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My future posts; a table of contents.

EloAug 30, 2015, 10:27 PM

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Open Thread August 31 - September 6

EloAug 30, 2015, 9:26 PM

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Optimal predictor schemes pass a Benford test

Vanessa KosoyAug 30, 2015, 1:25 PM

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0 comments6 min readLW link

online AI solving numerical IQ tests at rate 140IQ

IAFF-User-103Aug 30, 2015, 11:37 AM

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(iqsolver.eu)

Deworming a movement

[deleted]Aug 30, 2015, 9:25 AM

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Group Rationality Diary, August 30 - September 12

DahlenAug 30, 2015, 6:11 AM

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There are no “bad people”

So8resAug 30, 2015, 3:00 AM

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(mindingourway.com)

Provability Counterfactuals vs Three Axioms of Galles and Pearl

IAFF-User-52Aug 30, 2015, 2:48 AM

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(epsilonofdoom.blogspot.com)

Work in the Mainstream CS community: Communicating Meaning Under Uncertainty

IAFF-User-90Aug 29, 2015, 11:22 PM

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(people.csail.mit.edu)

Obstacle to modal optimality when you’re being modalized

orthonormalAug 29, 2015, 8:41 PM

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Rationality Compendium: Principle 2 - You are implemented on a human brain

ScottLAug 29, 2015, 4:24 PM

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5 comments8 min readLW link

Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: Irreducible Patterns

Scott GarrabrantAug 28, 2015, 10:00 PM

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Calling references: Rational or irrational?

PhilGoetzAug 28, 2015, 9:06 PM

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Worst Case Bayes: Open Problems

Scott GarrabrantAug 28, 2015, 8:28 PM

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0 comments2 min readLW link

The Two-Update Problem: Monotonicity

Scott GarrabrantAug 28, 2015, 8:28 PM

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0 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun & Games

RobinZAug 28, 2015, 8:12 PM

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Maximize Worst Case Bayes Score

Scott GarrabrantAug 28, 2015, 6:56 PM

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New LW Meetup: Rochester NY

FrankAdamekAug 28, 2015, 4:49 PM

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Is my brain a utility minimizer? Or, the mechanics of labeling things as “work” vs. “fun”

contravariantAug 28, 2015, 1:12 AM

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Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Projects

maiaAug 27, 2015, 3:05 PM

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Meetup : Discussions on Determining Between Right and Wrong

APXASAug 27, 2015, 8:12 AM

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Words per person year and intellectual rigor

PhilGoetzAug 27, 2015, 3:31 AM

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Rationality Reading Group: Part H: Against Doublethink

Gram_StoneAug 27, 2015, 1:22 AM

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Efficient charity: you don’t need to be an altruist to benefit from contributing to charity

Ilverin the Stupid and OffensiveAug 26, 2015, 10:27 PM

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Meetup : Regular Moscow meetup: copyright debates, culture keynote, working on beliefs, attribution error

Slava MatyukhinAug 26, 2015, 7:15 PM

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Personal story about benefits of Rationality Dojo and shutting up and multiplying

Gleb_TsipurskyAug 26, 2015, 4:38 PM

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26 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Biases and making better decisions

JoshuaFoxAug 26, 2015, 2:58 PM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Sensation & Perception

ScottLAug 26, 2015, 1:13 PM

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Is semiotics bullshit?

PhilGoetzAug 25, 2015, 2:09 PM

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46 comments1 min readLW link

Self compassion

So8resAug 25, 2015, 3:00 AM

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0 comments4 min readLW link

(mindingourway.com)

Meetup : Schelling Cafe

ogeAug 25, 2015, 12:43 AM

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Yudkowsky’s brain is the pinnacle of evolution

Yudkowsky_is_awesomeAug 24, 2015, 8:56 PM

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37 comments2 min readLW link

Why people want to die

PhilGoetzAug 24, 2015, 8:13 PM

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174 comments2 min readLW link

Manhood of Humanity

ViliamAug 24, 2015, 6:31 PM

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5 comments7 min readLW link

The virtual AI within its virtual world

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 24, 2015, 4:42 PM

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34 comments1 min readLW link

AI, cure this fake person’s fake cancer!

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 24, 2015, 4:42 PM

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Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: When to trust experts

rocurleyAug 24, 2015, 3:45 PM

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Meetup : Urbana-Champaign: Quorum for discourse

ManfredAug 24, 2015, 11:36 AM

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Meetup : Less Wrong Melbourne September Dojo: Vagueness

PatrickAug 24, 2015, 10:45 AM

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Open Thread—Aug 24 - Aug 30

EloAug 24, 2015, 8:14 AM

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List of common human goals

EloAug 24, 2015, 7:58 AM

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Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: Iterated Resource Bounded Solomonoff Induction

Scott GarrabrantAug 24, 2015, 4:39 AM

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Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: Introduction

Scott GarrabrantAug 24, 2015, 4:38 AM

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Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: Self Reference

Scott GarrabrantAug 24, 2015, 3:22 AM

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Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: A Benford Learner

Scott GarrabrantAug 24, 2015, 2:14 AM

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The Sleeping Beauty problem and transformation invariances

asperaAug 23, 2015, 8:57 PM

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Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: Uniform Coherence 2

Scott GarrabrantAug 23, 2015, 8:50 PM

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Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: The Modified Demski Prior is Uniformly Coherent

Scott GarrabrantAug 23, 2015, 8:48 PM

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Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: A Modification to the Demski Prior

Scott GarrabrantAug 23, 2015, 8:47 PM

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Magic and the halting problem

kingmakerAug 23, 2015, 7:34 PM

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