What is the Main/​Dis­cus­sion dis­tinc­tion, and what should it be?

ChrisHallquistDec 30, 2013, 5:09 AM
33 points
103 comments2 min readLW link

Worse than Worthless

katydeeDec 30, 2013, 1:47 AM
22 points
81 comments1 min readLW link

Cri­tiquing Gary Taubes, Part 3: Did the US Govern­ment Give Us Ab­surd Ad­vice About Su­gar?

ChrisHallquistDec 30, 2013, 12:58 AM
8 points
153 comments6 min readLW link

Cri­tiquing Gary Taubes, Part 2: Atk­ins Redux

ChrisHallquistDec 30, 2013, 12:58 AM
7 points
191 comments4 min readLW link

Med­i­ta­tion: a self-experiment

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Dec 30, 2013, 12:56 AM
87 points
30 comments8 min readLW link

Why CFAR?

AnnaSalamonDec 28, 2013, 11:25 PM
110 points
117 comments15 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don 2014 Protospective

sixes_and_sevensDec 28, 2013, 4:17 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Doubt, Science, and Mag­i­cal Crea­tures—a Child’s Perspective

BenquoDec 28, 2013, 3:26 PM
60 points
54 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton DC: Birth­day Party/​PD tournament

rocurleyDec 28, 2013, 7:13 AM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

On­line vs. Per­sonal Conversations

katydeeDec 28, 2013, 4:31 AM
12 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : South­east Michigan

Scott AlexanderDec 27, 2013, 10:25 PM
5 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Ri­tual Re­port: Bos­ton Sols­tice Celebration

VikaDec 27, 2013, 3:28 PM
14 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekDec 27, 2013, 2:23 PM
6 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

A pro­posed in­effi­ciency in the Bit­coin markets

LironDec 27, 2013, 3:48 AM
1 point
140 comments5 min readLW link

Donat­ing to MIRI vs. FHI vs. CEA vs. CFAR

ChrisHallquistDec 27, 2013, 3:43 AM
31 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

CFAR has a matched-dona­tions fundraiser go­ing on [LINK]

BenquoDec 26, 2013, 2:38 PM
14 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Dis­cus­sions for information

KatjaGraceDec 25, 2013, 8:57 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

One Sided Policy De­bate—The Science of Literature

kremlinDec 25, 2013, 8:48 PM
4 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

How the Grinch Ought to Have Stolen Christmas

Quirinus_QuirrellDec 25, 2013, 8:00 PM
81 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Cri­tiquing Gary Taubes, Part 1: Main­stream Nutri­tion Science on Obesity

ChrisHallquistDec 25, 2013, 6:27 PM
24 points
102 comments2 min readLW link

Think­ing Fast and Slow for Kin­dle $3 at Amazon

buybuydandavisDec 24, 2013, 7:53 PM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread for De­cem­ber 24-31, 2013

NancyLebovitzDec 24, 2013, 8:58 AM
6 points
211 comments1 min readLW link

Re­view of Scott Adams’ “How to Fail at Al­most Every­thing and Still Win Big”

James_MillerDec 23, 2013, 8:48 PM
75 points
39 comments6 min readLW link

Build­ing Phenomenolog­i­cal Bridges

Rob BensingerDec 23, 2013, 7:57 PM
95 points
115 comments11 min readLW link

[LINK] Up Vs Down is the new Left vs Right

StabilizerDec 23, 2013, 3:33 PM
−8 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

In praise of pre­tend­ing to re­ally try

KatjaGraceDec 23, 2013, 12:50 AM
4 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

[Link] Anti-age­ing com­pound set for hu­man trials

GavinDec 22, 2013, 8:51 PM
14 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne Prac­ti­cal Rationality

Dec 22, 2013, 2:50 AM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Meta] Post-meetup re­ports and discussion

TylerJayDec 21, 2013, 4:11 AM
23 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton Goals/​Pro­jects (try again!)

rocurleyDec 21, 2013, 3:04 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bos­ton—Greens Ver­sus Blues

VikaDec 20, 2013, 9:07 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Med­i­ta­tion Can De­bias The Mind

JQuintonDec 20, 2013, 5:10 PM
12 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Lo­cal truth

NancyLebovitzDec 20, 2013, 5:04 PM
20 points
76 comments2 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekDec 20, 2013, 5:02 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Ur­bana-Cham­paign: Rituals

MestroyerDec 20, 2013, 3:28 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow: Art Ther­apy for Emotions

YuuDec 19, 2013, 6:22 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham: New Years’ Re­s­olu­tions etc.

evandDec 18, 2013, 3:02 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ra­tion­al­ity Meetup Vienna

RatcourseDec 18, 2013, 1:28 AM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread for De­cem­ber 17-23, 2013

Paul CrowleyDec 17, 2013, 8:45 PM
10 points
306 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes De­cem­ber 2013

CyanDec 17, 2013, 8:43 PM
12 points
464 comments1 min readLW link

MIRI’s Win­ter 2013 Match­ing Challenge

lukeprogDec 17, 2013, 8:41 PM
34 points
37 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Mon­treal—How to Ac­tu­ally Change your Mind

bartimaeusDec 17, 2013, 5:49 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne So­cial South­ern Sum­mer Sols­tice Celebration

BraydenMDec 17, 2013, 3:08 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] David Deutsch on why we don’t have AGI yet “Creative Blocks”

harshhpareekDec 17, 2013, 7:03 AM
4 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Bos­ton Win­ter Solstice

VikaDec 17, 2013, 6:56 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, De­cem­ber 16-31

therufsDec 16, 2013, 10:44 PM
6 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West Los An­ge­les—Resolutions

Scott GarrabrantDec 16, 2013, 8:34 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow, How Can Vi­sual Image Be Rational

YuuDec 16, 2013, 5:18 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Meetup: Less Wrong Is­rael Meetup (Tel Aviv) with spe­cial guest Tomer Kagan

SoftFlareDec 16, 2013, 12:00 AM
3 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Luck II: Ex­pect­ing White Swans

fowlertmDec 15, 2013, 5:40 PM
10 points
87 comments7 min readLW link