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How to avoid dying in a car crash
[deleted]
Mar 17, 2012, 7:44 PM
125
points
295
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Suggestions for naming a class of decision theories
orthonormal
Mar 17, 2012, 5:22 PM
9
points
58
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reply to Yvain on ‘The Futility of Intelligence’
XiXiDu
Mar 17, 2012, 1:28 PM
−10
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A singularity scenario
Mitchell_Porter
Mar 17, 2012, 12:47 PM
3
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What are YOU doing against risks from AI?
XiXiDu
Mar 17, 2012, 11:56 AM
−13
points
38
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 11
Oscar_Cunningham
Mar 17, 2012, 9:41 AM
9
points
1,182
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] To Spread Science, Keep It Secret
MinibearRex
Mar 17, 2012, 5:01 AM
8
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Nice Guys Finish First”—Youtube Video of selected reading (by Dawkins) from The Selfish Gene
Logos01
Mar 17, 2012, 1:33 AM
7
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Schelling fences on slippery slopes
Scott Alexander
Mar 16, 2012, 11:44 PM
620
points
250
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Evolutionary psychology: evolving three eyed monsters
Dmytry
Mar 16, 2012, 9:28 PM
20
points
65
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Request] Software or Articles on financial life planning
whpearson
Mar 16, 2012, 7:06 PM
4
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Muehlhauser-Goertzel Dialogue, Part 1
lukeprog
Mar 16, 2012, 5:12 PM
42
points
161
comments
33
min read
LW
link
Global warming is a better test of irrationality that theism
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 16, 2012, 5:10 PM
3
points
113
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Pittsburgh, Sao Paulo, Seattle, Sydney
FrankAdamek
Mar 16, 2012, 3:36 PM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Scarcity
MinibearRex
Mar 16, 2012, 5:34 AM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, March 16-31, 2012
OpenThreadGuy
Mar 16, 2012, 4:53 AM
4
points
117
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Please advise the Singularity Institute with your domain-specific expertise!
lukeprog
Mar 15, 2012, 8:13 PM
26
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Judea Pearl wins 2011 Turing Award
[deleted]
Mar 15, 2012, 4:32 PM
32
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Futility of Intelligence
XiXiDu
Mar 15, 2012, 2:25 PM
−10
points
33
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meta Addiction
Voltairina
Mar 15, 2012, 4:58 AM
23
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cult impressions of Less Wrong/Singularity Institute
John_Maxwell
Mar 15, 2012, 12:41 AM
39
points
247
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Dotting i’s and Crossing t’s—a Journey to Publishing Elegance
wedrifid
Mar 14, 2012, 9:23 PM
19
points
15
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Deciding what to study at undergraduate level
tomme
Mar 14, 2012, 8:47 PM
2
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
DIY Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation. Who wants to go first?
Dustin
Mar 14, 2012, 4:58 PM
24
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How would you take over Rome?
Scott Alexander
Mar 14, 2012, 4:24 PM
52
points
202
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What if the front page…
matt
Mar 14, 2012, 6:47 AM
53
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anthropic Reasoning by CDT in Newcomb’s Problem
gRR
Mar 14, 2012, 12:44 AM
9
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Biased Pandemic
freyley
Mar 13, 2012, 11:32 PM
82
points
36
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Decision Theories: A Less Wrong Primer
orthonormal
Mar 13, 2012, 11:31 PM
111
points
174
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA Meetup—Decision Theory
[deleted]
Mar 13, 2012, 6:23 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Risks from AI and Charitable Giving
XiXiDu
Mar 13, 2012, 1:54 PM
1
point
127
comments
15
min read
LW
link
[Link] Failed replications of the “elderly walking” priming effect
Morendil
Mar 13, 2012, 7:55 AM
31
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is the best compact formalization of the argument for AI risk from fast takeoff?
utilitymonster
Mar 13, 2012, 1:44 AM
23
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LINK: Can intelligence explode?
jake987722
Mar 13, 2012, 12:03 AM
−4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
TED-Ed Launch
Lightwave
Mar 12, 2012, 9:20 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is intelligence explosion necessary for doomsday?
Swimmy
Mar 12, 2012, 9:12 PM
8
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Real-life expected utility maximization [response to XiXiDu]
[deleted]
Mar 12, 2012, 7:03 PM
12
points
11
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Stable State is Broken
Bakkot
Mar 12, 2012, 6:31 PM
80
points
43
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Austin, TX
Vaniver
Mar 12, 2012, 5:03 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Falsification
TheatreAddict
Mar 12, 2012, 3:59 AM
3
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne social meetup
shokwave
Mar 11, 2012, 11:02 PM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The appeal of fictional conflict
KatjaGrace
Mar 11, 2012, 8:27 AM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
On the etiology of religious belief
gwern
Mar 11, 2012, 12:03 AM
16
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anyone have any questions for David Chalmers?
Solvent
Mar 10, 2012, 9:57 PM
18
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Free Applied Instrumental Rationality Webinar
ksvanhorn
Mar 10, 2012, 8:35 PM
8
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New paper on Bayesian philosophy of statistics from Andrew Gelman
[deleted]
Mar 10, 2012, 4:30 PM
16
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is causal decision theory plus self-modification enough?
Mitchell_Porter
Mar 10, 2012, 8:04 AM
−6
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Is Humanism A Religion-Substitute?
MinibearRex
Mar 10, 2012, 6:24 AM
7
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Suspicious arguments regarding cow counting
KatjaGrace
Mar 10, 2012, 4:58 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Slowing Moore’s Law: Why You Might Want To and How You Would Do It
gwern
Mar 10, 2012, 4:22 AM
34
points
89
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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