Pro­fes­sional Pa­tients: Fraud that ru­ins studies

jimrandomhJan 5, 2012, 12:20 AM
23 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Meta anal­y­sis of Writ­ing Therapy

jsalvatierJan 1, 2012, 2:02 AM
23 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Nick Bostrom TED talk on world’s biggest problems

Dr_ManhattanJan 6, 2012, 6:52 PM
23 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] A Bayes’ The­o­rem Visualization

[deleted]Jan 9, 2012, 4:44 PM
23 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Q&A with ex­perts on risks from AI #2

XiXiDuJan 9, 2012, 7:40 PM
22 points
29 comments7 min readLW link

New x-risk organizations

lukeprogJan 21, 2012, 4:52 PM
22 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Toward “time­less” con­tin­u­ous-time causal models

[deleted]Jan 28, 2012, 11:44 PM
22 points
23 comments4 min readLW link

Q&A with ex­perts on risks from AI #4

XiXiDuJan 19, 2012, 4:29 PM
21 points
24 comments29 min readLW link

[LINK] An­tide­pres­sants: Bad Drugs… Or Bad Pa­tients?

David AlthausJan 4, 2012, 9:31 PM
21 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[META] Karma, its pos­i­tive and nega­tive component

ThomasJan 25, 2012, 9:31 PM
21 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Ideas for ra­tio­nal­ist meetup topics

alyssavanceJan 12, 2012, 5:04 AM
20 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

The Sav­age the­o­rem and the Ells­berg paradox

foolJan 14, 2012, 7:06 PM
20 points
54 comments11 min readLW link

Faus­tian bar­gains and discounting

RolfAndreassenJan 29, 2012, 5:10 AM
20 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Ev­i­dence For Simulation

TruePathJan 27, 2012, 11:07 PM
20 points
25 comments6 min readLW link

What’s go­ing on here?

RobertLumleyJan 27, 2012, 1:38 AM
20 points
61 comments2 min readLW link

A Word to the Resourceful

VaniverJan 20, 2012, 2:49 PM
20 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

The MIT Mys­tery Hunt and the Illu­sion of Transparency

novalisJan 19, 2012, 7:34 AM
20 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Dead Child Currency

jefftkJan 9, 2012, 6:46 PM
20 points
57 comments2 min readLW link

Rais­ing aware­ness of ex­is­ten­tial risks—per­haps ex­plain­ing at “per­son­ally stock­ing canned food” level?

DmytryJan 24, 2012, 4:17 PM
19 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Tell LessWrong about your char­i­ta­ble donations

ChrisHallquistJan 23, 2012, 9:35 PM
19 points
50 comments2 min readLW link

His­toc­racy: Open, Effec­tive Group De­ci­sion-Mak­ing With Weighted Voting

HonoreDBJan 17, 2012, 10:35 PM
19 points
63 comments5 min readLW link

Q&A with ex­perts on risks from AI #3

XiXiDuJan 12, 2012, 10:45 AM
19 points
28 comments16 min readLW link

Zeck­hauser’s roulette

cousin_itJan 19, 2012, 7:22 PM
19 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

Alter­na­tive uses of paperclips

tawJan 8, 2012, 6:24 PM
18 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Five ways to clas­sify be­lief sys­tems

[deleted]Jan 17, 2012, 9:08 PM
18 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

Giv­ing: is money bet­ter than op­tions?

jefftkJan 5, 2012, 1:54 PM
18 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

The Ells­berg para­dox and money pumps

foolJan 28, 2012, 5:34 PM
17 points
72 comments14 min readLW link

Who’s in the AI busi­ness?

ThomasJan 15, 2012, 4:53 PM
16 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

How would you talk a stranger off the ledge?

MoreOnJan 23, 2012, 2:52 PM
16 points
97 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Jan­uary 15-31, 2012

OpenThreadGuyJan 16, 2012, 12:56 AM
16 points
248 comments1 min readLW link

Trust

NancyLebovitzJan 28, 2012, 8:50 PM
16 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Quixey is hiring a writer

LironJan 5, 2012, 6:22 AM
16 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­plained: Gödel’s the­o­rem and the Banach-Tarski Paradox

XiXiDuJan 6, 2012, 5:23 PM
16 points
40 comments2 min readLW link

De­scribe the ways you can hear/​see/​feel your­self think.

DmytryJan 27, 2012, 2:32 PM
16 points
17 comments4 min readLW link

[LINK] Be­ing No One (~50 min talk on the self-model in your brain)

machriderJan 16, 2012, 6:18 PM
15 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Less wrong has a fi­toc­racy group (in­vites)

RomeoStevensJan 6, 2012, 6:40 PM
15 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

HPMOR: What could’ve been done bet­ter?

AnubhavJan 28, 2012, 1:31 PM
15 points
111 comments1 min readLW link

How do I “test it”?

ahartellJan 24, 2012, 4:05 AM
15 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

[POLL] Wis­dom of the Crowd experiment

tgbJan 5, 2012, 10:13 PM
15 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

A var­i­ant on the trol­ley prob­lem and ba­bies as unit of currency

SolventJan 8, 2012, 8:13 AM
15 points
63 comments1 min readLW link

Ad­vice Re­quest: Ba­con­mas Website

orthonormalJan 1, 2012, 7:25 PM
14 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

AI Challenge: Ants—Post Mortem

D_AlexJan 12, 2012, 7:23 AM
14 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Water­fall Ethics

calefJan 30, 2012, 9:14 PM
14 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

De­scribe your per­sonal Mount Stupid

ShmiJan 3, 2012, 6:37 PM
14 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

Ac­tive AGI and/​or FAI researchers

hankx7787Jan 7, 2012, 3:08 AM
14 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Buy Now or For­ever Hold Your Peace

MinibearRexJan 9, 2012, 5:45 AM
13 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

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[deleted]Jan 5, 2012, 12:36 AM
13 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Dooms­day Ar­gu­ment with Strong Self-Sam­pling Assumption

drnickbone20 Jan 2012 23:50 UTC
13 points
45 comments2 min readLW link

Non-the­ist cin­ema?

Jay_Schweikert8 Jan 2012 7:54 UTC
13 points
49 comments2 min readLW link

Think­ing Bayesi­an­i­cally, with Lojban

DataPacRat24 Jan 2012 18:47 UTC
13 points
66 comments2 min readLW link