Asymp­totic Log­i­cal Uncer­tainty: The Mod­ified Dem­ski Prior is Uniformly Coherent

Scott GarrabrantAug 23, 2015, 8:48 PM
5 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Asymp­totic Log­i­cal Uncer­tainty: A Mod­ifi­ca­tion to the Dem­ski Prior

Scott GarrabrantAug 23, 2015, 8:47 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Magic and the halt­ing problem

kingmakerAug 23, 2015, 7:34 PM
−8 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : LW Can­berra pre­sents: Even More Zendo!

CalienAug 23, 2015, 2:12 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Com­pendium: Prin­ci­ple 1 - A ra­tio­nal agent, given its ca­pa­bil­ities and the situ­a­tion it is in, is one that thinks and acts optimally

ScottLAug 23, 2015, 8:01 AM
9 points
27 comments10 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Compendium

ScottLAug 23, 2015, 8:00 AM
15 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Self-con­fi­dence and status

[deleted]Aug 23, 2015, 7:36 AM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group (76-80)

SeekingEternityAug 23, 2015, 7:34 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Travel Through Time to In­crease Your Effectiveness

tanagrabeastAug 23, 2015, 1:32 AM
67 points
13 comments10 min readLW link

In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity Ques­tions Thread

NoSignalNoNoiseAug 22, 2015, 8:25 PM
21 points
92 comments1 min readLW link

A list of apps that are use­ful to me. (And other phone de­tails)

EloAug 22, 2015, 12:24 PM
18 points
33 comments7 min readLW link

3AM stats quiz

PhilGoetzAug 22, 2015, 7:45 AM
5 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Ch­ester­ton’s Fence

RobinZAug 22, 2015, 2:13 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Two-Up­date Prob­lem, Part 2

abramdemskiAug 22, 2015, 12:47 AM
4 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Robert Au­mann on Judaism

iarwain1Aug 21, 2015, 7:13 PM
3 points
61 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekAug 21, 2015, 4:23 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Meetup : San An­to­nio Meetup

Bryan-sanAug 21, 2015, 4:21 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pro-Con-lists of ar­gu­ments and onesid­ed­ness points

Stefan_SchubertAug 21, 2015, 2:15 PM
6 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Glos­sary of Futurology

mind_bomberAug 21, 2015, 5:51 AM
3 points
7 comments13 min readLW link

Un­learn­ing shoddy thinking

MalcolmOceanAug 21, 2015, 3:07 AM
17 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

On Overconfidence

Scott AlexanderAug 21, 2015, 2:21 AM
65 points
7 comments14 min readLW link

[Re­post] My First In­sight After CFAR, or the Art of Not Need­ing to Ask Permission

Ben PaceAug 20, 2015, 11:00 PM
2 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : MelbLW So­cial Meetup

MaelinAug 20, 2015, 11:45 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Vege­tar­ian/​Om­nivore Ide­olog­i­cal Tur­ing Test Judg­ing Round!

RaelifinAug 20, 2015, 1:53 AM
8 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

How to fix academia?

passive_fistAug 20, 2015, 12:50 AM
15 points
33 comments4 min readLW link

[Link] First al­most fully-formed hu­man [foe­tus] brain grown in lab, re­searchers claim

ESRogsAug 19, 2015, 6:37 AM
11 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Rochester LessWrong and Transhumanists

mare-of-nightAug 19, 2015, 3:46 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

MIRI’s 2015 Sum­mer Fundraiser!

So8resAug 19, 2015, 12:27 AM
64 points
44 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Ra­tion­al­ity Meetup Vienna

AnnaLeptikonAug 18, 2015, 8:37 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Oslo Less­wrong meetup, September

FourFireAug 18, 2015, 2:15 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­dicted cor­rigi­bil­ity: pareto improvements

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 18, 2015, 11:24 AM
0 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Truth seek­ing as an op­ti­miza­tion process

ScottLAug 18, 2015, 11:03 AM
9 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Pre­dicted cor­rigi­bil­ity: pareto improvements

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 18, 2015, 11:02 AM
8 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Men­tal Model The­ory—Illu­sion of Pos­si­bil­ity Example

ScottLAug 18, 2015, 6:29 AM
3 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

How to learn a new area X that you have no idea about.

EloAug 18, 2015, 5:42 AM
21 points
39 comments3 min readLW link

Frag­ile Uni­verse Hy­poth­e­sis and the Con­tinual An­thropic Prin­ci­ple—How crazy am I?

PeterCoinAug 18, 2015, 12:53 AM
11 points
32 comments7 min readLW link

Does ran­dom re­ward evoke stronger habits?

Bound_upAug 17, 2015, 9:03 PM
2 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

The God­dess of Every­thing Else

Scott AlexanderAug 17, 2015, 8:59 PM
94 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

Pre­dict—“Log your pre­dic­tions” app

GustAug 17, 2015, 4:20 PM
26 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

An overview of the men­tal model theory

ScottLAug 17, 2015, 1:18 PM
22 points
26 comments20 min readLW link

Meetup : War­saw Au­gust Meetup

mkfAug 17, 2015, 11:12 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Tel Aviv: Board Game Night

SquarkAug 17, 2015, 10:33 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Scott Aaron­son: Com­mon knowl­edge and Au­mann’s agree­ment theorem

gjmAug 17, 2015, 8:41 AM
23 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.scottaaronson.com)

Open thread, Aug. 17 - Aug. 23, 2015

MrMindAug 17, 2015, 7:05 AM
6 points
107 comments1 min readLW link

Where coulds go

So8resAug 17, 2015, 3:00 AM
26 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Ra­tional ap­proach to find­ing life partners

c_edwardsAug 16, 2015, 5:07 PM
2 points
121 comments1 min readLW link

Yvain’s most im­por­tant articles

casebashAug 16, 2015, 8:27 AM
35 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

You Are A Brain—In­tro to LW/​Ra­tion­al­ity Con­cepts [Video & Slides]

LironAug 16, 2015, 5:51 AM
21 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Soylent has been found to con­tain lead (12-25x) and cad­mium (≥4x) in greater con­cen­tra­tions than Cal­ifor­nia’s ‘safe har­bor’ levels

TransfuturistAug 15, 2015, 10:45 PM
14 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bos­ton: Unconference

NoSignalNoNoiseAug 15, 2015, 2:38 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link