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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
29
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
Prior probabilities and statistical significance
[deleted]
May 24, 2015, 10:00 AM
−1
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Persistence of Long-Term Memory in Vitrified and Revived C. elegans worms
Rangi
May 24, 2015, 3:43 AM
35
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Mainstream media writing about rationality-informed approaches
Gleb_Tsipursky
May 24, 2015, 1:18 AM
5
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA: Lightning Talks
abramdemski
May 23, 2015, 11:36 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Throwback Thursday: Are asteroids dangerous?
Gunnar_Zarncke
May 23, 2015, 8:00 AM
4
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Clicker Training/Improv Games
rocurley
May 23, 2015, 6:40 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
NFL is a perfect example of complexity creep
Zvi
May 22, 2015, 5:39 PM
1
point
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
May 22, 2015, 3:18 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
AI Researchers On AI Risk
Scott Alexander
May 22, 2015, 11:16 AM
19
points
0
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Reminder: Oslo Lesswrong meetup...
FourFire
May 22, 2015, 6:54 AM
8
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Communicating via writing vs. in person
Adam Zerner
May 22, 2015, 4:58 AM
8
points
23
comments
3
min read
LW
link
“Risk” means surprise
PhilGoetz
May 22, 2015, 4:47 AM
12
points
29
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Value of Information
RobinZ
May 22, 2015, 2:00 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Leaving LessWrong for a more rational life
Mark_Friedenbach
May 21, 2015, 7:24 PM
51
points
267
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Bratislava Meetup
Viliam
May 21, 2015, 7:21 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Two Words That Offer Final Ultimate Proof That Medical System Is Evil
Zvi
May 21, 2015, 5:55 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Visions and Mirages: The Sunk Cost Dilemma
OrphanWilde
May 20, 2015, 8:56 PM
−13
points
68
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Brainstorming new senses
lululu
May 20, 2015, 7:53 PM
42
points
92
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What degree of cousins are you and I? Estimates of Consanguinity to promote feelings of kinship and empathy
chaosmage
May 20, 2015, 5:10 PM
6
points
29
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[Link] A Darwinian Response to Sam Harris’s Moral Landscape Challenge
TheSurvivalMachine
May 20, 2015, 1:44 PM
2
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What Would You Do If You Only Had Six Months To Live?
Sable
May 20, 2015, 12:52 AM
16
points
44
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How my social skills went from horrible to mediocre
JonahS
May 19, 2015, 11:29 PM
50
points
199
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Log-normal Lamentations
Thrasymachus
May 19, 2015, 9:12 PM
20
points
37
comments
8
min read
LW
link
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