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Modifying Universal Intelligence Measure
Alex_Altair
Sep 18, 2012, 11:44 PM
5
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Less Mysterious Mindfulness Exercise
[deleted]
Sep 18, 2012, 11:33 PM
36
points
64
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The Nanny State Didn’t Show Up, You Hired It [LINK]
RomanDavis
Sep 18, 2012, 9:07 PM
−19
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Which questions about online classes would you ask Peter Norvig?
[deleted]
Sep 18, 2012, 7:39 AM
10
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[LINK] “Junk” DNA revealed as information processing system?
EphemeralNight
Sep 18, 2012, 5:07 AM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Bayesian Agent
royf
Sep 18, 2012, 3:23 AM
19
points
19
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Make an Extraordinary Effort
MinibearRex
Sep 18, 2012, 2:56 AM
4
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] ‘Blue Brain’ Project Accurately Predicts Connections Between Neurons
olalonde
Sep 18, 2012, 12:50 AM
4
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Berlin Meetup
blob
Sep 17, 2012, 1:42 PM
6
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] On Doing the Impossible
MinibearRex
Sep 17, 2012, 4:08 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Gauging interest for an Auckland meetup group.
Slackson
Sep 17, 2012, 12:03 AM
6
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Recommendations for good audio books?
jsteinhardt
Sep 16, 2012, 11:43 PM
7
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The raw-experience dogma: Dissolving the “qualia” problem
metaphysicist
Sep 16, 2012, 7:15 PM
−4
points
341
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meta: What tool turns rich text into clean HTML?
lukeprog
Sep 16, 2012, 6:17 PM
11
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Problems with forensics, including bias affecting DNA testimony
NancyLebovitz
Sep 16, 2012, 3:44 PM
11
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] My Bayesian Enlightenment
MinibearRex
Sep 16, 2012, 5:47 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Motivational Versus Metabolic Effects of Carbohydrates on Self-Control
NancyLebovitz
Sep 16, 2012, 4:57 AM
18
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Scientists make monkeys smarter using brain implants [link]
Dreaded_Anomaly
Sep 15, 2012, 6:48 PM
32
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Using LW-style Multi-Worlds as source of technobabble
DataPacRat
Sep 15, 2012, 5:20 PM
0
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[study] Ego depletion might disappear with age
[deleted]
Sep 15, 2012, 1:32 PM
17
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
High School Lectures
Xece
Sep 15, 2012, 6:05 AM
13
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, September 15-30, 2012
OpenThreadGuy
Sep 15, 2012, 4:41 AM
11
points
204
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Video (11 min): fallacies in nutrition and cancer research.
RomeoStevens
Sep 15, 2012, 4:07 AM
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Introducing Simplexity
ArisKatsaris
Sep 15, 2012, 3:34 AM
9
points
31
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Eliezer’s Sequences and Mainstream Academia
lukeprog
Sep 15, 2012, 12:32 AM
246
points
148
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Rosenhan Experiment
chaosmosis
Sep 14, 2012, 10:31 PM
8
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Vancouver!
[deleted]
Sep 14, 2012, 8:42 PM
6
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] Scott Adam’s “God’s Debris”
allandong
Sep 14, 2012, 8:22 PM
−12
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Pittsburgh: Mind Hack Show and Tell
KatjaGrace
Sep 14, 2012, 8:10 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Austin, Ohio
FrankAdamek
Sep 14, 2012, 3:57 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How about testing our ideas?
[deleted]
14 Sep 2012 10:28 UTC
42
points
113
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Beyond the Reach of God
MinibearRex
14 Sep 2012 5:54 UTC
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Experimental psychology on word confusion
lukeprog
14 Sep 2012 5:44 UTC
21
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Question on decoherence and virtual particles
DataPacRat
14 Sep 2012 4:33 UTC
1
point
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fallacies of reification—the placebo effect
Morendil
13 Sep 2012 7:03 UTC
31
points
55
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Use the Try Harder, Luke
MinibearRex
13 Sep 2012 5:27 UTC
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Meteorologists are Epistemically Rational
NoSignalNoNoise
13 Sep 2012 4:59 UTC
16
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Dc Zendo meetup
rocurley
13 Sep 2012 0:20 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Request for a cryonics decision flowchart
curiousepic
12 Sep 2012 23:11 UTC
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Under-acknowledged Value Differences
Wei Dai
12 Sep 2012 22:02 UTC
70
points
68
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Living accommodations for my possibly deconverted Mormon friend
Plubbingworth
12 Sep 2012 20:35 UTC
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne social meetup
toner
12 Sep 2012 20:07 UTC
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Yudkowsky Ambition Scale
loup-vaillant
12 Sep 2012 15:08 UTC
64
points
61
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA Meetup—“The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences”
[deleted]
12 Sep 2012 5:36 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meta: LW Policy: When to prohibit Alice from replying to Bob’s arguments?
SilasBarta
12 Sep 2012 3:29 UTC
−5
points
85
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Madison: Reading Group, Seeing with Fresh Eyes
fiddlemath
12 Sep 2012 2:56 UTC
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Trying to Try
MinibearRex
12 Sep 2012 1:45 UTC
8
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Random LW-parodying Statement Generator
Armok_GoB
11 Sep 2012 19:57 UTC
100
points
221
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Interfluidity on “Rational Astrologies”
Zvi
11 Sep 2012 13:00 UTC
13
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Personal information management
John_Maxwell
11 Sep 2012 11:40 UTC
27
points
31
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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