[Link] IBM to set Wat­son loose on can­cer genome data

TylerJayMar 20, 2014, 4:48 PM
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Eng­ineer­ing ar­chae­ol­ogy

NancyLebovitzMar 20, 2014, 4:38 PM
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Thoughts on How Con­scious­ness Can Affect the World

DavidPlumptonMar 20, 2014, 8:32 AM
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To what ex­tent does im­proved ra­tio­nal­ity lead to effec­tive al­tru­ism?

JonahSMar 20, 2014, 7:08 AM
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Meetup: Philadelphia, 1 PM, March 23-- treat­ing mis­takes as though they’re bugs

NancyLebovitzMar 19, 2014, 3:55 PM
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The ecolog­i­cal ra­tio­nal­ity of the bad old fallacies

velisarMar 19, 2014, 11:39 AM
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Meetup : Ur­bana-Cham­paign: Lose Ar­gu­ments to Win Fab­u­lous Prizes

ManfredMar 19, 2014, 9:46 AM
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Meetup : Berkeley: Beta-test­ing at CFAR

NisanMar 19, 2014, 5:32 AM
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On Ir­ra­tional The­ory of Identity

SilentCalMar 19, 2014, 12:06 AM
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In­for­ma­tion-gen­er­at­ing re­search projects

JonahSMar 18, 2014, 6:53 PM
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Meetup : Durham: Stupid Ra­tion­al­ity Questions

evandMar 18, 2014, 5:11 PM
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One Med­i­cal? Ex­pan­sion of MIRI?

RHollerithMar 18, 2014, 2:38 PM
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Ter­ror­ist baby down the well: a look at in­sti­tu­tional forces

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 18, 2014, 2:30 PM
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Open thread, 18-24 March 2014

David_GerardMar 18, 2014, 12:26 PM
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Dis­cov­er­ing Your Se­cretly Se­cret Sen­sory Experiences

seezMar 18, 2014, 10:12 AM
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FiveThir­tyEight (Nate Silver) rolls out new blog to­day, and at­tempts to teach peo­ple Bayes’ rule.

RomeoStevensMar 18, 2014, 6:37 AM
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Global Ex­is­ten­tial Risks & Rad­i­cal Fu­tures (con­fer­ence June 14)

turchinMar 18, 2014, 3:27 AM
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The Prob­lem with AIXI

Rob BensingerMar 18, 2014, 1:55 AM
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Less Wrong Study Hall—Year 1 Retrospective

ErrorMar 18, 2014, 1:54 AM
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Meetup : Detroit/​Ann Ar­bor—Me­mory Workshop

Scott AlexanderMar 17, 2014, 11:45 PM
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Friendly AI ideas needed: how would you ban porn?

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 17, 2014, 6:00 PM
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Re­duced im­pact in prac­tice: ran­domly sam­pling the future

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 17, 2014, 4:30 PM
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My book: Si­mu­lat­ing Den­nett—This Wed­nes­day in Sao Paulo

diegocaleiroMar 17, 2014, 8:15 AM
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Meetup : Moscow, Chaotic Meet up

YuuMar 17, 2014, 7:59 AM
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Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, March 16-31

therufsMar 16, 2014, 10:47 PM
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Meetup : Utrecht: Famine, Affluence and Morality

SoerenMindMar 16, 2014, 7:56 PM
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Refer­ence Frames for Ex­pected Value

ozziegooenMar 16, 2014, 7:22 PM
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Meta-er­ror: I like there­fore I am

KatjaGraceMar 16, 2014, 7:10 PM
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In­tel­li­gence-disadvantage

casebashMar 16, 2014, 7:14 AM
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Why are Har­vard’s alumni so wealthy?

JonahSMar 15, 2014, 6:47 PM
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High school stu­dents and epistemic rationality

VipulNaikMar 15, 2014, 5:40 PM
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Democ­racy and in­di­vi­d­ual liberty; de­cen­tral­ised pre­dic­tion markets

ChrysophylaxMar 15, 2014, 12:27 PM
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Shoulds can be changed to Cans

StabilizerMar 15, 2014, 9:05 AM
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Solu­tions and Open Problems

ManfredMar 15, 2014, 6:53 AM
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What are you work­ing on? March /​ April 2014

VincentYuMar 15, 2014, 3:45 AM
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Biomed­i­cal re­search, su­per­stars, and innovation

VipulNaikMar 14, 2014, 10:38 PM
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High school stu­dents and effec­tive altruism

VipulNaikMar 14, 2014, 7:04 PM
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Over­com­ing the Loe­bian ob­sta­cle us­ing ev­i­dence logic

SquarkMar 14, 2014, 6:34 PM
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Can you es­cape Heat Death with MWI?

DataPacRatMar 14, 2014, 6:12 PM
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What at­tracts peo­ple to learn­ing things that they con­sider nei­ther in­ter­est­ing nor im­por­tant?

VipulNaikMar 14, 2014, 5:32 PM
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On the con­cept of “tal­ent-con­strained” organizations

VipulNaikMar 14, 2014, 4:42 PM
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New LW Meetup: Auckland

FrankAdamekMar 14, 2014, 4:02 PM
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How much wealth is pro­duced by high IQ peo­ple?

JonahSMar 14, 2014, 8:23 AM
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On not di­ver­sify­ing charity

DanielLCMar 14, 2014, 5:14 AM
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Meetup : Wash­ing­ton DC Short Talks Meetup

rocurleyMar 13, 2014, 11:55 PM
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Mak­ing LessWrong no­table enough for its own Wikipe­dia page

VipulNaikMar 13, 2014, 6:17 PM
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Par­ent­ing ver­sus ca­reer choice think­ing in teenagers

VipulNaikMar 13, 2014, 5:56 PM
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What at­tracts smart and cu­ri­ous young peo­ple to physics? Should this be en­couraged?

VipulNaikMar 13, 2014, 5:22 PM
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Meetup : Melbourne So­cial Meetup

MaelinMar 13, 2014, 12:00 PM
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Meetup : Is­rael Less Wrong Meetup—Pro­duc­tivity Hacks

SoftFlareMar 12, 2014, 10:07 PM
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