A model of UDT with a con­crete prior over log­i­cal statements

Benya28 Aug 2012 21:45 UTC
62 points
24 comments4 min readLW link

An An­thropic Prin­ci­ple Fairy Tale

Nominull28 Aug 2012 20:48 UTC
−24 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Pitts­burgh: Ra­tion­al­iza­tion Game

KatjaGrace28 Aug 2012 19:13 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] My Child­hood Death Spiral

MinibearRex28 Aug 2012 9:47 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The wan­der­ing rationalist

Despard28 Aug 2012 2:59 UTC
12 points
27 comments2 min readLW link

Any­one know of em­piri­cally driven lob­by­ing efforts?

palladias27 Aug 2012 22:02 UTC
37 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

What is the ev­i­dence in fa­vor of pa­leo?

jsteinhardt27 Aug 2012 7:07 UTC
21 points
97 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Optimization

MinibearRex27 Aug 2012 7:02 UTC
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

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

dblch27 Aug 2012 6:51 UTC
22 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne, prac­ti­cal rationality

matt27 Aug 2012 5:52 UTC
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup—Consciousness

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

The non­cen­tral fal­lacy—the worst ar­gu­ment in the world?

Scott Alexander27 Aug 2012 3:36 UTC
407 points
1,768 comments7 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions Open Thread Round 4

lukeprog27 Aug 2012 0:04 UTC
9 points
181 comments1 min readLW link

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

orthonormal26 Aug 2012 22:40 UTC
49 points
35 comments5 min readLW link

[Draft] Pro­duc­tive Use of Heuris­tics and Biases

wattsd26 Aug 2012 18:08 UTC
11 points
18 comments7 min readLW link

Luke’ AMA gets a plug @ Wired [link]

Dr_Manhattan26 Aug 2012 4:15 UTC
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Psy­chic Powers

MinibearRex26 Aug 2012 4:06 UTC
4 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Fort Col­lins, Colorado Meetup Thurs­day 7pm

EvelynM25 Aug 2012 23:58 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

lukeprog25 Aug 2012 22:53 UTC
10 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

What are use­ful skills to learn at uni­ver­sity?

Metus25 Aug 2012 22:43 UTC
7 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Neil Arm­strong died be­fore we could defeat death

kilobug25 Aug 2012 19:49 UTC
−3 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

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

Synaptic25 Aug 2012 16:38 UTC
36 points
15 comments7 min readLW link

Meetup : SLC, UT: Free Will and Ra­tion­al­ity Checklists

hamnox25 Aug 2012 4:29 UTC
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Cry­on­ics dona­tion fund for Kim Suozzi es­tab­lished by So­ciety for Venturism

JGWeissman25 Aug 2012 3:09 UTC
13 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Ex­clud­ing the Supernatural

MinibearRex25 Aug 2012 2:35 UTC
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Com­plete­ness of simulations

RolfAndreassen24 Aug 2012 22:44 UTC
3 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

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

FrankAdamek24 Aug 2012 14:28 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

Weisguy23 Aug 2012 14:50 UTC
14 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Points of Departure

MinibearRex23 Aug 2012 3:05 UTC
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

What’s Wrong with Ev­i­den­tial De­ci­sion The­ory?

aaronde23 Aug 2012 0:09 UTC
24 points
54 comments5 min readLW link

Let’s Talk About Intelligence

Crystalist22 Aug 2012 20:19 UTC
3 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

How to cheat Löb’s The­o­rem: my sec­ond try

Benya22 Aug 2012 18:21 UTC
21 points
26 comments10 min readLW link

Meetup : Dorset Meetup

danielmamay22 Aug 2012 16:18 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Head­ing off a near-term AGI arms race

lincolnquirk22 Aug 2012 14:23 UTC
10 points
70 comments1 min readLW link

AI timeline pre­dic­tion data

Stuart_Armstrong22 Aug 2012 11:49 UTC
26 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Truly Iter­ated Pri­soner’s Dilemma

MinibearRex22 Aug 2012 6:16 UTC
7 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Four ma­jor prob­lems with neuroscience

NancyLebovitz22 Aug 2012 5:25 UTC
19 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[META] In­box icon be­hav­ing unexpectedly

RolfAndreassen21 Aug 2012 21:35 UTC
2 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Strong AI Startup Raises $15M

olalonde21 Aug 2012 20:47 UTC
24 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Pos­si­ble meetup: Singapore

AnnaSalamon21 Aug 2012 18:52 UTC
12 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

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

TylerJay21 Aug 2012 15:57 UTC
6 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Berkeley meetup: Oper­ant con­di­tion­ing game

Nisan21 Aug 2012 15:07 UTC
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Paris Meetup

Emile21 Aug 2012 14:35 UTC
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

r/​HPMOR on heroic responsibility

Eliezer Yudkowsky21 Aug 2012 11:08 UTC
14 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

Group ra­tio­nal­ity di­ary, 8/​20/​12

cata21 Aug 2012 9:42 UTC
7 points
68 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The True Pri­soner’s Dilemma

MinibearRex21 Aug 2012 6:54 UTC
6 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Can we teach Ra­tion­al­ity at the Univer­sity of Red­dit?

Lightwave20 Aug 2012 21:59 UTC
32 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

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

Raemon20 Aug 2012 19:49 UTC
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Risk aver­sion does not ex­plain peo­ple’s bet­ting behaviours

Stuart_Armstrong20 Aug 2012 12:38 UTC
20 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

[Link] So­cial in­ter­ven­tions gone wrong

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