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Meetup : Lesswrong Boulder CO
yakurbe0112
Jan 12, 2014, 7:37 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Double-thick transistors and other subjective phenomena
Manfred
Jan 12, 2014, 7:32 PM
14
points
26
comments
3
min read
LW
link
New (proposal for) monthly thread: Meetup Reports
bartimaeus
Jan 12, 2014, 3:50 PM
25
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Popular press account of social benefits of motivated reasoning
Peter Wildeford
Jan 12, 2014, 1:55 PM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Even Odds
Scott Garrabrant
Jan 12, 2014, 7:24 AM
77
points
48
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Why I haven’t signed up for cryonics
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Jan 12, 2014, 5:16 AM
43
points
252
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Deregulating Distraction, Moving Towards the Goal, and Level Hopping
So8res
Jan 12, 2014, 3:21 AM
102
points
25
comments
8
min read
LW
link
AALWA: Ask any LessWronger anything
Will_Newsome
Jan 12, 2014, 2:18 AM
53
points
636
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Try more things.
whales
Jan 12, 2014, 1:25 AM
88
points
20
comments
7
min read
LW
link
I Will Pay $500 To Anyone Who Can Convince Me To Cancel My Cryonics Subscription
ChrisHallquist
Jan 11, 2014, 10:39 AM
54
points
182
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington DC Effective Altruism Meetup
rocurley
Jan 11, 2014, 10:15 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Calculating an expected value
polymathwannabe
Jan 11, 2014, 6:41 AM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Free online course: How to Reason and Argue starting Mon. Any interest in study group?
pinyaka
Jan 10, 2014, 7:25 PM
7
points
13
comments
4
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetups: Portland, Sydney
FrankAdamek
Jan 10, 2014, 5:04 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Dr. Jubjub predicts a crisis
Apprentice
Jan 10, 2014, 3:52 PM
74
points
65
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Vancouver Biweekly Sequences Discussion: Politics Is the Mind-killer
eggman
Jan 10, 2014, 10:21 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] People become more utilitarian in VR moral dilemmas as compared to text based.
trifith
Jan 9, 2014, 8:28 PM
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Variables in Arguments as a Source of Confusion
kremlin
Jan 9, 2014, 1:16 PM
9
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Habitual Productivity
So8res
Jan 9, 2014, 6:44 AM
90
points
36
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The mechanics of my recent productivity
So8res
Jan 9, 2014, 2:30 AM
202
points
47
comments
9
min read
LW
link
We need new humans, please help
Apprentice
Jan 9, 2014, 12:25 AM
−16
points
57
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Physics grad student: how to build employability in programming & finance
Stabilizer
Jan 8, 2014, 7:36 PM
14
points
51
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Literature-review on cognitive effects of modafinil (my bachelor thesis)
David Althaus
Jan 8, 2014, 7:23 PM
53
points
42
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Link] Consciousness as a State of Matter (Max Tegmark)
Mark_Friedenbach
Jan 8, 2014, 6:11 PM
22
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some thoughts on having children
pianoforte611
Jan 8, 2014, 5:26 PM
6
points
107
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : London—The Schelling Point Strategy Game (plus socials)
sixes_and_sevens
Jan 8, 2014, 1:12 PM
11
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread for January 8 − 16 2014
tut
Jan 8, 2014, 12:14 PM
9
points
347
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A big Singularity-themed Hollywood movie out in April offers many opportunities to talk about AI risk
chaosmage
Jan 7, 2014, 5:48 PM
49
points
85
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Meetup at CFAR, Wednesday: Nutritionally complete bread
Nisan
Jan 7, 2014, 10:25 AM
3
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Boston—Macroeconomic Theory (Joe Schneider)
Vika
Jan 7, 2014, 2:49 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
January Monthly Bragging Thread
diegocaleiro
Jan 6, 2014, 9:44 PM
13
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Durham Meetup—Bias Defenses from Influence
curiousepic
Jan 6, 2014, 9:17 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne Social Meetup
Maelin
Jan 6, 2014, 6:43 AM
2
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA—How to Live on 22 Hours a Day
OpenThreadGuy
Jan 6, 2014, 6:11 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Why I’m not on the Rationalist Masterlist
Apprentice
Jan 6, 2014, 12:16 AM
40
points
882
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Marijuana: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
Scott Alexander
Jan 5, 2014, 8:41 PM
35
points
4
comments
19
min read
LW
link
[LINK] The Mathematics of Gamification—Application of Bayes Rule to Voting
Gunnar_Zarncke
Jan 5, 2014, 8:34 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Atlanta, January Meetup & Movie Night!
Nova_Division
Jan 5, 2014, 6:15 PM
−3
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Introducing .impact
Peter Wildeford
Jan 5, 2014, 3:35 PM
27
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Another Critique of Effective Altruism
jsteinhardt
Jan 5, 2014, 9:51 AM
28
points
109
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Link] Valproic acid, a drug for brain plasticity
Mark_Friedenbach
Jan 5, 2014, 7:41 AM
20
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fascists and Rakes
philh
Jan 5, 2014, 12:41 AM
58
points
71
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes January 2014
Mestroyer
Jan 4, 2014, 7:39 PM
11
points
189
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow, First New Year
Yuu
Jan 4, 2014, 6:05 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] More ominous than a [Marriage] strike
GLaDOS
Jan 4, 2014, 5:34 PM
4
points
96
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Soft Paternalism in Parenting
Gunnar_Zarncke
Jan 4, 2014, 3:52 PM
53
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Critiquing Gary Taubes, Final: The Truth About Diets and Weight Loss
ChrisHallquist
Jan 4, 2014, 5:16 AM
25
points
88
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[LINK] How Long Does Habit Formation Take?
Antisuji
Jan 4, 2014, 1:33 AM
30
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Jan 3, 2014, 10:19 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[link] How do good ideas spread?
Kaj_Sotala
Jan 3, 2014, 8:19 PM
18
points
9
comments
9
min read
LW
link
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