AIXI

AlexMennenDec 17, 2012, 12:58 AM
2 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Ask LW: ω-self-aware systems

robertzkDec 16, 2012, 10:18 PM
0 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : First Buf­falo Meetup

StonesOnCanvasDec 16, 2012, 7:55 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Con­sis­tence of re­ciproc­ity?

yttriumDec 16, 2012, 7:08 PM
0 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, De­cem­ber 16-31, 2012

OpenThreadGuyDec 16, 2012, 6:26 AM
7 points
160 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Ar­tifi­cial Mys­te­ri­ous Intelligence

MinibearRexDec 16, 2012, 5:35 AM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Link] New prize on causal­ity in statis­tics education

jsalvatierDec 15, 2012, 11:50 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : DC meetup Dec 16

[deleted]Dec 15, 2012, 5:18 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Brus­sels meetup

AxelDec 15, 2012, 5:04 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Shared AI Wins

MinibearRexDec 15, 2012, 7:24 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Austin; At­lanta; Cleve­land; Mon­treal; Sofia, Bul­garia; Toronto; Van­cou­ver; Wash­ing­ton DC

FrankAdamekDec 14, 2012, 3:49 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Is That Your True Re­jec­tion?

MinibearRexDec 14, 2012, 4:03 AM
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Bad news for uploading

PhilGoetzDec 13, 2012, 11:32 PM
19 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham HPMoR Dis­cus­sion, chap­ters 21-23

evandDec 13, 2012, 8:25 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Pader­born Meetup, De­cem­ber 19th

Just_existingDec 13, 2012, 8:10 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cleve­land Ohio Meetup

RaelifinDec 13, 2012, 7:52 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Why (an­thropic) prob­a­bil­ity isn’t enough

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 13, 2012, 4:09 PM
33 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Nega­tive karma is a bad design

sanxiynDec 13, 2012, 11:27 AM
−10 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Friendly Pro­jects vs. Products

MinibearRexDec 13, 2012, 9:00 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Noisy Reasoners

lukeprogDec 13, 2012, 7:53 AM
20 points
14 comments1 min readLW link