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Work in the Mainstream CS community: Communicating Meaning Under Uncertainty
IAFF-User-90
Aug 29, 2015, 11:22 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(people.csail.mit.edu)
Obstacle to modal optimality when you’re being modalized
orthonormal
Aug 29, 2015, 8:41 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Compendium: Principle 2 - You are implemented on a human brain
ScottL
Aug 29, 2015, 4:24 PM
11
points
5
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: Irreducible Patterns
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 28, 2015, 10:00 PM
4
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Calling references: Rational or irrational?
PhilGoetz
Aug 28, 2015, 9:06 PM
14
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Worst Case Bayes: Open Problems
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 28, 2015, 8:28 PM
0
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Two-Update Problem: Monotonicity
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 28, 2015, 8:28 PM
3
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun & Games
RobinZ
Aug 28, 2015, 8:12 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Maximize Worst Case Bayes Score
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 28, 2015, 6:56 PM
0
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetup: Rochester NY
FrankAdamek
Aug 28, 2015, 4:49 PM
7
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Is my brain a utility minimizer? Or, the mechanics of labeling things as “work” vs. “fun”
contravariant
Aug 28, 2015, 1:12 AM
14
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Projects
maia
Aug 27, 2015, 3:05 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Discussions on Determining Between Right and Wrong
APXAS
Aug 27, 2015, 8:12 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Words per person year and intellectual rigor
PhilGoetz
Aug 27, 2015, 3:31 AM
19
points
26
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Rationality Reading Group: Part H: Against Doublethink
Gram_Stone
Aug 27, 2015, 1:22 AM
13
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Efficient charity: you don’t need to be an altruist to benefit from contributing to charity
Ilverin the Stupid and Offensive
Aug 26, 2015, 10:27 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Regular Moscow meetup: copyright debates, culture keynote, working on beliefs, attribution error
Slava Matyukhin
Aug 26, 2015, 7:15 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Personal story about benefits of Rationality Dojo and shutting up and multiplying
Gleb_Tsipursky
Aug 26, 2015, 4:38 PM
12
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Biases and making better decisions
JoshuaFox
Aug 26, 2015, 2:58 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sensation & Perception
ScottL
Aug 26, 2015, 1:13 PM
4
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Is semiotics bullshit?
PhilGoetz
Aug 25, 2015, 2:09 PM
23
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Self compassion
So8res
Aug 25, 2015, 3:00 AM
20
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Meetup : Schelling Cafe
oge
Aug 25, 2015, 12:43 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Yudkowsky’s brain is the pinnacle of evolution
Yudkowsky_is_awesome
Aug 24, 2015, 8:56 PM
−64
points
37
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why people want to die
PhilGoetz
Aug 24, 2015, 8:13 PM
94
points
174
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Manhood of Humanity
Viliam
Aug 24, 2015, 6:31 PM
17
points
5
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The virtual AI within its virtual world
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 24, 2015, 4:42 PM
10
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI, cure this fake person’s fake cancer!
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 24, 2015, 4:42 PM
14
points
17
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: When to trust experts
rocurley
Aug 24, 2015, 3:45 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Urbana-Champaign: Quorum for discourse
Manfred
Aug 24, 2015, 11:36 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Less Wrong Melbourne September Dojo: Vagueness
Patrick
Aug 24, 2015, 10:45 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread—Aug 24 - Aug 30
Elo
Aug 24, 2015, 8:14 AM
12
points
318
comments
1
min read
LW
link
List of common human goals
Elo
Aug 24, 2015, 7:58 AM
19
points
23
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: Iterated Resource Bounded Solomonoff Induction
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 24, 2015, 4:39 AM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: Introduction
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 24, 2015, 4:38 AM
3
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: Self Reference
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 24, 2015, 3:22 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: A Benford Learner
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 24, 2015, 2:14 AM
4
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
The Sleeping Beauty problem and transformation invariances
aspera
Aug 23, 2015, 8:57 PM
2
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: Uniform Coherence 2
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 23, 2015, 8:50 PM
3
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: The Modified Demski Prior is Uniformly Coherent
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 23, 2015, 8:48 PM
5
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: A Modification to the Demski Prior
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 23, 2015, 8:47 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Magic and the halting problem
kingmaker
Aug 23, 2015, 7:34 PM
−8
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LW Canberra presents: Even More Zendo!
Calien
Aug 23, 2015, 2:12 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Compendium: Principle 1 - A rational agent, given its capabilities and the situation it is in, is one that thinks and acts optimally
ScottL
Aug 23, 2015, 8:01 AM
9
points
27
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Rationality Compendium
ScottL
23 Aug 2015 8:00 UTC
15
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Self-confidence and status
[deleted]
23 Aug 2015 7:36 UTC
6
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Rationality Reading Group (76-80)
SeekingEternity
23 Aug 2015 7:34 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Travel Through Time to Increase Your Effectiveness
tanagrabeast
23 Aug 2015 1:32 UTC
67
points
13
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Instrumental Rationality Questions Thread
NoSignalNoNoise
22 Aug 2015 20:25 UTC
21
points
92
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A list of apps that are useful to me. (And other phone details)
Elo
22 Aug 2015 12:24 UTC
18
points
33
comments
7
min read
LW
link
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