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Lesswrong 2016 Survey
Elo
Mar 30, 2016, 6:17 PM
45
points
273
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Astrobiology, Astronomy, and the Fermi Paradox II: Space & Time Revisited
CellBioGuy
Mar 10, 2016, 5:19 AM
35
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Look for Lone Correct Contrarians
Gram_Stone
Mar 13, 2016, 4:11 PM
33
points
27
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Link: Evidence-Based Medicine Has Been Hijacked
Anders_H
Mar 16, 2016, 7:57 PM
33
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The increasing uselessness of Promoted
PhilGoetz
Mar 19, 2016, 6:23 PM
30
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol
gjm
Mar 9, 2016, 12:22 PM
30
points
183
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Lesswrong Potential Changes
Elo
Mar 19, 2016, 12:24 PM
27
points
88
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How I infiltrated the Raëlians (and was hugged by their leader)
SquirrelInHell
Mar 16, 2016, 5:45 AM
26
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Abuse of Productivity Systems
SquirrelInHell
Mar 27, 2016, 5:32 AM
24
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)
Newsjacking for Rationality and Effective Altruism
Gleb_Tsipursky
Mar 15, 2016, 9:58 PM
23
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Common Misconceptions about Dual Process Theories of Human Reasoning
Gram_Stone
Mar 19, 2016, 9:50 PM
23
points
16
comments
3
min read
LW
link
On Making Things
Gram_Stone
Mar 5, 2016, 3:26 AM
22
points
13
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Why Cryonics Makes Sense—Wait But Why
Paul
Mar 25, 2016, 11:41 AM
22
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Thyroid Madness : Core Argument, Evidence, Probabilities and Predictions
johnlawrenceaspden
Mar 14, 2016, 1:41 AM
20
points
137
comments
20
min read
LW
link
The Price Of Glee In China
Scott Alexander
Mar 24, 2016, 12:12 AM
19
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
AIFoom Debate—conclusion?
Bound_up
Mar 4, 2016, 8:33 PM
18
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Prediction challenge: Zika and birth rates
NancyLebovitz
Mar 12, 2016, 4:55 PM
18
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“3 Reasons It’s Irrational to Demand ‘Rationalism’ in Social Justice Activism”
PhilGoetz
Mar 29, 2016, 3:16 PM
17
points
189
comments
3
min read
LW
link
In Defence of Simple Ideas That Explain Everything But Are Wrong
johnlawrenceaspden
Mar 22, 2016, 3:46 PM
16
points
53
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What is the future of nootropic drugs? Why can’t there be ones more effective than ones that have existed for 15+ years?
InquilineKea
Mar 6, 2016, 6:45 PM
14
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Education as Entertainment and the Downfall of LessWrong
SquirrelInHell
Mar 4, 2016, 2:06 PM
14
points
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Updating towards the simulation hypothesis because you think about AI
SoerenMind
Mar 5, 2016, 10:23 PM
13
points
21
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Genetic “Nature” is cultural too
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 18, 2016, 2:33 PM
13
points
39
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Request for advice: high school transferring
argella42
Mar 1, 2016, 10:27 PM
12
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Open Thread March 28 - April 3 , 2016
[deleted]
Mar 28, 2016, 2:06 AM
11
points
70
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes Thread March 2016
elharo
Mar 5, 2016, 6:44 PM
11
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Outreach Thread
Gleb_Tsipursky
Mar 6, 2016, 10:18 PM
11
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Purposeful Anti-Rush
Elo
Mar 8, 2016, 7:34 AM
10
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cross-Cultural maps and Asch’s Conformity Experiment
Sable
Mar 9, 2016, 12:40 AM
10
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Rationality Reading Group: Part V: Value Theory
Gram_Stone
Mar 10, 2016, 1:11 AM
9
points
32
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Preference over preference
Elo
Mar 6, 2016, 12:51 AM
9
points
3
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Procrastination checklist
Elo
Mar 3, 2016, 3:04 AM
9
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Cultivate the desire to X
Elo
Mar 7, 2016, 3:40 AM
9
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Open Thread March 7 - March 13, 2016
Elo
Mar 7, 2016, 3:24 AM
9
points
125
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How It Feels to Improve My Rationality
SquirrelInHell
Mar 18, 2016, 9:59 AM
9
points
50
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Would you notice if science died?
Douglas_Knight
Mar 8, 2016, 4:04 AM
8
points
40
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Mar. 14 - Mar. 20, 2016
MrMind
Mar 14, 2016, 8:02 AM
8
points
213
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[paper] [link] Defining human values for value learners
Kaj_Sotala
Mar 3, 2016, 9:29 AM
8
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Reading Group: Part W: Quantified Humanism
Gram_Stone
Mar 24, 2016, 3:48 AM
7
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
True answers from AI: Summary
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 10, 2016, 3:56 PM
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Perception of the Concrete vs Statistical: Corruption
Douglas_Knight
Mar 23, 2016, 1:19 AM
7
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What does it mean for correct operation to rely on transfer learning?
jessicata
Mar 5, 2016, 3:24 AM
7
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Open Thread March 21 - March 27, 2016
Gunnar_Zarncke
Mar 20, 2016, 7:54 PM
6
points
164
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Black box knowledge
Elo
Mar 3, 2016, 10:40 PM
6
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
March 2016 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Mar 1, 2016, 8:22 PM
6
points
38
comments
1
min read
LW
link
After Go, what games should be next for DeepMind?
InquilineKea
Mar 10, 2016, 8:49 PM
5
points
73
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Conjecture on Addiction to Meta-level Solutions
Gram_Stone
Mar 18, 2016, 4:13 AM
4
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Sydney pub meetup
Elo
Mar 4, 2016, 6:34 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality 101 - how would you introduce a person to the rationalist concepts? What are the best topics to learn/explain first?
rayalez
Mar 3, 2016, 10:33 AM
4
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Jose Meetup: Park Day
steven0461
Mar 30, 2016, 4:39 AM
4
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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