Can any­one be ra­tio­nal and not ve­gan?

SophivorusNov 23, 2016, 8:16 PM
−18 points
25 comments1 min readLW link
(en.wikiversity.org)

Po­lariza­tion is the prob­lem, “nor­mal­iza­tion” is the answer

Jacob FalkovichNov 23, 2016, 5:40 PM
10 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

In­dus­try Mat­ters 2: Par­tial Retraction

sarahconstantinNov 23, 2016, 5:08 PM
14 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Climb­ing the Horseshoe

Jacob FalkovichNov 23, 2016, 2:54 AM
3 points
0 comments13 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Video us­ing hu­mor to spread rationality

Gleb_TsipurskyNov 23, 2016, 2:18 AM
−11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.youtube.com)

Less costly signaling

paulfchristianoNov 22, 2016, 9:11 PM
30 points
38 comments1 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

Syn­thetic su­per­microbe will be re­sis­tant to all known viruses

James_MillerNov 22, 2016, 4:40 AM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(www.newscientist.com)

Wire­head­ing Done Right: Stay Pos­i­tive Without Go­ing Insane

9eB1Nov 22, 2016, 3:16 AM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(qualiacomputing.com)

Stop­ping kil­ler robots, Killer Robots as cul­tural techniques

morganismNov 22, 2016, 12:02 AM
−1 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(ics.sagepub.com)

Mis­matched Vocabularies

ErrorNov 21, 2016, 5:55 PM
7 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Ir­ra­tional­ity is the worst prob­lem in politics

Gleb_TsipurskyNov 21, 2016, 4:53 PM
−21 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.psychologytoday.com)

Meetup : Meetup #7 - Be­com­ing Less Wrong

nullNov 21, 2016, 4:50 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

On Risk of Viral In­fec­tions from Chlorella

SquirrelInHellNov 21, 2016, 12:46 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Open thread, Nov. 21 - Nov. 27 − 2016

MrMindNov 21, 2016, 7:47 AM
4 points
71 comments1 min readLW link

Dialec­tic al­gorithm—For calcu­lat­ing if an ar­gu­ment is sus­tained or refuted

SophivorusNov 20, 2016, 9:06 PM
2 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(en.wikiversity.org)

Sam­ple means, how do they work?

BenquoNov 20, 2016, 9:04 PM
34 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Vestibu­lar Stim­u­la­tion and Fat Loss

sarahconstantinNov 20, 2016, 12:23 AM
10 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Why Power Women Are Micro-Dos­ing LSD at Work

morganismNov 19, 2016, 11:31 PM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.marieclaire.com)

EM­drive pa­per pub­lished, nearly iden­ti­cal to leaked draft.

morganismNov 19, 2016, 9:30 PM
−1 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

In­dus­try Matters

sarahconstantinNov 19, 2016, 7:29 AM
9 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Meetup : Seat­tle Sec­u­lar Solstice

agilecavemanNov 18, 2016, 10:00 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more Area /​ UMBC Weekly Meetup

iarwain1Nov 18, 2016, 5:30 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Kid­ney Trade: A Dialectic

Gram_StoneNov 18, 2016, 5:19 PM
9 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekNov 18, 2016, 4:55 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Ter­mi­nally ill teen won his­toric rul­ing to pre­serve body

NancyLebovitzNov 18, 2016, 2:16 PM
14 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(www.bbc.com)

Group ra­tio­nal­ity—bridg­ing the gap in a post-truth world

rosyatrandomNov 18, 2016, 1:44 PM
5 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Clusters in creationspace

KatjaGraceNov 18, 2016, 3:19 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Cooking

RobinZNov 18, 2016, 12:39 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Elderly dis­cov­ered with su­pe­rior mem­ory and Alzheimer’s pathology

morganismNov 17, 2016, 8:32 PM
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(sciencebulletin.org)

Meetup : Ar­row the­o­rem, LW goals and plans, ra­tio­nal review

Slava MatyukhinNov 17, 2016, 7:39 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Sols­tices 2016 in UK (Dec 3rd) Seat­tle/​Bos­ton (Dec 10th) and Bay/​NYC (Dec 17th)

RaemonNov 17, 2016, 5:29 AM
4 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Heuris­tic for Bias De­tec­tion: Up­dat­ing Towards the Net Weight of Evidence

gwernNov 17, 2016, 2:51 AM
17 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

Flip Flops, part 1 of ∞

Jacob FalkovichNov 16, 2016, 10:53 PM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

The Post-Vir­tual-Real­ity Sadness

morganismNov 16, 2016, 8:17 AM
13 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

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

Alexander230Nov 16, 2016, 4:58 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

(Non-)In­ter­rupt­ibil­ity of Sarsa(λ) and Q-Learning

rmoehnNov 16, 2016, 4:22 AM
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(nbviewer.jupyter.org)

Unify­ing stuff is hard

KatjaGraceNov 16, 2016, 1:54 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

An al­gorithm with prefer­ences: from zero to one variable

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 15, 2016, 3:14 PM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

On­line Learn­ing 3: Ad­ver­sar­ial ban­dit learn­ing with catastrophes

RyanCareyNov 14, 2016, 10:58 PM
3 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Maine passes Ranked Choice Voting

morganismNov 14, 2016, 8:07 PM
10 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(ballotpedia.org)

Open thread, Nov. 14 - Nov. 20, 2016

MrMindNov 14, 2016, 7:51 AM
6 points
101 comments1 min readLW link

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion is vi­o­lent by nature

Djini_HendrixNov 14, 2016, 6:36 AM
−32 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

VARIABILITY OF NUCLEAR DECAY RATES

morganismNov 13, 2016, 11:57 PM
1 point
4 comments2 min readLW link

Embed, en­code, at­tend, pre­dict: The new deep learn­ing for­mula for state-of-the-art NLP models

morganismNov 12, 2016, 9:33 PM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(explosion.ai)

How did ex­per­i­ments with lu­cid dream­ing pan out?

listicNov 12, 2016, 8:40 PM
8 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Match­ing dona­tion fundraisers can be harm­fully dishon­est.

BenquoNov 11, 2016, 9:05 PM
18 points
6 comments14 min readLW link

The Devel­op­men­tal Role of Play

Gordon Seidoh WorleyNov 11, 2016, 7:41 PM
12 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

On Try­ing Not To Be Wrong

sarahconstantinNov 11, 2016, 7:25 PM
31 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekNov 11, 2016, 6:47 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Group Debugging

rocurleyNov 11, 2016, 5:04 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link