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Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: TED talks
maia
Oct 25, 2015, 5:41 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Crazy Global Warming Solution Ideas
Bound_up
Oct 24, 2015, 7:12 AM
3
points
42
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sidekick Matchmaking—How to tackle the problem?
diegocaleiro
Oct 23, 2015, 7:35 PM
13
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : First meetup of Rationality Zürich
Marko
Oct 23, 2015, 5:36 PM
2
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Oct 23, 2015, 3:21 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence and wireheading
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 23, 2015, 2:54 PM
1
point
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence and wireheading
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 23, 2015, 2:49 PM
10
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Less Wrong NH Meet-up
Tuk
Oct 23, 2015, 1:07 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Less Wrong and Agency in the Huffington Post
Gleb_Tsipursky
Oct 23, 2015, 12:20 AM
15
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
ClearerThinking’s Fact-Checking 2.0
Stefan_Schubert
Oct 22, 2015, 9:16 PM
35
points
40
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[LINK] 23andme now approved by the FDA to deliver health reports
username2
Oct 22, 2015, 1:33 AM
14
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Reading Group: Part L: The Simple Math of Evolution
Gram_Stone
Oct 21, 2015, 9:50 PM
10
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Wise Sayings
RobinZ
Oct 21, 2015, 8:50 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Study: no big filter, we’re just too early
polymathwannabe
Oct 21, 2015, 1:13 PM
6
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The mystery of Brahms
PhilGoetz
Oct 21, 2015, 5:12 AM
13
points
65
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Antonio Meetup
Bryan-san
Oct 20, 2015, 3:23 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link]: KIC 8462852, aka WTF star, “the most mysterious star in our galaxy”, ETI candidate, etc.
jacob_cannell
Oct 20, 2015, 1:10 AM
8
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The trouble with Bayes (draft)
snarles
Oct 19, 2015, 8:50 PM
15
points
58
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Nature publishes an article about alternative therapy
BiasedBayes
Oct 19, 2015, 5:07 PM
2
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] arguman.org, an argument analysis platform
dyokomizo
Oct 19, 2015, 3:46 PM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Oct. 19 - Oct. 25, 2015
MrMind
Oct 19, 2015, 6:59 AM
7
points
198
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Have no excuses
So8res
Oct 19, 2015, 2:00 AM
16
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Life Advice Repository
Gunnar_Zarncke
Oct 18, 2015, 12:08 PM
15
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Survey Articles: A justification
casebash
Oct 18, 2015, 10:06 AM
10
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Survey Article: How do I become a more interesting person?
casebash
Oct 18, 2015, 10:04 AM
11
points
44
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Improving the Effectiveness of Effective Altruism Outreach
Gleb_Tsipursky
Oct 18, 2015, 3:38 AM
8
points
13
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Link] Rationality and Mental Illness in the Huffington Post
Gleb_Tsipursky
Oct 18, 2015, 1:24 AM
10
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Utilitarianism
RobinZ
Oct 17, 2015, 4:08 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Short Talks
rocurley
Oct 17, 2015, 4:19 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Map of Currently Available Life Extension Methods
turchin
Oct 17, 2015, 12:10 AM
14
points
39
comments
5
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetup: Turku
FrankAdamek
Oct 16, 2015, 4:11 PM
5
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Non-existent markets in everything: anecdotes
KatjaGrace
Oct 16, 2015, 4:48 AM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
We’ll write you a will for free if you leave a gift to GiveWell’s top charities
Peter Wildeford
Oct 16, 2015, 3:33 AM
8
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sequential Extensions of Causal and Evidential Decision Theory
tom4everitt
Oct 15, 2015, 11:45 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
A first look at the hard problem of corrigibility
jessicata
Oct 15, 2015, 8:16 PM
12
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
It Was You Who Made My Blue Eyes Blue
Scott Alexander
Oct 15, 2015, 7:46 PM
47
points
3
comments
20
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Sydney Rationality Dojo—November
luminosity
Oct 15, 2015, 11:53 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne Social—October
Maelin
Oct 15, 2015, 7:05 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Pascal’s Mugging, Finite or Unbounded Resources?
Irgy
Oct 15, 2015, 4:01 AM
0
points
26
comments
9
min read
LW
link
A very long list of sleep maintenance suggestions
Elo
Oct 15, 2015, 3:29 AM
17
points
23
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Vegetarianism Ideological Turing Test Results
Raelifin
Oct 14, 2015, 12:34 AM
35
points
26
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Link] Max Tegmark and Nick Bostrom Speak About AI Risk at UN International Security Event
Gram_Stone
Oct 13, 2015, 11:25 PM
16
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Stupid questions thread, October 2015
philh
Oct 13, 2015, 7:39 PM
7
points
223
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Trustworthy answers via indifference
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 13, 2015, 4:34 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Socializing and board games
Anatoly_Vorobey
Oct 13, 2015, 1:28 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New positions and recent hires at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (Cambridge, UK)
Sean_o_h
Oct 13, 2015, 11:11 AM
14
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Oct. 12 - Oct. 18, 2015
MrMind
Oct 12, 2015, 6:57 AM
8
points
252
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Subsequence Induction (draft)
Scott Garrabrant
Oct 12, 2015, 6:19 AM
4
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
General buying considerations?
Elo
Oct 12, 2015, 5:18 AM
10
points
20
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Fermi Estimates
rocurley
Oct 12, 2015, 3:20 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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