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Which College Major?
eggman
Feb 6, 2012, 1:45 AM
8
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Where to Draw the Boundary?
MinibearRex
Feb 6, 2012, 12:03 AM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
How can people be actually converted?
yttrium
Feb 5, 2012, 10:13 PM
6
points
94
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Singularity Institute needs remote researchers (writing skill not required)
lukeprog
Feb 5, 2012, 10:02 PM
87
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cargo Cult Language
Said Achmiz
Feb 5, 2012, 9:32 PM
−1
points
44
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Curious authors and ’zines?
lukeprog
Feb 5, 2012, 8:47 PM
7
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
February 2012 Media Thread
RobertLumley
Feb 5, 2012, 2:23 PM
8
points
77
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What are you working on? February 2012
David_Gerard
Feb 5, 2012, 12:33 PM
12
points
91
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Cognitive Sciences Stack Exchange opened
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 5, 2012, 8:07 AM
28
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Online Meetups (Megameetup Telepresence Results)
Raemon
Feb 5, 2012, 7:49 AM
12
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What are some cool things a LWer can do at Yale, Brown, and UChicago?
InquilineKea
Feb 5, 2012, 5:00 AM
5
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Arguing “By Definition”
MinibearRex
Feb 5, 2012, 3:07 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
East Coast Megameet Google Hangout, today at 3PM
Raemon
Feb 4, 2012, 6:06 PM
6
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Top 5 regrets of the dying [link]
Dr_Manhattan
Feb 4, 2012, 5:56 PM
5
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Quantification of eyewitness reliability?
DataPacRat
Feb 4, 2012, 12:33 PM
2
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is Sunk Cost Fallacy a Fallacy?
gwern
Feb 4, 2012, 4:33 AM
31
points
81
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Sneaking in Connotations
MinibearRex
Feb 4, 2012, 1:50 AM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
lesswrong.ru domain for translation project?
BT_Uytya
Feb 3, 2012, 7:27 PM
24
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Cambridge, Houston, Melbourne, Pittsburgh, Vancouver, Waterloo
FrankAdamek
Feb 3, 2012, 4:29 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fireplace Delusions [LINK]
mas
Feb 3, 2012, 4:13 AM
48
points
67
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Salt Lake City Meetup #2
adamisom
Feb 3, 2012, 3:46 AM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Formulas of arithmetic that behave like decision agents
Nisan
Feb 3, 2012, 2:58 AM
35
points
34
comments
11
min read
LW
link
One last roll of the dice
Mitchell_Porter
Feb 3, 2012, 1:59 AM
−4
points
107
comments
4
min read
LW
link
What will rationality look like in the future?
DataPacRat
Feb 3, 2012, 1:28 AM
9
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Question on math in “A Technical Explanation of Technical Explanation”
Mark_Eichenlaub
Feb 2, 2012, 10:29 PM
6
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Elevator pitches/responses for rationality / AI
lukeprog
Feb 2, 2012, 8:35 PM
24
points
69
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What math should I learn?
Metus
Feb 2, 2012, 7:06 PM
4
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Knowledge ready for Ankification
lukeprog
Feb 2, 2012, 6:58 PM
22
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Two Kinds of Irrationality and How to Avoid One of Them
ChrisHallquist
Feb 2, 2012, 6:13 PM
30
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Teaching rationality made me better (at research and other things)
Academian
Feb 2, 2012, 6:10 PM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Looking for information on cryonics
Metus
Feb 2, 2012, 12:33 PM
23
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On Saying the Obvious
Grognor
Feb 2, 2012, 5:13 AM
157
points
47
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Categorizing Has Consequences
MinibearRex
Feb 2, 2012, 4:45 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mini-Review: ‘The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Cognitive Science’
lukeprog
Feb 1, 2012, 9:48 PM
11
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes February 2012
[deleted]
Feb 1, 2012, 9:03 PM
10
points
410
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Automatic programming, an example
Thomas
Feb 1, 2012, 8:55 PM
19
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mini-review: ‘Proving History: Bayes’ Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus’
lukeprog
Feb 1, 2012, 7:20 PM
26
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
von Neumann probes and Dyson spheres: what exploratory engineering can tell us about the Fermi paradox
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 1, 2012, 1:50 PM
22
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Reconstructing Speech from Human Auditory Cortex
[deleted]
Feb 1, 2012, 12:50 PM
13
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Deciding what to think about; is it worthwhile to have universal utility function?
Dmytry
Feb 1, 2012, 9:44 AM
4
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
State your physical account of experienced color
Mitchell_Porter
Feb 1, 2012, 7:00 AM
−6
points
62
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, February 1-14, 2012
OpenThreadGuy
Feb 1, 2012, 4:57 AM
8
points
128
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Writing rationalist fiction: Improving an existing setting?
DataPacRat
Jan 31, 2012, 11:05 PM
0
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Another Real World Example of Cognitive Bias
billswift
Jan 31, 2012, 10:31 PM
6
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hugo Awards—HP:MoR (part 2)
Eneasz
Jan 31, 2012, 9:11 PM
36
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
“The Conditional Fallacy in Contemporary Philosophy”
gwern
Jan 31, 2012, 9:06 PM
3
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Existential risk for non-consequentialists
vallinder
31 Jan 2012 21:03 UTC
9
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is risk aversion really irrational ?
kilobug
31 Jan 2012 20:34 UTC
54
points
65
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Darwin Day: Good Evolution Games?
Raemon
31 Jan 2012 19:58 UTC
1
point
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
.
[deleted]
31 Jan 2012 16:32 UTC
2
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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