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[SEQ RERUN] Dissolving the Question
MinibearRex
Feb 20, 2012, 4:58 AM
11
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
TEDxLive Opportunities
daenerys
Feb 20, 2012, 4:31 AM
10
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Longevity Insurance
canadaduane
Feb 20, 2012, 12:30 AM
24
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
MITx class(es): [LINK] and discussion
[deleted]
Feb 19, 2012, 11:29 AM
7
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Quantified Health Prize results announced
Zvi
Feb 19, 2012, 8:10 AM
68
points
65
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Variable Question Fallacies
MinibearRex
Feb 19, 2012, 5:57 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Brain shrinkage in humans over past ~20 000 years—what did we lose?
Dmytry
Feb 18, 2012, 10:17 PM
20
points
109
comments
2
min read
LW
link
RAND Health Insurance Experiment critiques
Dustin
Feb 18, 2012, 5:52 PM
9
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Brain structure and the halo effect
saph
Feb 18, 2012, 3:10 PM
18
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mini-review: ‘Judgment and Decision Making as a Skill’
lukeprog
Feb 18, 2012, 10:42 AM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] The NYT on Everyday Habits
Alex_Altair
Feb 18, 2012, 8:23 AM
10
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
SI wants to hire a remote LaTeX guru
lukeprog
Feb 18, 2012, 5:39 AM
15
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Brussels, Houston, Madison, Melbourne, Moscow, Philadelphia (2), Sydney
FrankAdamek
Feb 18, 2012, 12:07 AM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Not insane. Unsane.
loup-vaillant
Feb 17, 2012, 11:43 PM
15
points
65
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Impressions from a panel discussion on AGI
Shmi
Feb 17, 2012, 9:22 PM
23
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
A new (?) anthropic principle, and motivation thereof
BrianNachbar
Feb 17, 2012, 8:47 PM
0
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne practical rationality meetup
matt
Feb 17, 2012, 6:43 PM
2
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Buenos Aires meetup: Saturday, February 25th, 4pm
Pablo
Feb 17, 2012, 5:57 PM
4
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : At the University of Chicago
falenas108
Feb 17, 2012, 5:27 PM
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Hassa Deega Ebowai or the paradox of religiousness in front of adversity
[deleted]
Feb 17, 2012, 4:01 PM
−6
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] What’s New? Exuberance for Novelty Has Benefits
InquilineKea
Feb 17, 2012, 3:12 PM
−4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A defense of formal philosophy
lukeprog
Feb 17, 2012, 2:45 PM
17
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Water Fluoridation
Alexei
Feb 17, 2012, 4:33 AM
−2
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Seeking education
APMason
Feb 17, 2012, 12:55 AM
12
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Epistemic security: example from experimental physics
Stabilizer
Feb 17, 2012, 12:48 AM
5
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[link] 101 Fascinating Brain Blogs
Curiouskid
Feb 16, 2012, 11:47 PM
−7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hearsay, Double Hearsay, and Bayesian Updates
Mass_Driver
Feb 16, 2012, 10:31 PM
68
points
107
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Counterfactual Coalitions
Larks
Feb 16, 2012, 9:42 PM
30
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Possible Implications of the neural retrotransposons to the future
whpearson
Feb 16, 2012, 9:05 PM
26
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Tel Aviv Self-Improvement Meetup Group
Meni_Rosenfeld
Feb 16, 2012, 3:37 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The mathematics of reduced impact: help needed
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 16, 2012, 2:23 PM
13
points
94
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Computer program that aces ‘guess next’ in IQ test
Dmytry
Feb 16, 2012, 9:01 AM
2
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hypothetical scenario
nick012000
Feb 16, 2012, 6:56 AM
−31
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Empiricism in Gameplay
ac3raven
Feb 16, 2012, 6:37 AM
−1
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Words as Mental Paintbrush Handles
MinibearRex
Feb 16, 2012, 6:19 AM
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Problem posting
diegocaleiro
Feb 16, 2012, 4:05 AM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
test 5 Ignore
diegocaleiro
Feb 16, 2012, 4:02 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
test3
diegocaleiro
Feb 16, 2012, 3:49 AM
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Troubles With CEV Part1 - CEV Sequence
diegocaleiro
Feb 16, 2012, 3:49 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
This is a test
diegocaleiro
Feb 16, 2012, 3:40 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is the advantage of the Kolmogorov complexity prior?
skepsci
Feb 16, 2012, 1:51 AM
18
points
29
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Austin, TX TCDS Experiment
Vaniver
Feb 15, 2012, 5:28 PM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Pooling resources for valuable actuarial calculations
[deleted]
Feb 15, 2012, 5:01 PM
21
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Fort Collins, Colorado Meetup Wedneday 7pm
EvelynM
Feb 15, 2012, 3:30 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to measure procrastination?
rlp10
Feb 15, 2012, 2:02 PM
7
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anyone want a LW Enhancement Suite?
MBlume
Feb 15, 2012, 8:48 AM
21
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, February 15-29, 2012
OpenThreadGuy
Feb 15, 2012, 6:00 AM
6
points
196
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Conditional Independence, and Naive Bayes
MinibearRex
Feb 15, 2012, 5:09 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hard philosophy problems to test people’s intelligence?
Solvent
Feb 15, 2012, 4:57 AM
−3
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Avoid misinterpreting your emotions
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 14, 2012, 11:51 PM
94
points
31
comments
7
min read
LW
link
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