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Spreading rationality through engagement with secular groups
Gleb_Tsipursky
Jan 19, 2016, 11:19 PM
23
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anxiety and Rationality
[deleted]
Jan 19, 2016, 6:30 PM
51
points
31
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Extending the stated objectives
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 19, 2016, 3:46 PM
0
points
1
comment
7
min read
LW
link
How did my baby die and what is the probability that my next one will?
deprimita_patro
Jan 19, 2016, 6:24 AM
37
points
23
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : MelbLW Social Meetup: Jan 2016
Maelin
Jan 18, 2016, 2:48 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Jan. 18 - Jan. 24, 2016
MrMind
Jan 18, 2016, 9:42 AM
8
points
199
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LW Cologne meetup
EGI
Jan 17, 2016, 10:04 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Why Optimize?” Essay targeted at nonrationalist friends of mine
lifelonglearner
Jan 17, 2016, 7:15 PM
2
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Thinking About a Technical Solution to Coordination Problems
ChaosMote
Jan 17, 2016, 7:16 AM
12
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Cambridge Less Wrong: Tutoring Wheels
jimrandomh
Jan 17, 2016, 5:23 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Confidence all the way up
So8res
Jan 17, 2016, 2:00 AM
22
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
To contribute to AI safety, consider doing AI research
Vika
Jan 16, 2016, 8:42 PM
39
points
39
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Games in Kocherga club: FallacyMania, Tower of Chaos, Training game
Alexander230
Jan 16, 2016, 10:11 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Less Wrong NH Meetup
Tuk
Jan 16, 2016, 3:49 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The correct response to uncertainty is *not* half-speed
AnnaSalamon
Jan 15, 2016, 10:55 PM
277
points
46
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Tel Aviv: Nick Lane’s Vital Question
Squark
Jan 15, 2016, 6:54 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Jan 15, 2016, 4:59 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Common fallacies in probability (when numbers aren’t used)
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 15, 2016, 8:29 AM
10
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[link] “The Happiness Code”—New York Times on CFAR
Kaj_Sotala
Jan 15, 2016, 6:34 AM
24
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Short Talks
rocurley
Jan 14, 2016, 5:21 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Finding Effective Altruism with Biased Inputs on Options—LA Rationality Weekly Meetup
Davidmanheim
Jan 14, 2016, 5:31 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Reading Group: Part R: Physicalism 201
Gram_Stone
Jan 13, 2016, 11:41 PM
5
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Welcome to LessWrong (January 2016)
[deleted]
Jan 13, 2016, 9:34 PM
11
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Economics Discussion
RobinZ
Jan 13, 2016, 5:41 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Extending the stated objectives
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 13, 2016, 4:20 PM
13
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Stub] Ontological crisis = out of environment behaviour?
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 13, 2016, 3:11 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Stub] Ontological crisis = out of environment behaviour?
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 13, 2016, 3:10 PM
15
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore Area: Epistemology of Disagreement
iarwain1
Jan 12, 2016, 1:33 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tackling the subagent problem: preliminary analysis
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 12, 2016, 12:27 PM
0
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Tackling the subagent problem: preliminary analysis
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 12, 2016, 12:26 PM
9
points
16
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, January 11-17, 2016
username2
Jan 12, 2016, 10:29 AM
6
points
173
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Instrumental behaviour: Inbox zero—A guide
Elo
Jan 12, 2016, 7:28 AM
6
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Gamified psychiatry
[deleted]
Jan 12, 2016, 12:16 AM
0
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What can go wrong with the following protocol for AI containment?
ZoltanBerrigomo
Jan 11, 2016, 11:03 PM
0
points
29
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Link] Lifehack article promoting rationality-themed ideas, namely long-term orientation, mere-exposure effect, consider-the-alternative, and agency
Gleb_Tsipursky
Jan 11, 2016, 8:14 PM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Projects
rocurley
Jan 11, 2016, 6:18 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LessWrong Community Weekend
blob
Jan 10, 2016, 3:39 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Variations on the Sleeping Beauty
casebash
Jan 10, 2016, 1:00 PM
0
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Discussion of AI as a positive and negative factor in global risk
agilecaveman
Jan 10, 2016, 4:31 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Are we failing the ideological Turing test in the case of ISIS? (a crazy ideas thread)
Val
Jan 9, 2016, 4:42 PM
−2
points
86
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[LINK] OpenAI doing an AMA today
Vika
Jan 9, 2016, 2:47 PM
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Another view of quantilizers: avoiding Goodhart’s Law
jessicata
Jan 9, 2016, 4:02 AM
26
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Consequences of the Non-Existence of Perfect Theoretical Rationality
casebash
Jan 9, 2016, 1:22 AM
0
points
49
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow meetup: guest talk on why LW community is lazy and cowardly; double crux game
Slava Matyukhin
Jan 8, 2016, 10:02 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Jan 8, 2016, 5:02 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A toy model of the treacherous turn
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 8, 2016, 12:58 PM
43
points
13
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Rationality Dojo & Picnic in the park
Chriswaterguy
Jan 7, 2016, 12:32 PM
2
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Consciousness and Sleep
casebash
Jan 7, 2016, 12:04 PM
12
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Portland meetup—Dojo style.
Elo
7 Jan 2016 2:32 UTC
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Guns And States
Scott Alexander
7 Jan 2016 2:29 UTC
30
points
1
comment
15
min read
LW
link
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