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The best you can
So8res
Nov 10, 2015, 2:00 AM
17
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Meetup : Seattle Solstice
agilecaveman
Nov 9, 2015, 10:17 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Utility, probability and false beliefs
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 9, 2015, 9:43 PM
3
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Game Night in Tel Aviv
Squark
Nov 9, 2015, 7:14 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Be A Superdonor!”: Promoting Effective Altruism by Appealing to the Heart
Gleb_Tsipursky
Nov 9, 2015, 6:20 PM
9
points
82
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Nov. 09 - Nov. 15, 2015
MrMind
Nov 9, 2015, 8:07 AM
6
points
175
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong Study Hall: Now With 100% Less Tinychat
MalcolmOcean
Nov 9, 2015, 12:25 AM
39
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Reviving Cambridge Meetups
Salokin
Nov 8, 2015, 11:44 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Solstice 2015: What Memes May Come (Part II—Atheism, Rationality and Death)
Raemon
Nov 7, 2015, 10:23 PM
12
points
19
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Lund Meetup
kotrfa
Nov 7, 2015, 9:35 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LessWrong Sao Paulo monthly meetup
leohmarruda
Nov 7, 2015, 9:10 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
How do you choose areas of scientific research?
[deleted]
Nov 7, 2015, 1:15 AM
9
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Modified Demski Prior Problem: Revision
abramdemski
Nov 6, 2015, 9:45 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetup: Zurich
FrankAdamek
Nov 6, 2015, 3:46 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Updating on hypotheticals
casebash
Nov 6, 2015, 11:49 AM
6
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
LINK: An example of the Pink Flamingo, the obvious-yet-overlooked cousin of the Black Swan
polymathwannabe
Nov 5, 2015, 4:55 PM
10
points
75
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Fun and Games
rocurley
Nov 5, 2015, 7:49 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Merchandise—First Set
Gleb_Tsipursky
Nov 5, 2015, 6:12 AM
12
points
85
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Seattle Rationality Reading Group: 109-114
SeekingEternity
Nov 5, 2015, 3:09 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Reading Group: Part M: Fragile Purposes
Gram_Stone
Nov 5, 2015, 2:08 AM
6
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Warsaw November Meetup
mkf
Nov 4, 2015, 6:41 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : FallacyMania game in Kocherga club
Alexander230
Nov 4, 2015, 6:29 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Superrationality in arbitrary games
Vanessa Kosoy
Nov 4, 2015, 6:20 PM
31
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Using the Copernican mediocrity principle to estimate the timing of AI arrival
turchin
Nov 4, 2015, 11:42 AM
5
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Newcomb, Bostrom, Calvin: Credence and the strange path to a finite afterlife
crmflynn
Nov 2, 2015, 11:03 PM
10
points
84
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Book Swap
RobinZ
Nov 2, 2015, 9:12 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Solstice 2015: What Memes May Come? (Part I)
Raemon
Nov 2, 2015, 5:13 PM
22
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes Thread November 2015
elharo
Nov 2, 2015, 12:30 PM
11
points
144
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Nov. 02 - Nov. 08, 2015
MrMind
Nov 2, 2015, 10:07 AM
8
points
195
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Antonio Meetup
Bryan-san
Nov 2, 2015, 3:36 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Less Wrong NH Meet-up
Tuk
Nov 2, 2015, 3:10 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Recent updates to gwern.net (2014-2015)
gwern
Nov 2, 2015, 12:06 AM
34
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
November 2015 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Nov 1, 2015, 9:29 PM
5
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI origin question
hairyfigment
Nov 1, 2015, 8:35 PM
4
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Optimal predictor schemes
Vanessa Kosoy
Nov 1, 2015, 5:28 PM
3
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Working at MIRI: An interview with Malo Bourgon
SoerenMind
Nov 1, 2015, 12:54 PM
13
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[link] New essay summarizing some of my latest thoughts on AI safety
Kaj_Sotala
Nov 1, 2015, 8:07 AM
23
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : NYC Solstice
Raemon
Nov 1, 2015, 5:56 AM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Transmute guilt into resolve
So8res
1 Nov 2015 2:00 UTC
14
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
30 Oct 2015 15:37 UTC
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Ultimate Testing Grounds
Stuart_Armstrong
30 Oct 2015 15:19 UTC
0
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI utility-based correlation
Stuart_Armstrong
30 Oct 2015 15:02 UTC
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI utility-based correlation
Stuart_Armstrong
30 Oct 2015 14:53 UTC
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA: Futarchy
abramdemski
30 Oct 2015 7:22 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow meetup: science research issues, global risks, fallacymania
Slava Matyukhin
29 Oct 2015 14:37 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is there a recursive self-improvement hierarchy?
PhilGoetz
29 Oct 2015 2:55 UTC
14
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What Makes the New Atheists So Charitable?
tog
29 Oct 2015 1:50 UTC
−6
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LessWrong Reading Picnic
dutchie
28 Oct 2015 23:15 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does the Internet lead to good ideas spreading quicker?
Stefan_Schubert
28 Oct 2015 22:30 UTC
14
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What we could learn from the frequency of near-misses in the field of global risks (Happy Bassett-Bordne day!)
turchin
28 Oct 2015 18:28 UTC
19
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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