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Realistic epistemic expectations
JonahS
May 31, 2015, 10:52 PM
22
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How do humans assign utilities to world states?
Dorikka
May 31, 2015, 8:40 PM
5
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] Countering The Inside View and Making Better Decisions
[deleted]
May 31, 2015, 7:22 PM
2
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Board Games + Books giveaway
rocurley
May 31, 2015, 8:17 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Group rationality diary, May 24th—June 13th
Prismattic
May 31, 2015, 3:41 AM
10
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning takes a long time
JonahS
May 31, 2015, 3:21 AM
42
points
37
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Stupid Questions June 2015
Gondolinian
May 31, 2015, 2:14 AM
9
points
200
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes Thread June 2015
Gondolinian
May 31, 2015, 2:12 AM
10
points
134
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: The Benford Test
Scott Garrabrant
May 31, 2015, 12:30 AM
3
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Not because you “should”
So8res
May 30, 2015, 7:00 AM
21
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Group Bragging Thread (May 2015)
Viliam
May 29, 2015, 10:36 PM
14
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA: Wait a minute… just what is bias?
abramdemski
May 29, 2015, 10:18 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Learning to get things right first time
owencb
May 29, 2015, 10:06 PM
12
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What If It Rains?
Zvi
May 29, 2015, 9:29 PM
1
point
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
“Immortal But Damned to Hell on Earth”
Bound_up
May 29, 2015, 7:55 PM
3
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Misunderstandings of not understanding
KatjaGrace
May 29, 2015, 6:19 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Giving What We Can needs your help!
RobertWiblin
May 29, 2015, 4:30 PM
31
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
May 29, 2015, 3:35 PM
6
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Approximating Solomonoff Induction
Houshalter
May 29, 2015, 12:23 PM
13
points
45
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow: epistemology, framing, new project announcement
Slava Matyukhin
May 29, 2015, 11:58 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Request for Advice : A.I. - can I make myself useful?
zslastman
May 29, 2015, 9:13 AM
22
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[link] informational derivation of quantum theory
Angela
May 29, 2015, 9:10 AM
0
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Oslo Meetup at Bitraf.
FourFire
May 29, 2015, 7:04 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Challenge: Maps We Take For Granted
Sable
May 29, 2015, 3:50 AM
5
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why is a goal a good thing?
Elo
May 29, 2015, 3:00 AM
4
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Small-game fallacies: a Problem for Prediction Markets
Antisuji
May 28, 2015, 3:32 AM
15
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The most important meta-skill
Nanashi
May 27, 2015, 3:51 PM
14
points
70
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Canberra: More Zendo!
DanielFilan
May 27, 2015, 1:13 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Wise Sayings
RobinZ
May 27, 2015, 12:59 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Six Ways To Get Along With People Who Are Totally Wrong*
RobertWiblin
May 27, 2015, 12:37 PM
38
points
43
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Rationality meetup in Prague #3
kotrfa
May 27, 2015, 9:24 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
SSC discussion: “bicameral reasoning”, epistemology, and scope insensitivity
tog
May 27, 2015, 5:08 AM
11
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
New Alzheimer’s treatment fully restores memory function in mice
Bound_up
May 27, 2015, 2:33 AM
8
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality is about pattern recognition, not reasoning
JonahS
May 26, 2015, 7:23 PM
45
points
85
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Exponential Finance Meetup(NYC)?
skilesare
May 26, 2015, 4:53 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
No peace in our time?
Stuart_Armstrong
May 26, 2015, 2:41 PM
13
points
38
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : June Rationality Dojo: Logical fallacies & dojo structure discussion
MelbourneLW
May 26, 2015, 12:55 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dissolving philosophy
[deleted]
May 26, 2015, 10:45 AM
3
points
30
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Request for advices on small presentation about LW community
efim
May 26, 2015, 7:30 AM
3
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Update on the Brain Preservation Foundation Prize
Andy_McKenzie
May 26, 2015, 1:47 AM
41
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ideas to Improve LessWrong
Adam Zerner
May 25, 2015, 10:55 PM
16
points
30
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong lacks direction
casebash
May 25, 2015, 2:53 PM
13
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow LW lecture centre meetup
Alexander230
May 25, 2015, 2:35 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Should” considered harmful
So8res
May 25, 2015, 3:00 AM
28
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Open Thread, May 25 - May 31, 2015
Gondolinian
May 25, 2015, 12:00 AM
5
points
303
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How do we learn from errors?
ChristianKl
May 24, 2015, 9:56 PM
7
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Boston: Trigger action planning
Anders_H
May 24, 2015, 8:00 PM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Boston: Making space in Interpersonal Interactions
Anders_H
May 24, 2015, 7:58 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
A resolution to the Doomsday Argument.
Fivehundred
May 24, 2015, 5:58 PM
−2
points
86
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Full Service
Zvi
May 24, 2015, 12:42 PM
1
point
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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