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Comments on “When Bayesian Inference Shatters”?
Crystalist
Jan 7, 2015, 10:56 PM
12
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The guardian article on longevity research [link]
ike
Jan 11, 2015, 7:02 PM
12
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What topics are appropriate for LessWrong?
tog
Jan 12, 2015, 6:58 PM
12
points
107
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence 19: Post-transition formation of a singleton
KatjaGrace
Jan 20, 2015, 2:00 AM
12
points
35
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Link]How to Achieve Impossible Career Goals (My manifesto on instrumental rationality)
[deleted]
Jan 2, 2015, 8:46 PM
12
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Superstar Effect
Adam Zerner
Jan 3, 2015, 6:11 AM
12
points
53
comments
6
min read
LW
link
What are the resolution limits of medical imaging?
oge
Jan 25, 2015, 10:57 PM
11
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Stupid Questions January 2015
Gondolinian
Jan 1, 2015, 2:30 AM
11
points
111
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Programming-like activities?
robot-dreams
Jan 8, 2015, 12:37 AM
11
points
77
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some recent evidence against the Big Bang
JStewart
Jan 7, 2015, 5:06 AM
10
points
66
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Explaining “map and territory” and “fundamental attribution error” to a broad audience
Gleb_Tsipursky
Jan 9, 2015, 5:57 PM
10
points
13
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Inverse relationship between belief in foom and years worked in commercial software
NancyLebovitz
Jan 4, 2015, 3:03 PM
10
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence 18: Life in an algorithmic economy
KatjaGrace
Jan 13, 2015, 2:00 AM
10
points
52
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Jan. 26 - Feb. 1, 2015
Gondolinian
Jan 26, 2015, 12:46 AM
10
points
432
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Understanding Who You Really Are
ozziegooen
Jan 2, 2015, 8:44 AM
10
points
21
comments
2
min read
LW
link
LINK: Diseases not sufficiently researched
polymathwannabe
Jan 17, 2015, 4:03 PM
9
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LINK: Guinea worm disease close to eradication
polymathwannabe
Jan 16, 2015, 4:08 PM
9
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Less exploitable value-updating agent
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 13, 2015, 5:19 PM
9
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
LW-ish meetup in Boulder, CO
fowlertm
Jan 13, 2015, 5:23 AM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence 17: Multipolar scenarios
KatjaGrace
Jan 6, 2015, 6:44 AM
9
points
38
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Jan. 12 - Jan. 18, 2015
Gondolinian
Jan 12, 2015, 12:39 AM
9
points
156
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Quantum cat-stencil interference projection? What is this?
pre
Jan 14, 2015, 12:06 AM
8
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LINK: Superrationality and DAOs
somnicule
Jan 24, 2015, 9:47 AM
8
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why you should consider buying Bitcoin right now (Jan 2015) if you have high risk tolerance
Ander
Jan 13, 2015, 8:02 PM
8
points
139
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Tentative Thoughts on the Cost Effectiveness of the SENS Foundation
Fluttershy
Jan 4, 2015, 2:58 AM
8
points
21
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Lifehack Ideas January 2015
Gondolinian
Jan 1, 2015, 2:34 AM
8
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Optimal eating (or rather, a step in the right direction)
c_edwards
Jan 19, 2015, 1:35 AM
8
points
65
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, January 2015, chapter 103
b_sen
Jan 29, 2015, 1:44 AM
8
points
173
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence 20: The value-loading problem
KatjaGrace
Jan 27, 2015, 2:00 AM
8
points
21
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The decline of violence as a lens for understanding effective altruism
alwhite
Jan 7, 2015, 5:16 PM
8
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] - Policy Challenges of Accelerating Technological Change: Security Policy and Strategy Implications of Parallel Scientific Revolutions
plex
Jan 28, 2015, 3:29 PM
7
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Negative Polyamory outcomes?
atorm
Jan 5, 2015, 12:33 AM
7
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes January 2015
Gondolinian
Jan 1, 2015, 2:23 AM
7
points
153
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I tried my hardest to win in an AI box experiment, and I failed. Here are the logs.
[deleted]
Jan 27, 2015, 10:06 PM
7
points
28
comments
32
min read
LW
link
Misapplied economics and overwrought estimates
Timothy Telleen-Lawton
Jan 12, 2015, 5:10 PM
7
points
31
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How much does consumption affect production?
Timothy Telleen-Lawton
Jan 5, 2015, 3:51 PM
7
points
60
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Ethical Diets
pcm
Jan 12, 2015, 11:38 PM
6
points
23
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Bragging Thread January 2015
Gondolinian
Jan 4, 2015, 6:54 PM
6
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Group Rationality Diary, January 16-31
therufs
Jan 16, 2015, 1:54 AM
6
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Group Rationality Diary, January 1-15
therufs
Jan 1, 2015, 5:43 PM
6
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetups: Paris, San Francisco
FrankAdamek
Jan 10, 2015, 12:01 AM
6
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
January 2015 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Jan 1, 2015, 12:50 AM
6
points
38
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Jan. 19 - Jan. 25, 2015
Gondolinian
Jan 19, 2015, 12:04 AM
6
points
303
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Evil” decision problems in provability logic
Benya_Fallenstein
Jan 10, 2015, 1:04 AM
6
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Australia Mega-meetup planning meeting
Elo
Jan 18, 2015, 5:47 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread Jan. 5-11, 2015
polymathwannabe
Jan 5, 2015, 12:48 PM
5
points
152
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Paris LW Meetup—LHC Exhibit − 17/01/2015
kilobug
Jan 1, 2015, 12:22 PM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does the Utility Function Halt?
OrphanWilde
Jan 28, 2015, 4:08 AM
5
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
controlling AI behavior through unusual axiomatic probabilities
Florian_Dietz
Jan 8, 2015, 5:00 PM
5
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Raleigh, NC (RTLW) Discussion Meetup
therufs
Jan 14, 2015, 3:47 AM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
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