Maybe we can perform the “Mary’s Room” thought experiment

DavidPlumptonApr 14, 2015, 9:19 AM
10 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Against the in­ter­nal lo­cus of control

ThrasymachusApr 3, 2015, 5:48 PM
10 points
17 comments4 min readLW link

Why isn’t the fol­low­ing de­ci­sion the­ory op­ti­mal?

Elliot_OldsApr 16, 2015, 1:38 AM
10 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

SSC dis­cus­sion: growth mindset

togApr 11, 2015, 3:13 PM
9 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Choos­ing an In­fe­rior Alternative

ZubonApr 11, 2015, 4:43 PM
9 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions April 2015

GondolinianApr 2, 2015, 9:29 PM
9 points
146 comments1 min readLW link

Shawn Mikula on Brain Preser­va­tion Pro­to­cols and Extensions

ogeApr 29, 2015, 2:47 AM
9 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

Self-ver­ifi­ca­tion

NanashiApr 19, 2015, 11:36 PM
9 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

April 2015 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisApr 1, 2015, 6:34 PM
9 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

How ur­gent is it to in­tu­itively un­der­stand Bayesi­anism?

Adam ZernerApr 7, 2015, 12:43 AM
9 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

The stamp collector

So8resApr 27, 2015, 3:00 AM
8 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Effi­cient Food

FluttershyApr 6, 2015, 5:20 AM
8 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Learn­ing a con­cept us­ing only pos­i­tive examples

jessicataApr 28, 2015, 3:57 AM
8 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Para­con­sis­tent Tiling Agents (Very Early Draft)

IAFF-User-4Apr 2, 2015, 7:27 AM
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(github.com)

Open Thread, Apr. 20 - Apr. 26, 2015

GondolinianApr 20, 2015, 12:02 AM
7 points
355 comments1 min readLW link

LW’s take on nu­tri­tion?

michael_bApr 3, 2015, 12:33 AM
7 points
56 comments3 min readLW link

Open Thread, Apr. 13 - Apr. 19, 2015

GondolinianApr 13, 2015, 12:19 AM
7 points
320 comments1 min readLW link

In what lan­guage should we define the util­ity func­tion of a friendly AI?

ValApr 5, 2015, 10:14 PM
7 points
22 comments4 min readLW link

Open Thread, Apr. 06 - Apr. 12, 2015

philhApr 6, 2015, 2:18 PM
7 points
128 comments1 min readLW link

Tim Fer­ris Experiment

casebashApr 29, 2015, 2:27 PM
6 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Who are your favourite ra­tio­nal­ist blog­gers?

casebashApr 12, 2015, 1:58 PM
6 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Is there a LessWrong In­dex?

Bound_upApr 6, 2015, 6:27 PM
6 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­pe­rience of typ­i­cal mind fal­lacy.

EloApr 27, 2015, 6:39 PM
6 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

Tally of LessWrong ex­pe­rience on Alcohol

EloApr 22, 2015, 11:29 PM
6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Anti-Pas­cal­ine satisficer

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 14, 2015, 6:49 PM
6 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Les­son learned from HPMOR, only months af­ter… (spoilers from be­gin­ning to end)

Bound_upApr 13, 2015, 6:30 PM
6 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

For any­one in­ter­ested in life extension

NanashiApr 11, 2015, 6:34 PM
6 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Apr. 27 - May 3, 2015

GondolinianApr 27, 2015, 12:18 AM
6 points
354 comments1 min readLW link

Why bit­coin?

GrantApr 2, 2015, 1:24 AM
5 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

If you could push a but­ton to elimi­nate one cog­ni­tive bias, which would you choose?

MalcolmOceanApr 9, 2015, 7:05 AM
5 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekApr 18, 2015, 6:47 AM
5 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

What are “the re­ally good ideas” that Peter Thiel says are too dan­ger­ous to men­tion?

James_MillerApr 12, 2015, 9:07 PM
5 points
78 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup: Oslo LessWrong meetup plan­ning thread.

FourFireApr 25, 2015, 9:09 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Min­i­max as an ap­proach to re­duced-im­pact AI

jessicataApr 2, 2015, 10:00 PM
5 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

High im­pact from low im­pact, continued

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 28, 2015, 12:58 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong ex­pe­rience on Alcohol

EloApr 17, 2015, 1:19 AM
4 points
133 comments2 min readLW link

New LW Meetup: Chicago

FrankAdamekApr 10, 2015, 3:14 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Mo­ral Anti-Epistemology

Lukas_GloorApr 24, 2015, 3:30 AM
4 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

Is Belief in Belief a Use­ful Con­cept?

UnknownsApr 7, 2015, 5:15 AM
4 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

Re­quest for help: An­droid app to shut down a smart­phone late at night

The_Jaded_OneApr 2, 2015, 11:38 AM
4 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : At­lanta Meetup: Game Night

alexdeweyApr 4, 2015, 6:04 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pub­lish­ing my ini­tial model for hypercapitalism

skilesareApr 20, 2015, 1:38 PM
4 points
79 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don: Pre­sen­ta­tion and Perfor­mance Games

sixes_and_sevens20 Apr 2015 16:23 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Sword of Good

RobinZ15 Apr 2015 17:18 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Fun & Games

RobinZ3 Apr 2015 4:54 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Meetup—April—build your community

taryneast12 Apr 2015 4:47 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

SETI-re­lated: fast ra­dio bursts

RyanCarey6 Apr 2015 10:23 UTC
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Durham, NC: Do you even pre­dict?

curiousepic10 Apr 2015 20:15 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, DC: Fun & Games

RobinZ24 Apr 2015 4:43 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[link] The sur­pris­ing down­sides of be­ing clever

Gunnar_Zarncke18 Apr 2015 20:33 UTC
3 points
34 comments1 min readLW link