Re­sults from MIRI’s De­cem­ber workshop

BenyaJan 15, 2014, 10:29 PM
73 points
43 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Berkeley meetup: 5-minute exercises

NisanJan 15, 2014, 9:02 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Re­cre­ational Cryonics

topynateJan 15, 2014, 8:21 PM
1 point
6 comments4 min readLW link

The non-In­de­pen­dence of su­perfi­cially-Ir­rele­vant Alternatives

roystgnrJan 15, 2014, 6:46 PM
16 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

To cap­ture anti-death in­tu­itions, in­clude mem­ory in utilitarianism

Kaj_SotalaJan 15, 2014, 6:27 AM
12 points
34 comments3 min readLW link

Thought Crimes

Scott GarrabrantJan 15, 2014, 5:23 AM
13 points
50 comments2 min readLW link

Un­der­stand­ing and jus­tify­ing Solomonoff induction

gedyminJan 15, 2014, 1:16 AM
7 points
75 comments8 min readLW link

Func­tional Side Effects

Scott GarrabrantJan 14, 2014, 8:22 PM
14 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

In­ter­view with a Scien­tist.

Baruta07Jan 14, 2014, 6:18 PM
−2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

What ra­tio­nal­ity ma­te­rial should I teach in my game the­ory course

James_MillerJan 14, 2014, 2:15 AM
11 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Philo­soph­i­cal Real­ism and Fairy Dust

HalMorrisJan 14, 2014, 1:21 AM
3 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bos­ton—Aver­sion fac­tor­ing and calibration

VikaJan 13, 2014, 11:24 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bratis­lava Meetup IX.

Viliam_BurJan 13, 2014, 2:10 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Karma query

ChrysophylaxJan 13, 2014, 11:25 AM
−8 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

An­thropic Atheism

[deleted]Jan 13, 2014, 5:00 AM
34 points
54 comments5 min readLW link

On Vot­ing for Third Parties

Scott GarrabrantJan 13, 2014, 3:16 AM
10 points
46 comments3 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions Thread—Jan­uary 2014

RomeoStevensJan 13, 2014, 2:31 AM
14 points
298 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup: Democracy

Scott GarrabrantJan 13, 2014, 1:07 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Less­wrong Boulder CO

yakurbe0112Jan 12, 2014, 7:37 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Dou­ble-thick tran­sis­tors and other sub­jec­tive phenomena

ManfredJan 12, 2014, 7:32 PM
14 points
26 comments3 min readLW link

New (pro­posal for) monthly thread: Meetup Reports

bartimaeusJan 12, 2014, 3:50 PM
25 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Pop­u­lar press ac­count of so­cial benefits of mo­ti­vated reasoning

Peter WildefordJan 12, 2014, 1:55 PM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Even Odds

Scott GarrabrantJan 12, 2014, 7:24 AM
77 points
48 comments3 min readLW link

Why I haven’t signed up for cryonics

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Jan 12, 2014, 5:16 AM
43 points
252 comments5 min readLW link

Dereg­u­lat­ing Dis­trac­tion, Mov­ing Towards the Goal, and Level Hopping

So8resJan 12, 2014, 3:21 AM
102 points
25 comments8 min readLW link

AALWA: Ask any LessWronger anything

Will_NewsomeJan 12, 2014, 2:18 AM
53 points
636 comments1 min readLW link

Try more things.

whalesJan 12, 2014, 1:25 AM
88 points
20 comments7 min readLW link

I Will Pay $500 To Any­one Who Can Con­vince Me To Can­cel My Cry­on­ics Subscription

ChrisHallquistJan 11, 2014, 10:39 AM
54 points
182 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton DC Effec­tive Altru­ism Meetup

rocurleyJan 11, 2014, 10:15 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Calcu­lat­ing an ex­pected value

polymathwannabeJan 11, 2014, 6:41 AM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Free on­line course: How to Rea­son and Ar­gue start­ing Mon. Any in­ter­est in study group?

pinyakaJan 10, 2014, 7:25 PM
7 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

New LW Mee­tups: Port­land, Sydney

FrankAdamekJan 10, 2014, 5:04 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Dr. Jub­jub pre­dicts a crisis

ApprenticeJan 10, 2014, 3:52 PM
74 points
65 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Van­cou­ver Biweekly Se­quences Dis­cus­sion: Poli­tics Is the Mind-killer

eggmanJan 10, 2014, 10:21 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Peo­ple be­come more util­i­tar­ian in VR moral dilem­mas as com­pared to text based.

trifithJan 9, 2014, 8:28 PM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Vari­ables in Ar­gu­ments as a Source of Confusion

kremlinJan 9, 2014, 1:16 PM
9 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Ha­bit­ual Productivity

So8resJan 9, 2014, 6:44 AM
90 points
36 comments6 min readLW link

The me­chan­ics of my re­cent productivity

So8resJan 9, 2014, 2:30 AM
202 points
47 comments9 min readLW link

We need new hu­mans, please help

ApprenticeJan 9, 2014, 12:25 AM
−16 points
57 comments1 min readLW link

Physics grad stu­dent: how to build em­ploy­a­bil­ity in pro­gram­ming & finance

StabilizerJan 8, 2014, 7:36 PM
14 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

Liter­a­ture-re­view on cog­ni­tive effects of modafinil (my bach­e­lor the­sis)

David AlthausJan 8, 2014, 7:23 PM
53 points
42 comments3 min readLW link

[Link] Con­scious­ness as a State of Mat­ter (Max Teg­mark)

Mark_FriedenbachJan 8, 2014, 6:11 PM
22 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Some thoughts on hav­ing children

pianoforte611Jan 8, 2014, 5:26 PM
6 points
107 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don—The Schel­ling Point Strat­egy Game (plus so­cials)

sixes_and_sevensJan 8, 2014, 1:12 PM
11 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread for Jan­uary 8 − 16 2014

tutJan 8, 2014, 12:14 PM
9 points
347 comments1 min readLW link

A big Sin­gu­lar­ity-themed Hol­ly­wood movie out in April offers many op­por­tu­ni­ties to talk about AI risk

chaosmageJan 7, 2014, 5:48 PM
49 points
85 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Meetup at CFAR, Wed­nes­day: Nutri­tion­ally com­plete bread

Nisan7 Jan 2014 10:25 UTC
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bos­ton—Macroe­co­nomic The­ory (Joe Sch­nei­der)

Vika7 Jan 2014 2:49 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Jan­uary Monthly Brag­ging Thread

diegocaleiro6 Jan 2014 21:44 UTC
13 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham Meetup—Bias Defenses from Influence

curiousepic6 Jan 2014 21:17 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link