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Ultimatums in the Territory
MalcolmOcean
Sep 28, 2015, 10:01 PM
24
points
23
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Examples of growth mindset or practice in fiction
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Sep 28, 2015, 9:47 PM
25
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Reading First Meetup!
Acty
Sep 28, 2015, 4:40 PM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Infinity Project
Inyuki
Sep 28, 2015, 1:14 PM
−4
points
50
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Suzhou Meet-up
Bound_up
Sep 28, 2015, 11:35 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Sep. 28 - Oct. 4, 2015
MrMind
Sep 28, 2015, 7:13 AM
6
points
198
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dry Ice Cryonics- Preliminary Thoughts
Fluttershy
Sep 28, 2015, 7:00 AM
12
points
9
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Quantilizers maximize expected utility subject to a conservative cost constraint
jessicata
Sep 28, 2015, 2:17 AM
33
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Instrumental Rationality Questions Thread
NoSignalNoNoise
Sep 27, 2015, 9:22 PM
10
points
51
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hypothetical situations are not meant to exist
casebash
Sep 27, 2015, 10:58 AM
3
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : FallacyMania game in Kocherga club
Alexander230
Sep 27, 2015, 9:58 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Choose without suffering
So8res
Sep 27, 2015, 3:00 AM
14
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Find someone to talk to thread
hg00
Sep 26, 2015, 10:24 PM
36
points
21
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Link] 2015 modafinil user survey
gwern
Sep 26, 2015, 5:28 PM
16
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : First meetup in Stockholm
Awlio
Sep 26, 2015, 4:39 PM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Happy Petrov Day
Eneasz
Sep 26, 2015, 3:41 PM
19
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Review of “Doing Good Better”
fortyeridania
Sep 26, 2015, 7:58 AM
2
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Help with relevant rational decision making research ideas
BiasedBayes
Sep 25, 2015, 5:46 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetup: Lund
FrankAdamek
Sep 25, 2015, 3:40 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Subjective vs. normative offensiveness
casebash
Sep 25, 2015, 4:10 AM
2
points
86
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What is your rationalist backstory?
Adam Zerner
Sep 25, 2015, 1:25 AM
13
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Singing
RobinZ
Sep 24, 2015, 2:58 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Reading Group: Part J: Death Spirals
Gram_Stone
Sep 24, 2015, 2:31 AM
7
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Temptation to Bubble
gressettd
Sep 23, 2015, 11:34 PM
34
points
28
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Against Expected Utility
Houshalter
Sep 23, 2015, 9:21 PM
−1
points
28
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Notes on Actually Trying
NoSignalNoNoise
Sep 23, 2015, 2:53 AM
23
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LessWrong Hamburg 2015 Q4
Gunnar_Zarncke
Sep 22, 2015, 8:54 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LessWrong Hamburg
Gunnar_Zarncke
Sep 22, 2015, 8:43 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Help me test out my Bayes Academy game
Kaj_Sotala
Sep 22, 2015, 8:02 PM
13
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Publication on formalizing preference utilitarianism in physical world models
Caspar Oesterheld
Sep 22, 2015, 4:46 PM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Optimiser to Oracle
Stuart_Armstrong
Sep 22, 2015, 10:27 AM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Cambridge Less Wrong Meetup—Book Recommendations
NoSignalNoNoise
Sep 22, 2015, 2:53 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fixing Resource Bounded Solomonoff Induction (draft)
Scott Garrabrant
Sep 21, 2015, 5:51 PM
4
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Some thoughts on meta-probabilties
iarwain1
Sep 21, 2015, 5:23 PM
2
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
People being controlled by what they can’t perceive consciously
NancyLebovitz
Sep 21, 2015, 4:42 PM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Sep. 21 - Sep. 27, 2015
MrMind
Sep 21, 2015, 7:19 AM
7
points
133
comments
1
min read
LW
link
One model of understanding independent differences in sensory perception
Elo
Sep 20, 2015, 9:32 PM
27
points
24
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LW Cologne meetup
EGI
Sep 20, 2015, 7:51 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Australia Online Hangout
Calien
Sep 20, 2015, 7:51 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
GiveDirectly, SCI and health outcomes
[deleted]
Sep 20, 2015, 9:15 AM
−6
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
ED and Surgery waiting times
[deleted]
Sep 20, 2015, 8:56 AM
−9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
See the dark world
So8res
Sep 20, 2015, 3:00 AM
10
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Ideas for rationality slogans?
Gleb_Tsipursky
Sep 19, 2015, 11:32 PM
10
points
55
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Kant’s Multiplication
Vamair0
Sep 19, 2015, 2:25 PM
12
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Ask and ye shall be answered
Stuart_Armstrong
Sep 18, 2015, 9:53 PM
8
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Monty Hall Sleeping Beauty
PhilGoetz
Sep 18, 2015, 9:18 PM
3
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Matching donation funds and the problem of illusory matching
Stefan_Schubert
Sep 18, 2015, 8:05 PM
14
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Agents detecting agents: counterfactual versus influence
Stuart_Armstrong
Sep 18, 2015, 4:17 PM
5
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Sep 18, 2015, 3:53 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The subagent problem is really hard
Stuart_Armstrong
Sep 18, 2015, 1:06 PM
13
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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