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Professional Patients: Fraud that ruins studies
jimrandomh
Jan 5, 2012, 12:20 AM
23
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meta analysis of Writing Therapy
jsalvatier
Jan 1, 2012, 2:02 AM
23
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Nick Bostrom TED talk on world’s biggest problems
Dr_Manhattan
Jan 6, 2012, 6:52 PM
23
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] A Bayes’ Theorem Visualization
[deleted]
Jan 9, 2012, 4:44 PM
23
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Q&A with experts on risks from AI #2
XiXiDu
Jan 9, 2012, 7:40 PM
22
points
29
comments
7
min read
LW
link
New x-risk organizations
lukeprog
Jan 21, 2012, 4:52 PM
22
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Toward “timeless” continuous-time causal models
[deleted]
Jan 28, 2012, 11:44 PM
22
points
23
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Q&A with experts on risks from AI #4
XiXiDu
Jan 19, 2012, 4:29 PM
21
points
24
comments
29
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Antidepressants: Bad Drugs… Or Bad Patients?
David Althaus
Jan 4, 2012, 9:31 PM
21
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[META] Karma, its positive and negative component
Thomas
Jan 25, 2012, 9:31 PM
21
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ideas for rationalist meetup topics
alyssavance
Jan 12, 2012, 5:04 AM
20
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Savage theorem and the Ellsberg paradox
fool
Jan 14, 2012, 7:06 PM
20
points
54
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Faustian bargains and discounting
RolfAndreassen
Jan 29, 2012, 5:10 AM
20
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Evidence For Simulation
TruePath
Jan 27, 2012, 11:07 PM
20
points
25
comments
6
min read
LW
link
What’s going on here?
RobertLumley
Jan 27, 2012, 1:38 AM
20
points
61
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Word to the Resourceful
Vaniver
Jan 20, 2012, 2:49 PM
20
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The MIT Mystery Hunt and the Illusion of Transparency
novalis
Jan 19, 2012, 7:34 AM
20
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Dead Child Currency
jefftk
Jan 9, 2012, 6:46 PM
20
points
57
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Raising awareness of existential risks—perhaps explaining at “personally stocking canned food” level?
Dmytry
Jan 24, 2012, 4:17 PM
19
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Tell LessWrong about your charitable donations
ChrisHallquist
Jan 23, 2012, 9:35 PM
19
points
50
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Histocracy: Open, Effective Group Decision-Making With Weighted Voting
HonoreDB
Jan 17, 2012, 10:35 PM
19
points
63
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Q&A with experts on risks from AI #3
XiXiDu
Jan 12, 2012, 10:45 AM
19
points
28
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Zeckhauser’s roulette
cousin_it
Jan 19, 2012, 7:22 PM
19
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alternative uses of paperclips
taw
Jan 8, 2012, 6:24 PM
18
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Five ways to classify belief systems
[deleted]
Jan 17, 2012, 9:08 PM
18
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Giving: is money better than options?
jefftk
Jan 5, 2012, 1:54 PM
18
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Ellsberg paradox and money pumps
fool
Jan 28, 2012, 5:34 PM
17
points
72
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Who’s in the AI business?
Thomas
Jan 15, 2012, 4:53 PM
16
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How would you talk a stranger off the ledge?
MoreOn
Jan 23, 2012, 2:52 PM
16
points
97
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, January 15-31, 2012
OpenThreadGuy
Jan 16, 2012, 12:56 AM
16
points
248
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Trust
NancyLebovitz
Jan 28, 2012, 8:50 PM
16
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Quixey is hiring a writer
Liron
Jan 5, 2012, 6:22 AM
16
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Explained: Gödel’s theorem and the Banach-Tarski Paradox
XiXiDu
Jan 6, 2012, 5:23 PM
16
points
40
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Describe the ways you can hear/see/feel yourself think.
Dmytry
Jan 27, 2012, 2:32 PM
16
points
17
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Being No One (~50 min talk on the self-model in your brain)
machrider
Jan 16, 2012, 6:18 PM
15
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Less wrong has a fitocracy group (invites)
RomeoStevens
Jan 6, 2012, 6:40 PM
15
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
HPMOR: What could’ve been done better?
Anubhav
Jan 28, 2012, 1:31 PM
15
points
111
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How do I “test it”?
ahartell
Jan 24, 2012, 4:05 AM
15
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[POLL] Wisdom of the Crowd experiment
tgb
Jan 5, 2012, 10:13 PM
15
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A variant on the trolley problem and babies as unit of currency
Solvent
Jan 8, 2012, 8:13 AM
15
points
63
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Advice Request: Baconmas Website
orthonormal
Jan 1, 2012, 7:25 PM
14
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI Challenge: Ants—Post Mortem
D_Alex
Jan 12, 2012, 7:23 AM
14
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Waterfall Ethics
calef
Jan 30, 2012, 9:14 PM
14
points
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Describe your personal Mount Stupid
Shmi
Jan 3, 2012, 6:37 PM
14
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Active AGI and/or FAI researchers
hankx7787
Jan 7, 2012, 3:08 AM
14
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Buy Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
MinibearRex
Jan 9, 2012, 5:45 AM
13
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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[deleted]
Jan 5, 2012, 12:36 AM
13
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Doomsday Argument with Strong Self-Sampling Assumption
drnickbone
20 Jan 2012 23:50 UTC
13
points
45
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Non-theist cinema?
Jay_Schweikert
8 Jan 2012 7:54 UTC
13
points
49
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Thinking Bayesianically, with Lojban
DataPacRat
24 Jan 2012 18:47 UTC
13
points
66
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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