Most trans­fer­able skills?

kalla724May 11, 2012, 9:58 PM
23 points
77 comments1 min readLW link

[Re­quest­ing Ad­vice] Ap­ply­ing In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity to Col­lege Course Selec­tion Dilemma

[deleted]May 11, 2012, 5:15 PM
14 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Cam­bridge, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Vancouver

FrankAdamekMay 11, 2012, 3:04 PM
3 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Holden Karnofsky’s Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute cri­tique: Is SI the kind of or­ga­ni­za­tion we want to bet on?

Paul CrowleyMay 11, 2012, 7:25 AM
19 points
11 comments8 min readLW link

Holden Karnofsky’s Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute cri­tique: other objections

Paul CrowleyMay 11, 2012, 7:22 AM
6 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Holden Karnofsky’s Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute Ob­jec­tion 3

Paul CrowleyMay 11, 2012, 7:19 AM
8 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Holden Karnofsky’s Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute Ob­jec­tion 2

Paul CrowleyMay 11, 2012, 7:18 AM
18 points
41 comments8 min readLW link

Holden Karnofsky’s Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute Ob­jec­tion 1

Paul CrowleyMay 11, 2012, 7:16 AM
12 points
61 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Pitts­burgh: Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Rationality

KatjaGraceMay 11, 2012, 7:14 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Brain Preser­va­tion Foun­da­tion [link]

CronoDASMay 11, 2012, 4:52 AM
9 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on the Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute (SI)

HoldenKarnofskyMay 11, 2012, 4:31 AM
330 points
1,274 comments29 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Chang­ing the Defi­ni­tion of Science

MinibearRexMay 11, 2012, 2:13 AM
6 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Strong in­tu­tions. Weak ar­gu­ments. What to do?

Wei DaiMay 10, 2012, 7:27 PM
25 points
46 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Big Berkeley Meetup

ThauslerMay 10, 2012, 4:11 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

If epistemic and in­stru­men­tal ra­tio­nal­ity strongly conflict

[deleted]May 10, 2012, 1:46 PM
9 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

Au­dio in­ter­view with Judea Pearl [link]

Dr_ManhattanMay 10, 2012, 12:47 PM
11 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Alan Carter on the Com­plex­ity of Value

GhatanathoahMay 10, 2012, 7:23 AM
47 points
41 comments7 min readLW link

A be­lief prop­a­ga­tion graph

DmytryMay 10, 2012, 4:23 AM
4 points
59 comments2 min readLW link

Two kinds of cry­on­ics?

lsparrishMay 10, 2012, 2:43 AM
22 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] No Safe Defense, Not Even Science

MinibearRexMay 10, 2012, 2:35 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Think­ing and De­cid­ing: a chap­ter by chap­ter review

VaniverMay 9, 2012, 11:52 PM
57 points
16 comments13 min readLW link

Ra­tion­alWiki’s take on LW

LordSnowMay 9, 2012, 10:58 PM
−1 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Ja­son Silva on AI safety

curiousepicMay 9, 2012, 6:07 PM
−2 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Is friendly AI “triv­ial” if the AI can­not rewire hu­man val­ues?

AlerusMay 9, 2012, 5:48 PM
−9 points
58 comments1 min readLW link

Neil deGrasse Tyson on Cryonics

bekkerdMay 9, 2012, 3:17 PM
9 points
107 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Do Scien­tists Already Know This Stuff

MinibearRexMay 9, 2012, 3:57 AM
6 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts from a con­ver­sa­tion on quan­tum immortality

[deleted]May 8, 2012, 9:14 PM
2 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Con­se­quen­tial­ist For­mal Systems

Vladimir_NesovMay 8, 2012, 8:38 PM
22 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

The ethics of break­ing belief

thelittledoctorMay 8, 2012, 8:34 PM
26 points
126 comments1 min readLW link

AI risk: the five minute pitch

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 8, 2012, 4:28 PM
15 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

A wild the­ist pla­ton­ist ap­pears, to ask about the path

HangMay 8, 2012, 11:23 AM
9 points
98 comments1 min readLW link

Log­i­cal fal­la­cies poster, a LessWrong adap­ta­tion.

UtopiahMay 8, 2012, 7:08 AM
19 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Hack­ing Quan­tum Immortality

CasioTheSaneMay 8, 2012, 7:06 AM
−9 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Science Isn’t Strict Enough

MinibearRexMay 8, 2012, 5:31 AM
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup—Nomic

[deleted]May 8, 2012, 3:22 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

On what ra­tio­nal­ity-re­lated topic should I give a school pre­sen­ta­tion?

bramflakesMay 7, 2012, 7:00 PM
11 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Van­cou­ver Poli­tics Meetup

[deleted]May 7, 2012, 1:47 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Less­wrong Com­mu­nity’s How-Tos and Recommendations

EE43026FMay 7, 2012, 1:41 PM
38 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Small Berkeley Meetup

ThauslerMay 7, 2012, 5:20 AM
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] When Science Can’t Help

MinibearRexMay 7, 2012, 3:38 AM
6 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Mon­day Madi­son Meetup

fiddlemathMay 7, 2012, 3:34 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Dal­las—Fort Worth Less Wrong Meetup 5/​13/​12

jumandtonicMay 6, 2012, 10:06 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Be­trand Rus­sell’s Ten Commandments

quanticleMay 6, 2012, 7:52 PM
4 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup Feed­back: Topic se­lec­tion and precommittments

Joanna MorningstarMay 6, 2012, 4:14 PM
16 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

De­layed Grat­ifi­ca­tion vs. a Time-Depen­dent Utility Function

momothefiddlerMay 6, 2012, 12:32 AM
5 points
56 comments3 min readLW link

No Value

RaidenMay 5, 2012, 10:38 PM
20 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

Test your fore­cast­ing abil­ity, con­tribute to the sci­ence of hu­man judgment

Mike BishopMay 5, 2012, 3:07 PM
5 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Science Doesn’t Trust Your Rationality

MinibearRexMay 5, 2012, 6:37 AM
11 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

A sim­ple web app to cre­ate aver­sion to un­healthy food

SolventMay 5, 2012, 6:07 AM
13 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Low hang­ing fruit: an­a­lyz­ing your nutrition

AlexeiMay 5, 2012, 5:20 AM
15 points
15 comments1 min readLW link