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A simple exercise in rationality: rephrase an objective statement as subjective and explore the caveats
Shmi
Apr 18, 2015, 11:46 PM
32
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[link] The surprising downsides of being clever
Gunnar_Zarncke
Apr 18, 2015, 8:33 PM
3
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How long can you watch this video?
kingmaker
Apr 18, 2015, 3:09 PM
−8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Apr 18, 2015, 6:47 AM
5
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Resolving the Fermi Paradox: New Directions
jacob_cannell
Apr 18, 2015, 6:00 AM
22
points
59
comments
9
min read
LW
link
High impact from low impact
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 17, 2015, 4:01 PM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
High impact from low impact
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 17, 2015, 4:01 PM
11
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Problem of Alien Concepts
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 17, 2015, 2:13 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(lesswrong.com)
Concept Safety: The problem of alien concepts
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 17, 2015, 2:09 PM
28
points
7
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Effective effective altruism: Get $400 off your next charity donation
Baisius
Apr 17, 2015, 5:45 AM
12
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Reading Group: Introduction and A: Predictably Wrong
Mark_Friedenbach
Apr 17, 2015, 1:40 AM
16
points
25
comments
5
min read
LW
link
LessWrong experience on Alcohol
Elo
Apr 17, 2015, 1:19 AM
4
points
133
comments
2
min read
LW
link
One week left for CSER researcher applications
RyanCarey
Apr 17, 2015, 12:40 AM
16
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Modal Bargaining Agents
orthonormal
Apr 16, 2015, 10:19 PM
14
points
20
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Sydney Rationality Dojo—Planning and Debugging
luminosity
Apr 16, 2015, 9:57 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Can an AI suffer?
kingmaker
Apr 16, 2015, 3:44 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Can an AI suffer?
kingmaker
Apr 16, 2015, 3:27 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA: Improv & Rationality
abramdemski
Apr 16, 2015, 8:47 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA: Improv & Rationality
abramdemski
Apr 16, 2015, 8:46 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why isn’t the following decision theory optimal?
Elliot_Olds
Apr 16, 2015, 1:38 AM
10
points
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Cooperative conversational threading
philh
Apr 15, 2015, 6:40 PM
38
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Sword of Good
RobinZ
Apr 15, 2015, 5:18 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Producing similar AI-human concept spaces
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 14, 2015, 8:42 PM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(lesswrong.com)
Concept Safety: Producing similar AI-human concept spaces
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 14, 2015, 8:39 PM
51
points
45
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Anti-Pascaline satisficer
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 14, 2015, 7:13 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anti-Pascaline satisficer
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 14, 2015, 6:49 PM
6
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Un-optimised vs anti-optimised
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 14, 2015, 6:30 PM
12
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Could you tell me what’s wrong with this?
Algon
Apr 14, 2015, 10:43 AM
2
points
64
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Translating bad advice
Sophronius
Apr 14, 2015, 9:20 AM
24
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Maybe we can perform the “Mary’s Room” thought experiment
DavidPlumpton
Apr 14, 2015, 9:19 AM
10
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications (MIRI Course List)
LawrenceC
Apr 14, 2015, 9:08 AM
21
points
12
comments
8
min read
LW
link
How I changed my exercise habits
Normal_Anomaly
Apr 13, 2015, 10:19 PM
28
points
26
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Are there really no ghosts in the machine?
kingmaker
Apr 13, 2015, 7:54 PM
−1
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Are there really no ghosts in the machine?
kingmaker
Apr 13, 2015, 7:43 PM
1
point
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Lesson learned from HPMOR, only months after… (spoilers from beginning to end)
Bound_up
Apr 13, 2015, 6:30 PM
6
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Snape’s knowledge of valence shells
Bound_up
Apr 13, 2015, 5:58 PM
3
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Austin, TX—Schelling Day
Vaniver
Apr 13, 2015, 2:19 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: The Long Arc of Moral Progress (NOT NORMAL PLACE/TIME)
rocurley
Apr 13, 2015, 2:50 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, Apr. 13 - Apr. 19, 2015
Gondolinian
Apr 13, 2015, 12:19 AM
7
points
320
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Brooklyn Effective Altruism Gathering
Raemon
Apr 13, 2015, 12:06 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What are “the really good ideas” that Peter Thiel says are too dangerous to mention?
James_Miller
Apr 12, 2015, 9:07 PM
5
points
78
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Friendly-AI is an abomination
kingmaker
Apr 12, 2015, 8:21 PM
−25
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Friendly-AI is an abomination
kingmaker
Apr 12, 2015, 8:17 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is Friendly-AI a good idea?
kingmaker
Apr 12, 2015, 8:14 PM
−3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is Friendly-AI a good idea?
kingmaker
Apr 12, 2015, 8:06 PM
1
point
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Is friendly-AI a good idea?
kingmaker
12 Apr 2015 19:58 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Less Wrong Israel Meetup: Social and Board Games
DanArmak
12 Apr 2015 14:43 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Warsaw April Meetup
mkf
12 Apr 2015 14:32 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Who are your favourite rationalist bloggers?
casebash
12 Apr 2015 13:58 UTC
6
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA—R:AZ Part D, Mysterious Answers
OpenThreadGuy
12 Apr 2015 8:01 UTC
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
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