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[Link] Contesting the “Nature” Of Conformity: What Milgram and Zimbardo’s Studies Really Show
[deleted]
Dec 2, 2012, 11:45 PM
16
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What science needs
PhilGoetz
Dec 2, 2012, 10:31 PM
58
points
84
comments
7
min read
LW
link
LessWrong IQ Survey
Blackened
Dec 2, 2012, 9:53 PM
−2
points
59
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What are you working on? December 2012
jsalvatier
Dec 2, 2012, 6:49 PM
11
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Atheists who believe that God exists
ChristianKl
Dec 2, 2012, 6:21 PM
−1
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Ideology, Motivated Reasoning, and Cognitive Reflection: An Experimental Study
[deleted]
Dec 2, 2012, 2:43 PM
24
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S.
[deleted]
Dec 2, 2012, 12:50 PM
43
points
44
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Disappointment in the Future
MinibearRex
Dec 2, 2012, 4:00 AM
4
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Working out consequences of science-fictional ideas
DataPacRat
Dec 1, 2012, 8:47 PM
−9
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Looking for a likely cause of a mental phenomenon
Valentine
Dec 1, 2012, 7:43 PM
15
points
34
comments
4
min read
LW
link
December 2012 Media Thread
RobertLumley
Dec 1, 2012, 6:53 PM
6
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[link] Interview with Anders Sandberg on how to make a difference through research and how to choose a research topic
Pablo
Dec 1, 2012, 6:25 PM
14
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, December 1-15, 2012
OpenThreadGuy
Dec 1, 2012, 5:00 AM
6
points
178
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Stuck In Throat
MinibearRex
Dec 1, 2012, 12:12 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : First Purdue Meetup
Curiouskid
Nov 30, 2012, 11:50 PM
2
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Durham HPMoR Discussion, chapters 18-20
evand
Nov 30, 2012, 5:16 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Austin, Brussels, Montreal, Pittsburgh, St. Louis
FrankAdamek
Nov 30, 2012, 5:06 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Cambridge, MA first-Sunday meetup
jimrandomh
Nov 30, 2012, 4:34 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New WBE implementation
Louie
Nov 30, 2012, 11:16 AM
27
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Singletons Rule OK
MinibearRex
Nov 30, 2012, 6:57 AM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
One thousand tips do not make a system
[deleted]
Nov 30, 2012, 5:38 AM
73
points
28
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The substrate
NancyLebovitz
Nov 30, 2012, 5:38 AM
9
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Akrasia hack survey
John_Maxwell
Nov 30, 2012, 1:09 AM
16
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Philosophy Needs to Trust Your Rationality Even Though It Shouldn’t
lukeprog
Nov 29, 2012, 9:00 PM
42
points
169
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Seattle Meetup: Bayes Theorem Tutorial
jsalvatier
Nov 29, 2012, 7:31 AM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Intuitions Aren’t Shared That Way
lukeprog
Nov 29, 2012, 6:19 AM
54
points
237
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Total Tech Wars
MinibearRex
Nov 29, 2012, 5:16 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Causal Universes
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 29, 2012, 4:08 AM
134
points
395
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Group rationality diary, 11/28/12
cata
Nov 28, 2012, 9:08 AM
5
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Dreams of Autarky
MinibearRex
Nov 28, 2012, 6:39 AM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Durham NC meetup: Rationality Checklist
therufs
Nov 28, 2012, 6:27 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] “Moral Machines” article in the New Yorker links to SI paper
Antisuji
Nov 28, 2012, 1:38 AM
24
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on designing policies for oneself
John_Maxwell
Nov 28, 2012, 1:27 AM
113
points
63
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Should correlation coefficients be expressed as angles?
Sniffnoy
Nov 28, 2012, 12:05 AM
101
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : 02/12 London Meetup
philh
Nov 27, 2012, 11:45 PM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is your true decision metric? A look at medicinal chemists
brilee
Nov 27, 2012, 7:43 PM
5
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A definition of wireheading
Anja
Nov 27, 2012, 7:31 PM
52
points
80
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Montreal Meetup—Biases and Biased Boardgaming
Paul_G
Nov 27, 2012, 6:06 PM
4
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Holding your own LW Solstice
Raemon
Nov 27, 2012, 4:03 PM
6
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Total Nano Domination
MinibearRex
Nov 27, 2012, 4:54 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[META] Retributive downvoting: Why?
ialdabaoth
Nov 27, 2012, 2:24 AM
15
points
111
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) at Cambridge makes headlines.
betterthanwell
Nov 26, 2012, 8:56 PM
29
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Weekly meetup, Champaign IL: Cafe Paradiso
aspera
Nov 26, 2012, 6:06 PM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow: Applied Rationality and Cognitive Biases
Yuu
Nov 26, 2012, 12:34 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Berkeley meetup: Hermeneutics!
Nisan
Nov 26, 2012, 5:40 AM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
What do you think of my reading list?
[deleted]
Nov 26, 2012, 2:13 AM
6
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Engelbart: Insufficiently Recursive
MinibearRex
Nov 26, 2012, 1:05 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Credence calibration game FAQ
Academian
Nov 26, 2012, 12:52 AM
24
points
57
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How minimal is our intelligence?
Douglas_Reay
Nov 25, 2012, 11:34 PM
78
points
214
comments
6
min read
LW
link
LW Women- Minimizing the Inferential Distance
daenerys
Nov 25, 2012, 11:33 PM
99
points
1,261
comments
7
min read
LW
link
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