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DAGGRE group forecasting workshop
Jonathan_Graehl
Mar 7, 2012, 11:26 PM
7
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Queueing and More
SarahNibs
Mar 7, 2012, 8:44 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Friendly AI Society
Douglas_Reay
Mar 7, 2012, 7:31 PM
−5
points
13
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Rationally Irrational
HungryTurtle
Mar 7, 2012, 7:21 PM
−21
points
417
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Causal diagrams and software engineering
Morendil
Mar 7, 2012, 6:23 PM
53
points
29
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 10
Oscar_Cunningham
Mar 7, 2012, 4:46 PM
16
points
642
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Atlantic Interview with Nick Bostrom—“We’re Understimating the Risk of Human Extinction”
Airedale
Mar 7, 2012, 4:25 PM
17
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
One aspiring rationalist’s response to KONY 2012
[deleted]
Mar 7, 2012, 12:16 PM
−1
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[link] New Scientist, on the distant future
fortyeridania
Mar 7, 2012, 10:15 AM
3
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“How We Decide”, by Jonah Lehrer, kindle version on sale for 99 cents at amazon
buybuydandavis
Mar 7, 2012, 6:43 AM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] If You Demand Magic, Magic Won’t Help
MinibearRex
Mar 7, 2012, 4:24 AM
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Delicious Luminosity, Om Nom Nom
Alicorn
Mar 7, 2012, 3:02 AM
14
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Using degrees of freedom to change the past for fun and profit
CarlShulman
Mar 7, 2012, 2:51 AM
65
points
23
comments
9
min read
LW
link
How to Fix Science
lukeprog
Mar 7, 2012, 2:51 AM
71
points
144
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Ray Kurzweil is speaking at my university tonight. What questions should I ask him?
TylerJay
Mar 7, 2012, 1:17 AM
6
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Fox and the Low-Hanging Grapes
Strange7
Mar 6, 2012, 11:19 PM
−4
points
34
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Rationality Lab Notebook/Workbook/Vade Mecum
Voltairina
Mar 6, 2012, 8:52 PM
1
point
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Which drives can survive intelligence’s self modification?
Dmytry
Mar 6, 2012, 5:33 PM
1
point
55
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] Research on Christian deconversion
NancyLebovitz
Mar 6, 2012, 12:07 PM
7
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Personality change key to improving wellbeing
XiXiDu
Mar 6, 2012, 11:30 AM
13
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Main section vs. discussion section
ShardPhoenix
Mar 6, 2012, 5:37 AM
57
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Bind Yourself to Reality
MinibearRex
Mar 6, 2012, 2:51 AM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Productivity tips for those low on motivation
John_Maxwell
Mar 6, 2012, 2:41 AM
10
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Emotional regulation, Part I: a problem summary
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Mar 5, 2012, 11:10 PM
17
points
38
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup Tactics Open Thread
[deleted]
Mar 5, 2012, 7:28 PM
28
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[draft] Generalizing from average: a common fallacy?
Dmytry
Mar 5, 2012, 11:22 AM
6
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Singularity Institute has started publishing monthly progress reports
John_Maxwell
Mar 5, 2012, 8:19 AM
28
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Joy in Discovery
MinibearRex
Mar 5, 2012, 4:31 AM
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“The Journal of Real Effects”
CarlShulman
Mar 5, 2012, 3:07 AM
20
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Writing about Singularity: needing help with references and bibliography
[deleted]
Mar 5, 2012, 1:27 AM
8
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The kinesthesia switch
NancyLebovitz
Mar 4, 2012, 11:46 AM
12
points
23
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Sapir-Whorf , Savings, and Discount Rates [Link]
Nic_Smith
Mar 4, 2012, 8:03 AM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
60m Asteroid currently assigned a .022% chance of hitting Earth.
Joshua Hobbes
Mar 4, 2012, 7:19 AM
18
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Joy in the Merely Real
MinibearRex
Mar 4, 2012, 6:07 AM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI Risk and Opportunity: A Strategic Analysis
lukeprog
Mar 4, 2012, 6:06 AM
12
points
163
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Anyone want to proofread my intro article about anthropics?
Manfred
Mar 4, 2012, 3:11 AM
0
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Request for input: draft of my “coming out” statement on religious deconversion
jwhendy
Mar 3, 2012, 9:58 PM
14
points
90
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] The emotional system (aka Type 1 thinking) might excel at complex decisions
XiXiDu
Mar 3, 2012, 7:05 PM
11
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Why You Should Keep Your Goals Secret
Barry_Cotter
Mar 3, 2012, 1:40 PM
10
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Savanna Poets
MinibearRex
Mar 3, 2012, 8:51 AM
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes March 2012
Thomas
Mar 3, 2012, 8:04 AM
5
points
534
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is it obvious that pain is very important?
KatjaGrace
Mar 3, 2012, 5:04 AM
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Self-locating beliefs across identity fission
lukeprog
Mar 3, 2012, 3:14 AM
3
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Austin, TX
Vaniver
Mar 3, 2012, 1:14 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Buenos Aires, Cambridge UK, Chicago, Loveland/Fort Collins CO, Melbourne, Tucson, Twin Cities
FrankAdamek
Mar 3, 2012, 12:04 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
People who “don’t rationalize”? [Help Rationality Group figure it out]
Mercurial
Mar 2, 2012, 11:38 PM
22
points
88
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] An amazing breakthrough in wireless communication, or a pipe dream?
Shmi
Mar 2, 2012, 10:17 PM
0
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Random personal thoughts on workload pessimism as a procrastination problem
[deleted]
Mar 2, 2012, 9:06 PM
6
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Journal of Consciousness Studies issue on the Singularity
lukeprog
Mar 2, 2012, 3:56 PM
23
points
86
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Fort Collins, Colorado Meetup Wedneday 7pm
EvelynM
Mar 2, 2012, 3:26 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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