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Explanations of mathematical explanation
KatjaGrace
Apr 17, 2012, 2:08 AM
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Blue School
Voltairina
Apr 16, 2012, 6:15 PM
31
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Using People’s Irrationality To Do Good by Leslie John
Utopiah
Apr 16, 2012, 6:10 PM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : First Copenhagen meetup
Nisan
Apr 16, 2012, 3:53 PM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Interesting rationalist exercise about French election
kilobug
Apr 16, 2012, 3:34 PM
16
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Server Sky: lots of very thin computer satellites
lsparrish
Apr 16, 2012, 11:05 AM
7
points
34
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Intelligence Explosion vs. Co-operative Explosion
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 16, 2012, 11:01 AM
34
points
62
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Knowledge value = knowledge quality × domain importance
John_Maxwell
Apr 16, 2012, 8:40 AM
14
points
41
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Tel Aviv, Israel
Anatoly_Vorobey
Apr 16, 2012, 8:37 AM
6
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How was your meetup?
Paul Crowley
Apr 16, 2012, 6:11 AM
15
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, April 16 − 30, 2012
[deleted]
Apr 16, 2012, 4:31 AM
6
points
123
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Where Physics Meets Experience
MinibearRex
Apr 16, 2012, 4:04 AM
6
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Be Happier
Klevador
Apr 16, 2012, 1:51 AM
166
points
267
comments
35
min read
LW
link
Meetup : São Paulo Meet Up 2
Gust
Apr 16, 2012, 1:36 AM
7
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Cambridge, MA Third Sunday Meetup
chronophasiac
Apr 15, 2012, 6:20 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Cambridge, MA First Sunday Meetup
chronophasiac
Apr 15, 2012, 6:19 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
More intuitive programming languages
A4FB53AC
Apr 15, 2012, 11:35 AM
6
points
89
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Budapest Meetup
[deleted]
Apr 15, 2012, 11:21 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ Chapter Summaries / Notes [link]
Lightwave
Apr 15, 2012, 9:14 AM
26
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Which Basis Is More Fundamental?
MinibearRex
Apr 15, 2012, 6:59 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Suggestions needed: good articles for a meetup discussion
AShepard
Apr 14, 2012, 10:31 PM
8
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Should “latest insights” appear in the front page blurb?
Mark_Eichenlaub
Apr 14, 2012, 9:58 PM
38
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Should the front page include the phrase “latest insights”?
Mark_Eichenlaub
Apr 14, 2012, 9:40 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Our Phyg Is Not Exclusive Enough
[deleted]
Apr 14, 2012, 9:08 PM
43
points
518
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Are Magical Categories Relatively Simple?
jacobt
Apr 14, 2012, 8:59 PM
5
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Decision Theories: A Semi-Formal Analysis, Part III
orthonormal
Apr 14, 2012, 7:34 PM
36
points
55
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Fort Lauderdale
gabraham
Apr 14, 2012, 7:07 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Fort Lauderdale
FrankAdamek
Apr 14, 2012, 5:12 PM
2
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The So-Called Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
MinibearRex
Apr 14, 2012, 5:38 AM
5
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Pittsburgh—Presentation on Anthropics
thejash
Apr 13, 2012, 11:16 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Center for Modern Rationality currently hiring: Executive assistants, Teachers, Research assistants, Consultants.
AnnaSalamon
Apr 13, 2012, 8:28 PM
8
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Atlanta, Austin, Madison, Melbourne, Salt Lake City, Vancouver
FrankAdamek
Apr 13, 2012, 4:45 PM
4
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Intelligence risk and distance to endgame
Kyre
Apr 13, 2012, 9:16 AM
−3
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why I Moved from AI to Neuroscience, or: Uploading Worms
davidad
Apr 13, 2012, 7:10 AM
67
points
58
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Decoherence
MinibearRex
Apr 13, 2012, 5:15 AM
5
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Exponential Economist Meets Finite Physicist [link]
Dreaded_Anomaly
Apr 13, 2012, 3:55 AM
10
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Needed: A large database of statements for true/false exercises
Academian
Apr 13, 2012, 2:26 AM
7
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Newcomblike problem: Counterfactual Informant
Clippy
Apr 12, 2012, 8:25 PM
−3
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reframing the Problem of AI Progress
Wei Dai
Apr 12, 2012, 7:31 PM
32
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Drinking Alcohol May Significantly Enhance Problem Solving Skills”
duckduckMOO
Apr 12, 2012, 5:24 PM
6
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne social meetup
shokwave
Apr 12, 2012, 4:06 PM
2
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mental Clarity; or How to Read Reality Accurately
Hicquodiam
Apr 12, 2012, 6:18 AM
−17
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Weekly Chicago Meetups
Unnamed
Apr 12, 2012, 6:14 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Three Dialogues on Identity
MinibearRex
Apr 12, 2012, 1:41 AM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How does long-term use of caffeine affect productivity?
quartz
Apr 11, 2012, 11:09 PM
20
points
28
comments
2
min read
LW
link
against “AI risk”
Wei Dai
Apr 11, 2012, 10:46 PM
35
points
91
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cracked wrote an Article about Life-Extension
Joshua Hobbes
11 Apr 2012 18:43 UTC
−1
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Help me teach Bayes’
tomme
11 Apr 2012 17:56 UTC
5
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How does remote Joule heating of carbon nanotubes advance singularity timelines?
keefe
11 Apr 2012 16:15 UTC
−3
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Small Berkeley meetup
Nisan
11 Apr 2012 10:20 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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