Open thread, Jan. 25 - Jan. 31, 2016

username2Jan 25, 2016, 9:07 PM
6 points
170 comments1 min readLW link

Goal com­ple­tion: al­gorithm ideas

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 25, 2016, 5:36 PM
8 points
1 comment10 min readLW link

The map of quan­tum (big world) immortality

turchinJan 25, 2016, 10:21 AM
6 points
89 comments3 min readLW link

Study part­ner match­ing thread

NoSignalNoNoiseJan 25, 2016, 4:25 AM
8 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Be­ware sur­pris­ing and sus­pi­cious convergence

ThrasymachusJan 24, 2016, 7:13 PM
25 points
6 comments15 min readLW link

“Why Try Hard” Es­say tar­geted at non rationalists

lifelonglearnerJan 24, 2016, 4:40 PM
5 points
20 comments6 min readLW link

Desperation

So8resJan 24, 2016, 2:00 AM
16 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

[Link] Video Pre­sen­ta­tion: Ra­tion­al­ity 101 for Sec­u­lar People

Gleb_TsipurskyJan 24, 2016, 12:45 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : LessWrong Aus On­line Hangout

CalienJan 23, 2016, 12:55 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Group Debugging

rocurleyJan 23, 2016, 6:17 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Map:Ter­ri­tory::Uncer­tainty::Ran­dom­ness – but that doesn’t mat­ter, value of in­for­ma­tion does.

DavidmanheimJan 22, 2016, 7:12 PM
8 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekJan 22, 2016, 5:14 PM
3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

In­vest­ment Strategy

[deleted]Jan 22, 2016, 2:26 AM
−8 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don di­as­pora meetup: weird foods − 24/​01/​2016

philhJan 21, 2016, 4:45 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Palo Alto Meetup: Light­ning Talks

Anders_HJan 20, 2016, 8:04 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Goal com­ple­tion: the rocket equations

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 20, 2016, 2:10 PM
0 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Goal com­ple­tion: the rocket equations

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 20, 2016, 1:54 PM
9 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

Could a digi­tal in­tel­li­gence be bad at math?

leplenJan 20, 2016, 2:38 AM
7 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Cel­e­brat­ing All Who Are in Effec­tive Altruism

Gleb_TsipurskyJan 20, 2016, 1:31 AM
25 points
39 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: [Post­poned for snow]

RobinZJan 20, 2016, 1:02 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Sym­bolic Ges­tures – Salutes For Effec­tive Altru­ists To Iden­tify Each Other

DarklightJan 20, 2016, 12:40 AM
−8 points
39 comments2 min readLW link

Spread­ing ra­tio­nal­ity through en­gage­ment with sec­u­lar groups

Gleb_TsipurskyJan 19, 2016, 11:19 PM
23 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Anx­iety and Rationality

[deleted]Jan 19, 2016, 6:30 PM
51 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

Ex­tend­ing the stated objectives

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 19, 2016, 3:46 PM
0 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

How did my baby die and what is the prob­a­bil­ity that my next one will?

deprimita_patroJan 19, 2016, 6:24 AM
37 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : MelbLW So­cial Meetup: Jan 2016

MaelinJan 18, 2016, 2:48 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Jan. 18 - Jan. 24, 2016

MrMindJan 18, 2016, 9:42 AM
8 points
199 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : LW Cologne meetup

EGIJan 17, 2016, 10:04 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

“Why Op­ti­mize?” Es­say tar­geted at non­ra­tional­ist friends of mine

lifelonglearnerJan 17, 2016, 7:15 PM
2 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

Think­ing About a Tech­ni­cal Solu­tion to Co­or­di­na­tion Problems

ChaosMoteJan 17, 2016, 7:16 AM
12 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge Less Wrong: Tu­tor­ing Wheels

jimrandomhJan 17, 2016, 5:23 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Con­fi­dence all the way up

So8resJan 17, 2016, 2:00 AM
22 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

To con­tribute to AI safety, con­sider do­ing AI research

VikaJan 16, 2016, 8:42 PM
39 points
39 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Games in Kocherga club: Fal­la­cyMa­nia, Tower of Chaos, Train­ing game

Alexander230Jan 16, 2016, 10:11 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Less Wrong NH Meetup

TukJan 16, 2016, 3:49 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The cor­rect re­sponse to un­cer­tainty is *not* half-speed

AnnaSalamonJan 15, 2016, 10:55 PM
277 points
46 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Tel Aviv: Nick Lane’s Vi­tal Question

SquarkJan 15, 2016, 6:54 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekJan 15, 2016, 4:59 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[LINK] Com­mon fal­la­cies in prob­a­bil­ity (when num­bers aren’t used)

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 15, 2016, 8:29 AM
10 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[link] “The Hap­piness Code”—New York Times on CFAR

Kaj_SotalaJan 15, 2016, 6:34 AM
24 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Short Talks

rocurleyJan 14, 2016, 5:21 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Find­ing Effec­tive Altru­ism with Bi­ased In­puts on Op­tions—LA Ra­tion­al­ity Weekly Meetup

DavidmanheimJan 14, 2016, 5:31 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group: Part R: Phys­i­cal­ism 201

Gram_StoneJan 13, 2016, 11:41 PM
5 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Wel­come to LessWrong (Jan­uary 2016)

[deleted]Jan 13, 2016, 9:34 PM
11 points
16 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Eco­nomics Discussion

RobinZJan 13, 2016, 5:41 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­tend­ing the stated objectives

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 13, 2016, 4:20 PM
13 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

[Stub] On­tolog­i­cal crisis = out of en­vi­ron­ment be­havi­our?

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 13, 2016, 3:11 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Stub] On­tolog­i­cal crisis = out of en­vi­ron­ment be­havi­our?

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 13, 2016, 3:10 PM
15 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more Area: Episte­mol­ogy of Disagreement

iarwain1Jan 12, 2016, 1:33 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Tack­ling the sub­agent prob­lem: pre­limi­nary analysis

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 12, 2016, 12:27 PM
0 points
0 comments3 min readLW link