[Link] Con­test­ing the “Na­ture” Of Con­for­mity: What Mil­gram and Zim­bardo’s Stud­ies Really Show

[deleted]Dec 2, 2012, 11:45 PM
16 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

What sci­ence needs

PhilGoetzDec 2, 2012, 10:31 PM
58 points
84 comments7 min readLW link

LessWrong IQ Survey

BlackenedDec 2, 2012, 9:53 PM
−2 points
59 comments1 min readLW link

What are you work­ing on? De­cem­ber 2012

jsalvatierDec 2, 2012, 6:49 PM
11 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

Athe­ists who be­lieve that God exists

ChristianKlDec 2, 2012, 6:21 PM
−1 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Ide­ol­ogy, Mo­ti­vated Rea­son­ing, and Cog­ni­tive Reflec­tion: An Ex­per­i­men­tal Study

[deleted]Dec 2, 2012, 2:43 PM
24 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S.

[deleted]Dec 2, 2012, 12:50 PM
43 points
44 comments2 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Dis­ap­point­ment in the Future

MinibearRexDec 2, 2012, 4:00 AM
4 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Work­ing out con­se­quences of sci­ence-fic­tional ideas

DataPacRatDec 1, 2012, 8:47 PM
−9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Look­ing for a likely cause of a men­tal phenomenon

ValentineDec 1, 2012, 7:43 PM
15 points
34 comments4 min readLW link

De­cem­ber 2012 Me­dia Thread

RobertLumleyDec 1, 2012, 6:53 PM
6 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

[link] In­ter­view with An­ders Sand­berg on how to make a differ­ence through re­search and how to choose a re­search topic

PabloDec 1, 2012, 6:25 PM
14 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Open Thread, De­cem­ber 1-15, 2012

OpenThreadGuyDec 1, 2012, 5:00 AM
6 points
178 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Stuck In Throat

MinibearRexDec 1, 2012, 12:12 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : First Pur­due Meetup

CuriouskidNov 30, 2012, 11:50 PM
2 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham HPMoR Dis­cus­sion, chap­ters 18-20

evandNov 30, 2012, 5:16 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Austin, Brus­sels, Mon­treal, Pitts­burgh, St. Louis

FrankAdamekNov 30, 2012, 5:06 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge, MA first-Sun­day meetup

jimrandomhNov 30, 2012, 4:34 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

New WBE implementation

LouieNov 30, 2012, 11:16 AM
27 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Sin­gle­tons Rule OK

MinibearRexNov 30, 2012, 6:57 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

One thou­sand tips do not make a system

[deleted]Nov 30, 2012, 5:38 AM
73 points
28 comments4 min readLW link

The substrate

NancyLebovitzNov 30, 2012, 5:38 AM
9 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Akra­sia hack survey

John_MaxwellNov 30, 2012, 1:09 AM
16 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Philos­o­phy Needs to Trust Your Ra­tion­al­ity Even Though It Shouldn’t

lukeprogNov 29, 2012, 9:00 PM
42 points
169 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : Seat­tle Meetup: Bayes The­o­rem Tutorial

jsalvatierNov 29, 2012, 7:31 AM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

In­tu­itions Aren’t Shared That Way

lukeprogNov 29, 2012, 6:19 AM
54 points
237 comments4 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] To­tal Tech Wars

MinibearRexNov 29, 2012, 5:16 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Causal Universes

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 29, 2012, 4:08 AM
134 points
395 comments11 min readLW link

Group ra­tio­nal­ity di­ary, 11/​28/​12

cataNov 28, 2012, 9:08 AM
5 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Dreams of Autarky

MinibearRexNov 28, 2012, 6:39 AM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham NC meetup: Ra­tion­al­ity Checklist

therufsNov 28, 2012, 6:27 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] “Mo­ral Machines” ar­ti­cle in the New Yorker links to SI paper

AntisujiNov 28, 2012, 1:38 AM
24 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on de­sign­ing poli­cies for oneself

John_MaxwellNov 28, 2012, 1:27 AM
113 points
63 comments7 min readLW link

Should cor­re­la­tion co­effi­cients be ex­pressed as an­gles?

SniffnoyNov 28, 2012, 12:05 AM
101 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : 02/​12 Lon­don Meetup

philhNov 27, 2012, 11:45 PM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

What is your true de­ci­sion met­ric? A look at medici­nal chemists

brileeNov 27, 2012, 7:43 PM
5 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

A defi­ni­tion of wireheading

AnjaNov 27, 2012, 7:31 PM
52 points
80 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Mon­treal Meetup—Bi­ases and Bi­ased Boardgaming

Paul_GNov 27, 2012, 6:06 PM
4 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Hold­ing your own LW Solstice

RaemonNov 27, 2012, 4:03 PM
6 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] To­tal Nano Domination

MinibearRexNov 27, 2012, 4:54 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[META] Retribu­tive down­vot­ing: Why?

ialdabaothNov 27, 2012, 2:24 AM
15 points
111 comments1 min readLW link

Cen­tre for the Study of Ex­is­ten­tial Risk (CSER) at Cam­bridge makes head­lines.

betterthanwellNov 26, 2012, 8:56 PM
29 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Weekly meetup, Cham­paign IL: Cafe Paradiso

asperaNov 26, 2012, 6:06 PM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow: Ap­plied Ra­tion­al­ity and Cog­ni­tive Biases

YuuNov 26, 2012, 12:34 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Berkeley meetup: Hermeneu­tics!

NisanNov 26, 2012, 5:40 AM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

What do you think of my read­ing list?

[deleted]Nov 26, 2012, 2:13 AM
6 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] En­gelbart: In­suffi­ciently Recursive

MinibearRexNov 26, 2012, 1:05 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Cre­dence cal­ibra­tion game FAQ

AcademianNov 26, 2012, 12:52 AM
24 points
57 comments1 min readLW link

How min­i­mal is our in­tel­li­gence?

Douglas_ReayNov 25, 2012, 11:34 PM
78 points
214 comments6 min readLW link

LW Women- Min­i­miz­ing the In­fer­en­tial Distance

daenerysNov 25, 2012, 11:33 PM
99 points
1,261 comments7 min readLW link