“Big Sur­prise”—the fa­mous athe­ists are ac­tu­ally Bayesi­ans [link]

Dr_ManhattanApr 8, 2012, 4:11 PM
−12 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Two ar­ti­cles about fu­tur­ism [LINKS]

NancyLebovitzApr 8, 2012, 12:59 PM
2 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­plor­ing the Idea Space Efficiently

ElithrionApr 8, 2012, 4:28 AM
28 points
27 comments4 min readLW link

[link] Is Alu Life?

ec429Apr 7, 2012, 9:24 PM
−9 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

AI risk bibliog­ra­phy (draft)

lukeprogApr 7, 2012, 6:46 PM
8 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

[link] TEDxYale—Keith Chen—The Im­pact of Lan­guage on Eco­nomic Be­hav­ior

GrognorApr 7, 2012, 5:20 PM
5 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

AI Risk & Op­por­tu­nity: Strate­gic Anal­y­sis Via Prob­a­bil­ity Tree

lukeprogApr 7, 2012, 8:25 AM
20 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] No In­di­vi­d­ual Particles

MinibearRexApr 7, 2012, 1:34 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

bino­mial var­i­ance problem

nerfhammerApr 6, 2012, 10:59 PM
6 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­o­ries: A Semi-For­mal Anal­y­sis, Part II

orthonormalApr 6, 2012, 6:59 PM
26 points
28 comments7 min readLW link

Com­plex­ity based moral val­ues.

DmytryApr 6, 2012, 5:09 PM
−12 points
102 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : London

Paul CrowleyApr 6, 2012, 4:42 PM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bu­dapest Meetup

[deleted]Apr 6, 2012, 4:11 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Fort Col­lins, Colorado Meetup Wedne­day 7pm

EvelynMApr 6, 2012, 3:49 PM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Long­mont Spark­fun Sold­er­ing Com­pe­ti­tion Field Trip

EvelynMApr 6, 2012, 3:39 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Berkeley, Madi­son, Melbourne, Norwich

FrankAdamekApr 6, 2012, 3:00 PM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Twin Cities, MN (for real this time)

FrankAdamekApr 6, 2012, 2:50 PM
7 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Peter Singer and Tyler Cowen transcript

jefftkApr 6, 2012, 12:25 PM
56 points
34 comments31 min readLW link

SMBC comic: poorly pro­grammed av­er­age-util­ity-max­i­miz­ing AI

Jonathan_GraehlApr 6, 2012, 7:18 AM
12 points
113 comments1 min readLW link

Look­ing for re­duc­tion­ism help

[deleted]Apr 6, 2012, 6:34 AM
4 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

A Pois­son pro­cess paradox

nerfhammerApr 6, 2012, 5:20 AM
29 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Feyn­man Paths

MinibearRexApr 6, 2012, 4:58 AM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Mon­day Madi­son Meetup

fiddlemathApr 6, 2012, 4:40 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Forked Rus­sian Roulette and An­ti­ci­pa­tion of Survival

FeepingCreatureApr 6, 2012, 3:57 AM
12 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : First Dorset UK Meetup

danielmamayApr 5, 2012, 10:28 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

File Un­der “Keep Your Iden­tity Small”

Matt_SimpsonApr 5, 2012, 6:36 PM
21 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Austin, TX

VaniverApr 5, 2012, 3:21 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Logic of Para­dox: a (too) sim­ple para­con­sis­tent logic

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 5, 2012, 10:10 AM
18 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Skoll World Fo­rum: Catas­trophic Risk and Threats to the Global Commons

XiXiDuApr 5, 2012, 9:44 AM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Find­ing big donors

NancyLebovitzApr 5, 2012, 7:31 AM
14 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Quan­tum Arena

MinibearRexApr 5, 2012, 3:00 AM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Bayesi­anism and use of Ev­i­dence in So­cial De­duc­tion Games

DeevGrapeApr 5, 2012, 12:55 AM
18 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Van­cou­ver Board Games Meetup

[deleted]Apr 4, 2012, 11:14 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Cry­on­ics with­out freez­ers: re­s­ur­rec­tion pos­si­bil­ities in a Big World

Scott AlexanderApr 4, 2012, 10:48 PM
75 points
140 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Salt Lake City Meetup (Lo­ca­tion Changed!)

hamnoxApr 4, 2012, 9:03 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

You only live once: a re­fram­ing of work­ing to­wards posthumanity

John_MaxwellApr 4, 2012, 7:44 PM
7 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Mak­ing Big De­ci­sions about Money

BenquoApr 4, 2012, 4:02 PM
15 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity and Decorating

NancyLebovitzApr 4, 2012, 12:24 PM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Para­con­sis­tency and rele­vance: avoid log­i­cal explosions

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 4, 2012, 11:57 AM
20 points
16 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity anec­dotes for the home­page?

John_MaxwellApr 4, 2012, 6:33 AM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Clas­si­cal Con­figu­ra­tion Spaces

MinibearRexApr 4, 2012, 4:32 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 14, chap­ter 82

FAWSApr 4, 2012, 2:53 AM
12 points
794 comments1 min readLW link

Chess An­a­lyst “solves” King’s Gambit

[deleted]Apr 3, 2012, 11:36 PM
6 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

The effi­ciency of prizes

lukeprogApr 3, 2012, 9:45 PM
39 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

[LINK] Neil deGrasse Tyson on kil­ler asteroids

David_GerardApr 3, 2012, 6:32 PM
5 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Atlanta

hankx7787Apr 3, 2012, 4:00 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ev­i­dence for the or­thog­o­nal­ity thesis

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 3, 2012, 10:58 AM
14 points
293 comments1 min readLW link

SotW: Be Specific

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 3, 2012, 6:11 AM
86 points
294 comments12 min readLW link

Ad­vice for an iso­lated Ra­tion­al­ist?

GoobahmanApr 3, 2012, 4:40 AM
19 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong down­time 2012-03-26, and site speed

mattApr 3, 2012, 4:15 AM
62 points
7 comments1 min readLW link