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[Link] The Much Forgotten and Ignored Need to Have Workable Solutions
Emile
Aug 3, 2015, 10:02 PM
9
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Ideological Turing Test Domains
Raelifin
Aug 2, 2015, 1:45 PM
9
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread August 31 - September 6
Elo
Aug 30, 2015, 9:26 PM
9
points
326
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes Thread August 2015
Sabiola
Aug 3, 2015, 9:50 AM
9
points
226
comments
1
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
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
Scientific studies and trust
NancyLebovitz
Aug 7, 2015, 4:44 PM
9
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tell me what hat to buy
DataPacRat
Aug 8, 2015, 3:10 PM
8
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
August 2015 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Aug 1, 2015, 2:46 PM
8
points
67
comments
1
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
Open thread, Aug. 03 - Aug. 09, 2015
MrMind
Aug 3, 2015, 7:05 AM
8
points
178
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
Open thread, Aug. 10 - Aug. 16, 2015
MrMind
Aug 10, 2015, 7:29 AM
8
points
284
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Reading Group: Part G: Against Rationalization
Gram_Stone
Aug 12, 2015, 10:09 PM
7
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Is simplicity truth indicative?
27chaos
Aug 4, 2015, 5:47 PM
7
points
50
comments
1
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
Group Rationality Diary, August 30 - September 12
Dahlen
Aug 30, 2015, 6:11 AM
7
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Gatekeeper variation
JoshuaFox
Aug 7, 2015, 1:44 PM
7
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Genosets
[deleted]
Aug 9, 2015, 1:37 AM
7
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Aug. 17 - Aug. 23, 2015
MrMind
Aug 17, 2015, 7:05 AM
6
points
107
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Which LW / rationalist blog posts aren’t covered by my books & courses?
iarwain1
Aug 4, 2015, 10:55 PM
6
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Self-confidence and status
[deleted]
Aug 23, 2015, 7:36 AM
6
points
10
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
Some concepts are like Newton’s Gravity, others are like… Luminiferous Aether?
Locaha
Aug 9, 2015, 3:10 PM
6
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does Probability Theory Require Deductive or Merely Boolean Omniscience?
Ronny Fernandez
Aug 3, 2015, 6:54 AM
6
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Provability Counterfactuals vs Three Axioms of Galles and Pearl
IAFF-User-52
Aug 30, 2015, 2:48 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(epsilonofdoom.blogspot.com)
Relating Modal Polymorphism to PA with soundness
IAFF-User-169
Aug 1, 2015, 2:57 PM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.overleaf.com)
Modal SAT: Introduction
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 8, 2015, 8:37 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
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
Vegetarianism Ideological Turing Test!
Raelifin
Aug 9, 2015, 2:39 PM
5
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Less Wrong NH Meet-up
Lachouette
Aug 10, 2015, 4:50 PM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bragging thread August 2015
philh
Aug 1, 2015, 7:46 PM
5
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mental Calibration for Bayesian Updates?
[deleted]
Aug 13, 2015, 4:46 AM
5
points
5
comments
1
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
3AM stats quiz
PhilGoetz
Aug 22, 2015, 7:45 AM
5
points
9
comments
1
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
Politics: an undervalued opportunity to change the world?
wubbles
Aug 14, 2015, 3:45 AM
4
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Aug 21, 2015, 4:23 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Sensation & Perception
ScottL
Aug 26, 2015, 1:13 PM
4
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Optimal predictor schemes pass a Benford test
Vanessa Kosoy
Aug 30, 2015, 1:25 PM
4
points
0
comments
6
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
The Two-Update Problem, Part 2
abramdemski
Aug 22, 2015, 12:47 AM
4
points
0
comments
3
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
Asymptotic Logical Uncertainty: Irreducible Patterns
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 28, 2015, 10:00 PM
4
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Mini Talks
RobinZ
11 Aug 2015 23:01 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun and Games
RobinZ
5 Aug 2015 1:00 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Biases and making better decisions
JoshuaFox
26 Aug 2015 14:58 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mental Model Theory—Illusion of Possibility Example
ScottL
18 Aug 2015 6:29 UTC
3
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Urbana-Champaign: Quorum for discourse
Manfred
24 Aug 2015 11:36 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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