The most im­por­tant meta-skill

NanashiMay 27, 2015, 3:51 PM
14 points
70 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : Can­berra: More Zendo!

DanielFilanMay 27, 2015, 1:13 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Wise Sayings

RobinZMay 27, 2015, 12:59 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Six Ways To Get Along With Peo­ple Who Are To­tally Wrong*

RobertWiblinMay 27, 2015, 12:37 PM
38 points
43 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Ra­tion­al­ity meetup in Prague #3

kotrfaMay 27, 2015, 9:24 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

SSC dis­cus­sion: “bi­cam­eral rea­son­ing”, episte­mol­ogy, and scope insensitivity

togMay 27, 2015, 5:08 AM
11 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

New Alzheimer’s treat­ment fully re­stores mem­ory func­tion in mice

Bound_upMay 27, 2015, 2:33 AM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity is about pat­tern recog­ni­tion, not reasoning

JonahSMay 26, 2015, 7:23 PM
45 points
85 comments4 min readLW link

Ex­po­nen­tial Fi­nance Meetup(NYC)?

skilesareMay 26, 2015, 4:53 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

No peace in our time?

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 26, 2015, 2:41 PM
13 points
38 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : June Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo: Log­i­cal fal­la­cies & dojo struc­ture discussion

MelbourneLWMay 26, 2015, 12:55 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Dis­solv­ing philosophy

[deleted]May 26, 2015, 10:45 AM
3 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

Re­quest for ad­vices on small pre­sen­ta­tion about LW community

efimMay 26, 2015, 7:30 AM
3 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Up­date on the Brain Preser­va­tion Foun­da­tion Prize

Andy_McKenzieMay 26, 2015, 1:47 AM
41 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Ideas to Im­prove LessWrong

Adam ZernerMay 25, 2015, 10:55 PM
16 points
30 comments5 min readLW link

Less Wrong lacks direction

casebashMay 25, 2015, 2:53 PM
13 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow LW lec­ture cen­tre meetup

Alexander230May 25, 2015, 2:35 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

“Should” con­sid­ered harmful

So8resMay 25, 2015, 3:00 AM
29 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Open Thread, May 25 - May 31, 2015

GondolinianMay 25, 2015, 12:00 AM
5 points
303 comments1 min readLW link

How do we learn from er­rors?

ChristianKlMay 24, 2015, 9:56 PM
7 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bos­ton: Trig­ger ac­tion planning

Anders_HMay 24, 2015, 8:00 PM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bos­ton: Mak­ing space in In­ter­per­sonal Interactions

Anders_HMay 24, 2015, 7:58 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

A re­s­olu­tion to the Dooms­day Ar­gu­ment.

FivehundredMay 24, 2015, 5:58 PM
−2 points
86 comments1 min readLW link

Full Service

ZviMay 24, 2015, 12:42 PM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link

Prior prob­a­bil­ities and statis­ti­cal significance

[deleted]May 24, 2015, 10:00 AM
−1 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Per­sis­tence of Long-Term Me­mory in Vitrified and Re­vived C. el­e­gans worms

RangiMay 24, 2015, 3:43 AM
35 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Main­stream me­dia writ­ing about ra­tio­nal­ity-in­formed approaches

Gleb_TsipurskyMay 24, 2015, 1:18 AM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA: Light­ning Talks

abramdemskiMay 23, 2015, 11:36 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Throw­back Thurs­day: Are as­ter­oids dan­ger­ous?

Gunnar_ZarnckeMay 23, 2015, 8:00 AM
4 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Clicker Train­ing/​Im­prov Games

rocurleyMay 23, 2015, 6:40 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

NFL is a perfect ex­am­ple of com­plex­ity creep

Zvi22 May 2015 17:39 UTC
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamek22 May 2015 15:18 UTC
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

AI Re­searchers On AI Risk

Scott Alexander22 May 2015 11:16 UTC
19 points
0 comments16 min readLW link

Re­minder: Oslo Less­wrong meetup...

FourFire22 May 2015 6:54 UTC
8 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Com­mu­ni­cat­ing via writ­ing vs. in person

Adam Zerner22 May 2015 4:58 UTC
8 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

“Risk” means surprise

PhilGoetz22 May 2015 4:47 UTC
12 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

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

RobinZ22 May 2015 2:00 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Leav­ing LessWrong for a more ra­tio­nal life

Mark_Friedenbach21 May 2015 19:24 UTC
51 points
267 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Bratis­lava Meetup

Viliam21 May 2015 19:21 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

Zvi21 May 2015 17:55 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Vi­sions and Mirages: The Sunk Cost Dilemma

OrphanWilde20 May 2015 20:56 UTC
−13 points
68 comments3 min readLW link

Brain­storm­ing new senses

lululu20 May 2015 19:53 UTC
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

chaosmage20 May 2015 17:10 UTC
6 points
29 comments8 min readLW link

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

TheSurvivalMachine20 May 2015 13:44 UTC
2 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

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

Sable20 May 2015 0:52 UTC
16 points
44 comments4 min readLW link

How my so­cial skills went from hor­rible to mediocre

JonahS19 May 2015 23:29 UTC
50 points
199 comments11 min readLW link

Log-nor­mal Lamentations

Thrasymachus19 May 2015 21:12 UTC
20 points
37 comments8 min readLW link

TPP is about as good as it is sup­posed to be

Zvi19 May 2015 15:00 UTC
0 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Agents that can pre­dict their New­comb predictor

orthonormal19 May 2015 10:17 UTC
1 point
4 comments3 min readLW link

The Best Pop­u­lar Books on Every Subject

iarwain119 May 2015 1:02 UTC
23 points
19 comments1 min readLW link