A quick note on weird­ness points and Sols­tices [And also ran­dom other Sols­tice dis­cus­sion]

Raemon21 Dec 2016 17:29 UTC
38 points
85 comments1 min readLW link

On Truth, On God, and On Faith (re­li­gious (ob­vi­ously)) (Athe­ist ma­te­rial for be­liev­ers in­stead of other athe­ists/​ at­tempted use of a spoon­ful of sugar)

Bound_up20 Dec 2016 23:07 UTC
1 point
37 comments1 min readLW link
(atheistkit.wordpress.com)

Meetup : Games in Kocherga club: Fal­la­cyMa­nia, Tower of Chaos, Scien­tific Discovery

Alexander23020 Dec 2016 21:36 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Scott Adams men­tions Pre­dic­tion Mar­kets and ex­plains Cog­ni­tive Blind­ness bias

Gunnar_Zarncke20 Dec 2016 21:23 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(blog.dilbert.com)

Meetup : Kyiv: 21 De­cem­ber 2016 18:15 (+0200)

networked20 Dec 2016 19:36 UTC
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

“Flinch­ing away from truth” is of­ten about *pro­tect­ing* the epistemology

AnnaSalamon20 Dec 2016 18:39 UTC
222 points
58 comments7 min readLW link

Im­prove com­ments by tag­ging claims

Benquo20 Dec 2016 17:04 UTC
26 points
40 comments5 min readLW link

Are you be­ing p-hacked? Time to hack back.

Jacob Falkovich20 Dec 2016 16:57 UTC
10 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Teach­ing an AI not to cheat?

Florian_Dietz20 Dec 2016 14:37 UTC
5 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

How does per­son­al­ity vary across US cities?

JonahS20 Dec 2016 8:00 UTC
66 points
16 comments6 min readLW link

Guilt vs Shame, Pride vs Joy?

ProofOfLogic19 Dec 2016 20:00 UTC
12 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions De­cem­ber 2016

pepe_prime19 Dec 2016 14:41 UTC
8 points
82 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Dec. 19 - Dec. 25, 2016

MrMind19 Dec 2016 7:46 UTC
5 points
106 comments1 min readLW link

Nar­ra­tive­mancy 101: Why Paper Beats Rock

Gordon Seidoh Worley18 Dec 2016 19:26 UTC
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

Co­op­er­at­ing with your memetic im­mune sys­tem: False Faces

Jack_LaSota18 Dec 2016 18:13 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(sinceriously.fyi)

Giv­ing the re­sults of sci­en­tific re­search away

NancyLebovitz18 Dec 2016 16:43 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.theguardian.com)

Multiplicitous

Jacob Falkovich18 Dec 2016 16:39 UTC
9 points
0 comments12 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Ra­tion­al­ity 101 (An In­tro Post to the Ra­tion­al­ist-Sphere for Friends: Kah­ne­man, LW, etc.)

lifelonglearner17 Dec 2016 22:13 UTC
15 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(mindlevelup.wordpress.com)

(Reli­gion/​Athe­ist) - Rep­pert on the Defea­si­bil­ity Test (No (con­clu­sive) ev­i­dence pos­si­ble for a be­ing both all-pow­er­ful and hon­est)

Bound_up17 Dec 2016 21:51 UTC
3 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(atheistkit.wordpress.com)

Ex­tor­tion and trade negotiations

Stuart_Armstrong17 Dec 2016 21:39 UTC
23 points
28 comments3 min readLW link

Fea­ture Wish List for LessWrong

sarahconstantin17 Dec 2016 21:10 UTC
25 points
82 comments1 min readLW link

Eng­ineer­ing and Hack­ing your Mind

Jack_LaSota17 Dec 2016 5:02 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(sinceriously.fyi)

Fre­quent sauna bathing pro­tects men against dementia

morganism17 Dec 2016 3:15 UTC
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.eurekalert.org)

The Gu­nas: A Model for Men­tal States

sarahconstantin17 Dec 2016 0:39 UTC
9 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Com­mu­nity needs, in­di­vi­d­ual needs, and a model of adult development

Vaniver17 Dec 2016 0:18 UTC
21 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

How com­pu­ta­tional ap­proaches can con­tribute to brain preser­va­tion research

Andy_McKenzie16 Dec 2016 18:56 UTC
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.brainpreservation.org)

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamek16 Dec 2016 16:51 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Pos­i­tive vs. Nor­ma­tive Rationality

NatashaRostova16 Dec 2016 6:50 UTC
2 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Cir­cles of discussion

Paul Crowley16 Dec 2016 4:35 UTC
33 points
42 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more Area /​ UMBC Weekly Meetup

iarwain116 Dec 2016 0:55 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

In praise of emo­tive communication

Gordon Seidoh Worley15 Dec 2016 21:22 UTC
1 point
5 comments1 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Game Theory

RobinZ15 Dec 2016 15:35 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : SF Meetup: Short Talks

maia15 Dec 2016 5:01 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Stress Re­sponse, Growth Mind­set, and Non­vi­o­lent Communication

ProofOfLogic15 Dec 2016 0:37 UTC
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(weird.solar)

2016 AI Risk Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

Larks15 Dec 2016 0:19 UTC
13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(effective-altruism.com)

Should you share your goals

Elo14 Dec 2016 23:27 UTC
9 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Ozy’s Thoughts on CFAR’s Mis­sion Statement

Raemon14 Dec 2016 16:25 UTC
4 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(thingofthings.wordpress.com)

IEEE re­leased the first draft of their AI ethics guide

c0rw1n14 Dec 2016 13:30 UTC
10 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(standards.ieee.org)

Min­i­max forecasting

Vanessa Kosoy14 Dec 2016 8:22 UTC
0 points
2 comments13 min readLW link

The Par­tial Con­trol Fallacy

Darmani14 Dec 2016 2:57 UTC
28 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

In mem­ory of Thomas Schelling

Qiaochu_Yuan13 Dec 2016 22:17 UTC
16 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(publicpolicy.umd.edu)

Canons (What are they good for?)

Benquo13 Dec 2016 21:34 UTC
18 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

The Strat­egy of Sub­ver­sive Conflict

Gordon Seidoh Worley12 Dec 2016 19:41 UTC
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.ribbonfarm.com)

De­bate and Dialectic

Gordon Seidoh Worley12 Dec 2016 19:40 UTC
8 points
1 comment4 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

Fur­ther dis­cus­sion of CFAR’s fo­cus on AI safety, and the good things folks wanted from “cause neu­tral­ity”

AnnaSalamon12 Dec 2016 19:39 UTC
64 points
38 comments5 min readLW link

Sane Think­ing about Men­tal Problems

sarahconstantin12 Dec 2016 19:32 UTC
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Open thread, Dec. 12 - Dec. 18, 2016

MrMind12 Dec 2016 7:56 UTC
9 points
141 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : SF Meetup: Projects

maia11 Dec 2016 20:18 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne So­cial Meetup: December

Maelin11 Dec 2016 11:33 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Min­i­max and dy­namic (in)consistency

Vanessa Kosoy11 Dec 2016 10:42 UTC
0 points
0 comments10 min readLW link