A model of UDT with a con­crete prior over log­i­cal statements

BenyaAug 28, 2012, 9:45 PM
62 points
24 comments4 min readLW link

An An­thropic Prin­ci­ple Fairy Tale

NominullAug 28, 2012, 8:48 PM
−24 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Pitts­burgh: Ra­tion­al­iza­tion Game

KatjaGraceAug 28, 2012, 7:13 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] My Child­hood Death Spiral

MinibearRexAug 28, 2012, 9:47 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The wan­der­ing rationalist

DespardAug 28, 2012, 2:59 AM
12 points
27 comments2 min readLW link

Any­one know of em­piri­cally driven lob­by­ing efforts?

palladiasAug 27, 2012, 10:02 PM
37 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

What is the ev­i­dence in fa­vor of pa­leo?

jsteinhardtAug 27, 2012, 7:07 AM
21 points
97 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Optimization

MinibearRexAug 27, 2012, 7:02 AM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

UPDATE: So­ciety of Ven­tur­ism is spear­head­ing Kim Suozzi’s cry­op­reser­va­tion charity

dblchAug 27, 2012, 6:51 AM
22 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne, prac­ti­cal rationality

mattAug 27, 2012, 5:52 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup—Consciousness

[deleted]Aug 27, 2012, 5:02 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The non­cen­tral fal­lacy—the worst ar­gu­ment in the world?

Scott AlexanderAug 27, 2012, 3:36 AM
426 points
1,769 comments7 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions Open Thread Round 4

lukeprogAug 27, 2012, 12:04 AM
9 points
181 comments1 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­o­ries, Part 3.5: Halt, Melt and Catch Fire

orthonormalAug 26, 2012, 10:40 PM
49 points
35 comments5 min readLW link

[Draft] Pro­duc­tive Use of Heuris­tics and Biases

wattsdAug 26, 2012, 6:08 PM
11 points
18 comments7 min readLW link

Luke’ AMA gets a plug @ Wired [link]

Dr_ManhattanAug 26, 2012, 4:15 AM
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Psy­chic Powers

MinibearRexAug 26, 2012, 4:06 AM
4 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Fort Col­lins, Colorado Meetup Thurs­day 7pm

EvelynMAug 25, 2012, 11:58 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

PSA: Peo­ple can see what you’ve “liked” and “dis­liked” if you checked “Make my votes pub­lic”

lukeprogAug 25, 2012, 10:53 PM
10 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

What are use­ful skills to learn at uni­ver­sity?

MetusAug 25, 2012, 10:43 PM
7 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Neil Arm­strong died be­fore we could defeat death

kilobugAug 25, 2012, 7:49 PM
−3 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

Mike Dar­win on an­i­mal re­search, moral cow­ardice, and rea­son­ing in an un­car­ing universe

SynapticAug 25, 2012, 4:38 PM
36 points
15 comments7 min readLW link

Meetup : SLC, UT: Free Will and Ra­tion­al­ity Checklists

hamnoxAug 25, 2012, 4:29 AM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Cry­on­ics dona­tion fund for Kim Suozzi es­tab­lished by So­ciety for Venturism

JGWeissmanAug 25, 2012, 3:09 AM
13 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Ex­clud­ing the Supernatural

MinibearRexAug 25, 2012, 2:35 AM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Com­plete­ness of simulations

RolfAndreassenAug 24, 2012, 10:44 PM
3 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Austin; Bratis­lava, Slo­vakia; Cam­bridge MA; Melbourne; Syd­ney; Wash­ing­ton DC

FrankAdamekAug 24, 2012, 2:28 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Us­ing Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity to teach the sci­en­tific method to Psy­chol­ogy undergraduates

WeisguyAug 23, 2012, 2:50 PM
14 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Points of Departure

MinibearRexAug 23, 2012, 3:05 AM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

What’s Wrong with Ev­i­den­tial De­ci­sion The­ory?

aarondeAug 23, 2012, 12:09 AM
24 points
54 comments5 min readLW link

Let’s Talk About Intelligence

CrystalistAug 22, 2012, 8:19 PM
3 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

How to cheat Löb’s The­o­rem: my sec­ond try

BenyaAug 22, 2012, 6:21 PM
27 points
26 comments10 min readLW link

Meetup : Dorset Meetup

danielmamayAug 22, 2012, 4:18 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Head­ing off a near-term AGI arms race

lincolnquirkAug 22, 2012, 2:23 PM
10 points
70 comments1 min readLW link

AI timeline pre­dic­tion data

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 22, 2012, 11:49 AM
26 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Truly Iter­ated Pri­soner’s Dilemma

MinibearRexAug 22, 2012, 6:16 AM
7 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Four ma­jor prob­lems with neuroscience

NancyLebovitzAug 22, 2012, 5:25 AM
19 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[META] In­box icon be­hav­ing unexpectedly

RolfAndreassenAug 21, 2012, 9:35 PM
2 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Strong AI Startup Raises $15M

olalondeAug 21, 2012, 8:47 PM
24 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Pos­si­ble meetup: Singapore

AnnaSalamonAug 21, 2012, 6:52 PM
12 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Sal Khan pub­li­cly pre­dicts the pos­i­tive feed­back loop as­so­ci­ated with hu­man in­tel­li­gence aug­men­ta­tion. [Link]

TylerJayAug 21, 2012, 3:57 PM
6 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Berkeley meetup: Oper­ant con­di­tion­ing game

NisanAug 21, 2012, 3:07 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Paris Meetup

EmileAug 21, 2012, 2:35 PM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

r/​HPMOR on heroic responsibility

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 21, 2012, 11:08 AM
14 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

Group ra­tio­nal­ity di­ary, 8/​20/​12

cataAug 21, 2012, 9:42 AM
7 points
68 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The True Pri­soner’s Dilemma

MinibearRexAug 21, 2012, 6:54 AM
6 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Can we teach Ra­tion­al­ity at the Univer­sity of Red­dit?

LightwaveAug 20, 2012, 9:59 PM
32 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ra­tional-Hu­man­ist Open Mic, NYC Septem­ber 5th

RaemonAug 20, 2012, 7:49 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Risk aver­sion does not ex­plain peo­ple’s bet­ting behaviours

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 20, 2012, 12:38 PM
29 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

[Link] So­cial in­ter­ven­tions gone wrong

[deleted]Aug 20, 2012, 9:24 AM
34 points
77 comments7 min readLW link