Clear­erThink­ing’s Fact-Check­ing 2.0

Stefan_SchubertOct 22, 2015, 9:16 PM
35 points
40 comments4 min readLW link

[LINK] 23andme now ap­proved by the FDA to de­liver health reports

username2Oct 22, 2015, 1:33 AM
14 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group: Part L: The Sim­ple Math of Evolution

Gram_StoneOct 21, 2015, 9:50 PM
10 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Wise Sayings

RobinZOct 21, 2015, 8:50 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Study: no big filter, we’re just too early

polymathwannabeOct 21, 2015, 1:13 PM
6 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

The mys­tery of Brahms

PhilGoetzOct 21, 2015, 5:12 AM
13 points
65 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : San An­to­nio Meetup

Bryan-sanOct 20, 2015, 3:23 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link]: KIC 8462852, aka WTF star, “the most mys­te­ri­ous star in our galaxy”, ETI can­di­date, etc.

jacob_cannellOct 20, 2015, 1:10 AM
8 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

The trou­ble with Bayes (draft)

snarlesOct 19, 2015, 8:50 PM
15 points
58 comments14 min readLW link

Na­ture pub­lishes an ar­ti­cle about al­ter­na­tive therapy

BiasedBayesOct 19, 2015, 5:07 PM
2 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] ar­gu­man.org, an ar­gu­ment anal­y­sis platform

dyokomizoOct 19, 2015, 3:46 PM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Oct. 19 - Oct. 25, 2015

MrMindOct 19, 2015, 6:59 AM
7 points
198 comments1 min readLW link

Have no excuses

So8resOct 19, 2015, 2:00 AM
16 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Life Ad­vice Repository

Gunnar_ZarnckeOct 18, 2015, 12:08 PM
15 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Sur­vey Ar­ti­cles: A justification

casebashOct 18, 2015, 10:06 AM
10 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Sur­vey Ar­ti­cle: How do I be­come a more in­ter­est­ing per­son?

casebashOct 18, 2015, 10:04 AM
11 points
44 comments3 min readLW link

Im­prov­ing the Effec­tive­ness of Effec­tive Altru­ism Outreach

Gleb_TsipurskyOct 18, 2015, 3:38 AM
8 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

[Link] Ra­tion­al­ity and Men­tal Ill­ness in the Huffing­ton Post

Gleb_TsipurskyOct 18, 2015, 1:24 AM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Utilitarianism

RobinZOct 17, 2015, 4:08 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Short Talks

rocurleyOct 17, 2015, 4:19 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Map of Cur­rently Available Life Ex­ten­sion Meth­ods

turchinOct 17, 2015, 12:10 AM
14 points
39 comments5 min readLW link

New LW Meetup: Turku

FrankAdamekOct 16, 2015, 4:11 PM
5 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Non-ex­is­tent mar­kets in ev­ery­thing: anecdotes

KatjaGraceOct 16, 2015, 4:48 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

We’ll write you a will for free if you leave a gift to GiveWell’s top charities

Peter WildefordOct 16, 2015, 3:33 AM
8 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Se­quen­tial Ex­ten­sions of Causal and Ev­i­den­tial De­ci­sion Theory

tom4everittOct 15, 2015, 11:45 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

A first look at the hard prob­lem of corrigibility

jessicataOct 15, 2015, 8:16 PM
12 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

It Was You Who Made My Blue Eyes Blue

Scott AlexanderOct 15, 2015, 7:46 PM
47 points
3 comments20 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—November

luminosityOct 15, 2015, 11:53 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne So­cial—October

MaelinOct 15, 2015, 7:05 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pas­cal’s Mug­ging, Finite or Un­bounded Re­sources?

IrgyOct 15, 2015, 4:01 AM
0 points
26 comments9 min readLW link

A very long list of sleep main­te­nance suggestions

EloOct 15, 2015, 3:29 AM
17 points
23 comments13 min readLW link

Vege­tar­i­anism Ide­olog­i­cal Tur­ing Test Results

RaelifinOct 14, 2015, 12:34 AM
35 points
26 comments3 min readLW link

[Link] Max Teg­mark and Nick Bostrom Speak About AI Risk at UN In­ter­na­tional Se­cu­rity Event

Gram_StoneOct 13, 2015, 11:25 PM
16 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Stupid ques­tions thread, Oc­to­ber 2015

philhOct 13, 2015, 7:39 PM
7 points
223 comments1 min readLW link

Trust­wor­thy an­swers via indifference

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 13, 2015, 4:34 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : So­cial­iz­ing and board games

Anatoly_VorobeyOct 13, 2015, 1:28 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

New po­si­tions and re­cent hires at the Cen­tre for the Study of Ex­is­ten­tial Risk (Cam­bridge, UK)

Sean_o_hOct 13, 2015, 11:11 AM
14 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Open thread, Oct. 12 - Oct. 18, 2015

MrMindOct 12, 2015, 6:57 AM
8 points
252 comments1 min readLW link

Sub­se­quence In­duc­tion (draft)

Scott GarrabrantOct 12, 2015, 6:19 AM
4 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Gen­eral buy­ing con­sid­er­a­tions?

EloOct 12, 2015, 5:18 AM
10 points
20 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Fermi Estimates

rocurleyOct 12, 2015, 3:20 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Cloth­ing is Hard (A Brief Ad­ven­ture into my Ineffi­cient Brain)

k_ebelOct 12, 2015, 1:44 AM
−5 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Read­ing Weekly Meetups

ActyOct 12, 2015, 12:11 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Un­bounded lin­ear util­ity func­tions?

snarlesOct 11, 2015, 11:30 PM
0 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Si­mu­la­tions Map: what is the most prob­a­ble type of the simu­la­tion in which we live?

turchinOct 11, 2015, 5:10 AM
10 points
47 comments7 min readLW link

Sim­ply lo­cate yourself

So8resOct 11, 2015, 3:00 AM
17 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Con­flict­ing ad­vice on altruism

leplenOct 11, 2015, 12:25 AM
7 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

Au­mann Agree­ment Game

abramdemskiOct 9, 2015, 5:14 PM
32 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

New LW Mee­tups: Read­ing, Stock­holm, and Suzhou

FrankAdamekOct 9, 2015, 4:11 PM
3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Chat­bots or set an­swers, not WBEs

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 9, 2015, 3:48 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link