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Solving the two envelopes problem
rstarkov
Aug 9, 2012, 1:42 PM
45
points
33
comments
4
min read
LW
link
From the “weird math questions” department...
CronoDAS
Aug 9, 2012, 7:19 AM
7
points
50
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mentioning cryonics to a dying person
DanielH
Aug 9, 2012, 6:48 AM
11
points
73
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Longmont Colorado Meetup
EvelynM
Aug 9, 2012, 2:50 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Seeking advice on using evolutionary methods to solve the 3-body problem
Troshen
Aug 8, 2012, 11:43 PM
−4
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is lossless information transfer possible?
kirpi
Aug 8, 2012, 8:02 PM
−12
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Vancouver Big Public Meetup
Arkanj3l
Aug 8, 2012, 7:10 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Biohacking in New York, Cybernetics and first Cyborg Hate Crime: theverge.com
MatthewBaker
Aug 8, 2012, 6:00 PM
4
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Less Wrong Sydney: 20th August
Oklord
Aug 8, 2012, 5:44 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] “Proxy measures, sunk costs, and Chesterton’s fence”, or: the sunk cost heuristic
kpreid
Aug 8, 2012, 2:39 PM
13
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Friendly AI and the limits of computational epistemology
Mitchell_Porter
Aug 8, 2012, 1:16 PM
25
points
148
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] No License To Be Human
MinibearRex
Aug 8, 2012, 7:26 AM
6
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reinforcement, Preference and Utility
royf
Aug 8, 2012, 6:23 AM
14
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Group rationality diary, 8/6/12
cata
Aug 8, 2012, 5:58 AM
9
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Natural Laws Are Descriptions, not Rules
pragmatist
Aug 8, 2012, 4:27 AM
33
points
237
comments
9
min read
LW
link
The High Impact Network (THINK) - Launching Now
Raemon
Aug 8, 2012, 2:29 AM
51
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington DC Social Meetup
rocurley
Aug 8, 2012, 12:37 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington DC Social Meetup
rocurley
Aug 8, 2012, 12:37 AM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Transcript: “Choice Machines, Causality, and Cooperation”
Randaly
Aug 7, 2012, 10:15 PM
16
points
4
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Depth of Knowledge
billswift
Aug 7, 2012, 5:39 PM
−3
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
A question about Singularity Summit 2012
UngnsCobra
Aug 7, 2012, 12:13 PM
−2
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Draft: Get Lucky
atucker
Aug 7, 2012, 6:26 AM
17
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] You Provably Can’t Trust Yourself
MinibearRex
Aug 7, 2012, 5:06 AM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
SI/CFAR Are Looking for Contract Web Developers
Malo
Aug 6, 2012, 10:47 PM
6
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Bratislava, Slovakia—the first LW meetup
BarbaraB
Aug 6, 2012, 10:36 AM
17
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Suber, “The Ethics of Deep Self-Modification”
lukeprog
Aug 6, 2012, 6:37 AM
20
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Doubling Box
Mestroyer
Aug 6, 2012, 5:50 AM
22
points
84
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Cartoon Guide to Lob’s Theorem
MinibearRex
Aug 6, 2012, 5:41 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Self-skepticism: the first principle of rationality
aaronsw
Aug 6, 2012, 12:51 AM
50
points
86
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[video] Robin Hanson: Uploads Economics 101
mapnoterritory
Aug 5, 2012, 9:00 PM
8
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Cartoon Guide to Löb’s Theorem
Oscar_Cunningham
Aug 5, 2012, 8:28 AM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Random question about starfish
Raemon
Aug 5, 2012, 2:31 AM
2
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What are the optimal biases to overcome?
aaronsw
Aug 4, 2012, 3:04 PM
103
points
70
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A cynical explanation for why rationalists worry about FAI
aaronsw
Aug 4, 2012, 12:27 PM
28
points
172
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Smart non-reductionists, philosophical vs. engineering mindsets, and religion
Kaj_Sotala
Aug 4, 2012, 10:48 AM
22
points
48
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The supposedly hard problem of consciousness and the nonexistence of sense data: Is your dog a conscious being?
[deleted]
Aug 4, 2012, 1:57 AM
−21
points
19
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Pittsburgh: Semantic Stopsigns
KatjaGrace
Aug 3, 2012, 10:14 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Epiphany addiction”
cousin_it
Aug 3, 2012, 5:52 PM
69
points
90
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes August 2012
Alejandro1
Aug 3, 2012, 3:33 PM
9
points
432
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Austin, Madison, NYC
FrankAdamek
Aug 3, 2012, 3:21 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What are you working on? August 2012
RobertLumley
Aug 3, 2012, 3:10 PM
13
points
95
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Wellcome Collection in London has exhibition on human augmentation
taw
Aug 3, 2012, 8:02 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Issue 301 shipped: Show parent comments on /comments
matt
Aug 3, 2012, 6:14 AM
43
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Holistic learning ebook
John_Maxwell
Aug 3, 2012, 12:29 AM
14
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
AI 5 minute existential risk talk
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 2, 2012, 5:44 PM
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne, practical rationality
matt
Aug 2, 2012, 5:15 PM
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne, practical rationality
matt
Aug 2, 2012, 5:14 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
PM system is not working
jsteinhardt
Aug 2, 2012, 4:09 PM
19
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Roommate interest and coordination thread
patrickscottshields
Aug 2, 2012, 9:22 AM
13
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reinforcement Learning: A Non-Standard Introduction (Part 2)
royf
Aug 2, 2012, 8:17 AM
16
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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