2012 Win­ter Fundraiser for the Sin­gu­lar­ity Institute

lukeprogDec 6, 2012, 10:41 PM
48 points
113 comments3 min readLW link

Pas­cal’s Mug­ging for bounded util­ity functions

BenyaDec 6, 2012, 10:28 PM
18 points
49 comments2 min readLW link

[LINK] Ir­ra­tional Robot Billion­aire Free­dom Fighters

ShmiDec 6, 2012, 9:32 PM
1 point
13 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Toronto THINK

GilesDec 6, 2012, 8:49 PM
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Pro­gram­ming Thread

Viliam_BurDec 6, 2012, 7:07 PM
18 points
64 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] How to Win at Fore­cast­ing—a con­ver­sa­tion with Philip Tetlock

MorendilDec 6, 2012, 6:13 PM
7 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Mini ad­vent cal­en­dar of Xrisks: Pandemics

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 6, 2012, 1:44 PM
4 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

A solv­able New­comb-like prob­lem—part 3 of 3

Douglas_ReayDec 6, 2012, 1:06 PM
5 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Hard Takeoff

MinibearRexDec 6, 2012, 6:49 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Prob­a­bil­ity Question

JMillerDec 6, 2012, 5:29 AM
3 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Less Wrong: Cleveland

RaelifinDec 6, 2012, 3:27 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Eleven dog­mas of an­a­lytic philosophy

crazy88Dec 6, 2012, 3:27 AM
2 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Train Philoso­phers with Pearl and Kah­ne­man, not Plato and Kant

lukeprogDec 6, 2012, 12:42 AM
117 points
515 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : 16/​12 Lon­don Meetup

philhDec 5, 2012, 11:51 PM
4 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

AI “Box­ing” and Utility Functions

nigerweissDec 5, 2012, 11:44 PM
2 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Berkeley: Boardgames

NisanDec 5, 2012, 6:28 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ab­sent Tran­shu­man­ism and Trans­for­ma­tive Tech­nolo­gies, Which Utopia is Left?

diegocaleiroDec 5, 2012, 12:54 PM
4 points
114 comments1 min readLW link

Mini ad­vent cal­en­dar of Xrisks: nanotechnology

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 5, 2012, 11:02 AM
6 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Whither Man­u­fac­tur­ing?

MinibearRexDec 5, 2012, 5:10 AM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton DC meetup- new se­quence?

rocurleyDec 5, 2012, 4:55 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

How to in­cen­tivize LW wiki ed­its?

lukeprogDec 5, 2012, 4:39 AM
13 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

Mixed Refer­ence: The Great Re­duc­tion­ist Project

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 5, 2012, 12:26 AM
61 points
360 comments9 min readLW link

Is Equal­ity Really about Diminish­ing Marginal Utility?

GhatanathoahDec 4, 2012, 11:03 PM
11 points
45 comments4 min readLW link

How to Avoid the Con­flict Between Fem­i­nism and Evolu­tion­ary Psy­chol­ogy?

diegocaleiroDec 4, 2012, 10:22 PM
8 points
97 comments1 min readLW link

The Worst Prob­lem You’ve Ever En­coun­tered and Solved. And the One You Didn’t, Yet!

diegocaleiroDec 4, 2012, 8:43 PM
5 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Poli­tics Dis­cus­sion Thread De­cem­ber 2012

OrphanWildeDec 4, 2012, 8:19 PM
8 points
137 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Mon­treal LessWrong Meetup—More Bi­ases and Bi­ased Board Gaming

Paul_GDec 4, 2012, 7:51 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Mini ad­vent cal­en­dar of Xrisks: syn­thetic biology

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 4, 2012, 11:15 AM
8 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Mini ad­vent cal­en­dar of Xrisks: nu­clear war

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 4, 2012, 11:13 AM
8 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion Sources

lukeprogDec 4, 2012, 5:48 AM
17 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Re­cur­sive Self-Improvement

MinibearRexDec 4, 2012, 2:44 AM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : At­lanta LessWrong Mee­tups REBOOT

Nova_DivisionDec 3, 2012, 11:56 PM
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Two Anki plu­g­ins to re­in­force re­view­ing (up­dated)

D_MalikDec 3, 2012, 10:04 PM
17 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Fac­tions, in­equal­ity, and so­cial justice

John_MaxwellDec 3, 2012, 7:37 PM
44 points
173 comments6 min readLW link

[LINK] AmA by com­pu­ta­tional neu­ro­scien­tists be­hind ‘the world’s largest func­tional brain model’

[deleted]Dec 3, 2012, 7:35 PM
12 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Most Likely Cause of an Apoca­lypse on De­cem­ber 21

DeevGrapeDec 3, 2012, 5:10 PM
−1 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

A solv­able New­comb-like prob­lem—part 2 of 3

Douglas_ReayDec 3, 2012, 4:49 PM
1 point
1 comment6 min readLW link

A solv­able New­comb-like prob­lem—part 1 of 3

Douglas_ReayDec 3, 2012, 9:26 AM
2 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

LessWrong podcasts

LouieDec 3, 2012, 8:44 AM
53 points
99 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] I Heart CYC

MinibearRexDec 3, 2012, 3:32 AM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Van­cou­ver!

[deleted]Dec 3, 2012, 2:33 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes De­cem­ber 2012

ThomasDec 3, 2012, 2:33 AM
6 points
230 comments1 min readLW link

[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