NFL is a perfect ex­am­ple of com­plex­ity creep

ZviMay 22, 2015, 5:39 PM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekMay 22, 2015, 3:18 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

AI Re­searchers On AI Risk

Scott AlexanderMay 22, 2015, 11:16 AM
19 points
0 comments16 min readLW link

Re­minder: Oslo Less­wrong meetup...

FourFireMay 22, 2015, 6:54 AM
8 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Com­mu­ni­cat­ing via writ­ing vs. in person

Adam ZernerMay 22, 2015, 4:58 AM
8 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

“Risk” means surprise

PhilGoetzMay 22, 2015, 4:47 AM
12 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Value of Information

RobinZMay 22, 2015, 2:00 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Leav­ing LessWrong for a more ra­tio­nal life

Mark_FriedenbachMay 21, 2015, 7:24 PM
51 points
267 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Bratis­lava Meetup

ViliamMay 21, 2015, 7:21 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Two Words That Offer Fi­nal Ul­ti­mate Proof That Med­i­cal Sys­tem Is Evil

ZviMay 21, 2015, 5:55 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Vi­sions and Mirages: The Sunk Cost Dilemma

OrphanWildeMay 20, 2015, 8:56 PM
−13 points
68 comments3 min readLW link

Brain­storm­ing new senses

lululuMay 20, 2015, 7:53 PM
42 points
92 comments2 min readLW link

What de­gree of cous­ins are you and I? Es­ti­mates of Con­san­guinity to pro­mote feel­ings of kin­ship and empathy

chaosmageMay 20, 2015, 5:10 PM
6 points
29 comments8 min readLW link

[Link] A Dar­wi­nian Re­sponse to Sam Har­ris’s Mo­ral Land­scape Challenge

TheSurvivalMachineMay 20, 2015, 1:44 PM
2 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

What Would You Do If You Only Had Six Months To Live?

SableMay 20, 2015, 12:52 AM
16 points
44 comments4 min readLW link

How my so­cial skills went from hor­rible to mediocre

JonahSMay 19, 2015, 11:29 PM
50 points
199 comments11 min readLW link

Log-nor­mal Lamentations

ThrasymachusMay 19, 2015, 9:12 PM
20 points
37 comments8 min readLW link

TPP is about as good as it is sup­posed to be

ZviMay 19, 2015, 3:00 PM
0 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Agents that can pre­dict their New­comb predictor

orthonormalMay 19, 2015, 10:17 AM
1 point
4 comments3 min readLW link

The Best Pop­u­lar Books on Every Subject

iarwain1May 19, 2015, 1:02 AM
23 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

We Should In­tro­duce Our­selves Differently

NancyLebovitzMay 18, 2015, 8:48 PM
76 points
80 comments1 min readLW link

Mis­takes I’ve made part 3: Poor sac­ri­fi­cial accounting

KatjaGraceMay 18, 2015, 7:33 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

The ganch gamble

[deleted]May 18, 2015, 6:43 PM
13 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Strate­gies and tools for get­ting through a break up

lululuMay 18, 2015, 6:01 PM
63 points
45 comments11 min readLW link

Which ideas from LW would you most like to see spread?

NancyLebovitzMay 18, 2015, 2:12 PM
22 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, May 18 - May 24, 2015

GondolinianMay 18, 2015, 12:01 AM
7 points
176 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Can­berra: Deep Learning

DanielFilanMay 17, 2015, 9:34 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Twelve Virtues of Rationality

ZviMay 17, 2015, 5:47 PM
2 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

You don’t get to know what you’re fight­ing for

So8resMay 17, 2015, 3:00 AM
20 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Group debugging

rocurleyMay 16, 2015, 6:09 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Meetup—September

taryneastMay 16, 2015, 12:17 AM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Meetup—August

taryneastMay 16, 2015, 12:16 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Meetup—July

taryneastMay 16, 2015, 12:15 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Meetup—June

taryneastMay 16, 2015, 12:14 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Meetup—May

taryneastMay 16, 2015, 12:13 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

RobinZMay 15, 2015, 9:09 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

An In­for­mal Con­jec­ture on Proof Length and Log­i­cal Counterfactuals

Scott GarrabrantMay 15, 2015, 8:31 PM
7 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

New LW Meetup: Oslo

FrankAdamekMay 15, 2015, 5:23 PM
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

In a world… of ven­ture capital

ZviMay 15, 2015, 2:02 PM
6 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Los An­ge­les: Growth Mindset

abramdemskiMay 14, 2015, 9:40 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Sub­sum­ing Pur­pose, Part II: Solv­ing the Solution

OrphanWildeMay 14, 2015, 7:25 PM
11 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Trol­ley Prob­lems: Con­ve­niently In­con­ve­nient Wor­lds Considered

ZviMay 14, 2015, 6:51 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : ‘The Most Good Good You Can Do’ (Effec­tive Altru­ism meetup)

SoerenMindMay 14, 2015, 6:32 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Mis­takes I’ve made, part 2: Father Christmas

KatjaGraceMay 14, 2015, 6:31 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don meetup

philhMay 14, 2015, 5:35 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

How to come to a ra­tio­nal be­lieve about whether some­one has a crush on yo

[deleted]May 14, 2015, 12:10 PM
−11 points
94 comments1 min readLW link

Less Wrong Pod­cast Queries

CariyagaMay 14, 2015, 11:52 AM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

LW sur­vey: Effec­tive Altru­ists and donations

gwernMay 14, 2015, 12:44 AM
28 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

[link] Bayesian in­fer­ence with prob­a­bil­is­tic pop­u­la­tion codes

Gunnar_ZarnckeMay 13, 2015, 9:11 PM
17 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow: game the­ory, test for solv­ing mind-body prob­lem, brain­storm on ra­tio­nal­ity exercises

Slava MatyukhinMay 13, 2015, 7:54 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link