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Instrumental Rationality Questions Thread
NoSignalNoNoise
Aug 22, 2015, 8:25 PM
21
points
92
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A list of apps that are useful to me. (And other phone details)
Elo
Aug 22, 2015, 12:24 PM
18
points
33
comments
7
min read
LW
link
3AM stats quiz
PhilGoetz
Aug 22, 2015, 7:45 AM
5
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Chesterton’s Fence
RobinZ
Aug 22, 2015, 2:13 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Two-Update Problem, Part 2
abramdemski
Aug 22, 2015, 12:47 AM
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Robert Aumann on Judaism
iarwain1
Aug 21, 2015, 7:13 PM
3
points
61
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Aug 21, 2015, 4:23 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Meetup : San Antonio Meetup
Bryan-san
Aug 21, 2015, 4:21 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Pro-Con-lists of arguments and onesidedness points
Stefan_Schubert
Aug 21, 2015, 2:15 PM
6
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Glossary of Futurology
mind_bomber
Aug 21, 2015, 5:51 AM
3
points
7
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Unlearning shoddy thinking
MalcolmOcean
Aug 21, 2015, 3:07 AM
17
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
On Overconfidence
Scott Alexander
Aug 21, 2015, 2:21 AM
65
points
7
comments
14
min read
LW
link
[Repost] My First Insight After CFAR, or the Art of Not Needing to Ask Permission
Ben Pace
Aug 20, 2015, 11:00 PM
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : MelbLW Social Meetup
Maelin
Aug 20, 2015, 11:45 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Vegetarian/Omnivore Ideological Turing Test Judging Round!
Raelifin
Aug 20, 2015, 1:53 AM
8
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to fix academia?
passive_fist
Aug 20, 2015, 12:50 AM
15
points
33
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Link] First almost fully-formed human [foetus] brain grown in lab, researchers claim
ESRogs
Aug 19, 2015, 6:37 AM
11
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Rochester LessWrong and Transhumanists
mare-of-night
Aug 19, 2015, 3:46 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
MIRI’s 2015 Summer Fundraiser!
So8res
Aug 19, 2015, 12:27 AM
64
points
44
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Rationality Meetup Vienna
AnnaLeptikon
Aug 18, 2015, 8:37 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Oslo Lesswrong meetup, September
FourFire
Aug 18, 2015, 2:15 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Predicted corrigibility: pareto improvements
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 18, 2015, 11:24 AM
0
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Truth seeking as an optimization process
ScottL
Aug 18, 2015, 11:03 AM
9
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Predicted corrigibility: pareto improvements
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 18, 2015, 11:02 AM
8
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mental Model Theory—Illusion of Possibility Example
ScottL
Aug 18, 2015, 6:29 AM
3
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How to learn a new area X that you have no idea about.
Elo
Aug 18, 2015, 5:42 AM
21
points
39
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Fragile Universe Hypothesis and the Continual Anthropic Principle—How crazy am I?
PeterCoin
Aug 18, 2015, 12:53 AM
10
points
32
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Does random reward evoke stronger habits?
Bound_up
Aug 17, 2015, 9:03 PM
2
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Goddess of Everything Else
Scott Alexander
Aug 17, 2015, 8:59 PM
94
points
8
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Predict—“Log your predictions” app
Gust
Aug 17, 2015, 4:20 PM
26
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An overview of the mental model theory
ScottL
Aug 17, 2015, 1:18 PM
22
points
26
comments
20
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Warsaw August Meetup
mkf
Aug 17, 2015, 11:12 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Tel Aviv: Board Game Night
Squark
Aug 17, 2015, 10:33 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Scott Aaronson: Common knowledge and Aumann’s agreement theorem
gjm
Aug 17, 2015, 8:41 AM
23
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.scottaaronson.com)
Open thread, Aug. 17 - Aug. 23, 2015
MrMind
Aug 17, 2015, 7:05 AM
6
points
107
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Where coulds go
So8res
Aug 17, 2015, 3:00 AM
25
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Rational approach to finding life partners
c_edwards
Aug 16, 2015, 5:07 PM
2
points
121
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Yvain’s most important articles
casebash
Aug 16, 2015, 8:27 AM
35
points
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
You Are A Brain—Intro to LW/Rationality Concepts [Video & Slides]
Liron
Aug 16, 2015, 5:51 AM
21
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Soylent has been found to contain lead (12-25x) and cadmium (≥4x) in greater concentrations than California’s ‘safe harbor’ levels
Transfuturist
Aug 15, 2015, 10:45 PM
14
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Boston: Unconference
NoSignalNoNoise
Aug 15, 2015, 2:38 AM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Naive Set Theory (MIRI research guide)
David_Kristoffersson
Aug 14, 2015, 10:08 PM
23
points
13
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: Uniform Coherence
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 14, 2015, 7:59 PM
6
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Time-Binding
Viliam
Aug 14, 2015, 5:38 PM
29
points
19
comments
5
min read
LW
link
When there are too few people to donate money to
[deleted]
Aug 14, 2015, 5:05 PM
4
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetup: Turku
FrankAdamek
Aug 14, 2015, 2:55 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Politics: an undervalued opportunity to change the world?
wubbles
14 Aug 2015 3:45 UTC
4
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong EBook Creator
ScottL
13 Aug 2015 21:17 UTC
61
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Fun and Games
rocurley
13 Aug 2015 4:58 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mental Calibration for Bayesian Updates?
[deleted]
13 Aug 2015 4:46 UTC
5
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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