Sleep­walk bias, self-defeat­ing pre­dic­tions and ex­is­ten­tial risk

Stefan_SchubertApr 22, 2016, 6:31 PM
56 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

One weird trick to turn max­imisers into minimisers

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 22, 2016, 4:47 PM
5 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

One weird trick to turn max­imisers into minimisers

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 22, 2016, 4:45 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekApr 22, 2016, 3:58 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

[link] Sim­plify­ing the en­vi­ron­ment: a new con­ver­gent in­stru­men­tal goal

Kaj_SotalaApr 22, 2016, 6:48 AM
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

The Web Browser is Not Your Client (But You Don’t Need To Know That)

ErrorApr 22, 2016, 12:12 AM
44 points
47 comments7 min readLW link

Ex­pect to know bet­ter when you know more

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 21, 2016, 3:47 PM
5 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Roughly you

JDRApr 21, 2016, 3:28 PM
7 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Sup­pose HBD is True

OrphanWildeApr 21, 2016, 1:34 PM
−18 points
153 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : San An­to­nio Meetup

Bryan-sanApr 21, 2016, 1:02 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Short Talks

rocurleyApr 21, 2016, 5:02 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group: Part Y: Challeng­ing the Difficult

Gram_StoneApr 20, 2016, 10:32 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more /​ UMBC Weekly Meetup: How To Ac­tu­ally Change Your Mind (part 2)

iarwain1Apr 20, 2016, 6:05 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Time hi­er­ar­chy the­o­rems for dis­tri­bu­tional es­ti­ma­tion problems

paulfchristianoApr 20, 2016, 5:13 PM
3 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow: para­noid cal­iba­ra­tion, EA crit­i­cism, de­liber­ate prac­tice dojo

Slava MatyukhinApr 20, 2016, 4:32 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Jose Meetup: Park Day (II)

steven0461Apr 20, 2016, 6:23 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Fun & Games

RobinZApr 20, 2016, 2:57 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Grat­i­tude Thread :-)

Gleb_TsipurskyApr 19, 2016, 3:11 AM
7 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Less Wrong New Hamp­shire Meetup

TukApr 19, 2016, 1:17 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

MrMindApr 18, 2016, 7:19 AM
6 points
176 comments1 min readLW link

Monthly Outreach Thread

Gleb_TsipurskyApr 17, 2016, 11:18 PM
2 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Does im­mor­tal­ity im­ply eter­nal ex­is­tence in lin­ear time?

turchinApr 17, 2016, 11:17 PM
2 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

Us­ing hu­mil­ity to coun­ter­act shame

VikaApr 15, 2016, 6:32 PM
21 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekApr 15, 2016, 3:26 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: What If

RobinZApr 15, 2016, 3:40 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

An­throp­ics and Bi­ased Models

casebashApr 15, 2016, 2:18 AM
6 points
14 comments6 min readLW link

Com­mit­ments and affordances

KatjaGraceApr 14, 2016, 8:56 PM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Board Games

rocurleyApr 14, 2016, 3:32 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Sev­eral free CFAR sum­mer pro­grams on ra­tio­nal­ity and AI safety

AnnaSalamonApr 14, 2016, 2:35 AM
29 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : UMBC /​ Bal­ti­more Weekly Meetup: How To Ac­tu­ally Change Your Mind

iarwain1Apr 13, 2016, 10:50 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

The many coun­ter­fac­tu­als of coun­ter­fac­tual mugging

Scott GarrabrantApr 12, 2016, 8:04 PM
2 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Goal com­ple­tion prior art: fea­ture construction

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 12, 2016, 10:24 AM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(homes.cs.washington.edu)

Meetup : Bris­bane Govin­das Dinner

EloApr 12, 2016, 7:44 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

How to provide a sim­ple ex­am­ple to the re­quire­ment of falsifi­a­bil­ity in the sci­en­tific method to a novice au­di­ence?

ValApr 11, 2016, 9:26 PM
9 points
58 comments2 min readLW link

The Science of Effec­tive Fundrais­ing: Four Com­mon Mis­takes to Avoid

Gleb_TsipurskyApr 11, 2016, 3:19 PM
12 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

The Sally-Anne fallacy

philhApr 11, 2016, 1:06 PM
66 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Projects

rocurleyApr 11, 2016, 3:16 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread April 11 - April 17, 2016

[deleted]Apr 10, 2016, 9:01 PM
6 points
135 comments1 min readLW link

The Thy­roid Mad­ness: Two Ap­par­ently Con­tra­dic­tory Stud­ies. Proof?

johnlawrenceaspdenApr 10, 2016, 8:21 PM
12 points
80 comments7 min readLW link

Meetup : Rochester Ra­tion­al­ists: Utopia dis­cus­sion meetup

mare-of-nightApr 10, 2016, 5:05 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : MelbLW So­cial Meetup: Apr 2016

MaelinApr 10, 2016, 9:59 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—July

luminosityApr 10, 2016, 12:31 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—June

luminosityApr 10, 2016, 12:29 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—May

luminosityApr 10, 2016, 12:27 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Meet up LW Sao Paulo

leohmarrudaApr 9, 2016, 4:57 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Geo­met­ric Bayesian Update

SquirrelInHellApr 9, 2016, 7:24 AM
19 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

An ap­proach to the Agent Si­mu­lates Pre­dic­tor problem

AlexMennenApr 9, 2016, 6:28 AM
6 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(drive.google.com)

An up­date on Sig­nal Data Science (an in­ten­sive data sci­ence train­ing pro­gram)

JonahSApr 9, 2016, 5:02 AM
9 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

An Ap­prox­i­ma­tion of a Group’s CEV

IAFF-User-145Apr 9, 2016, 12:15 AM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.dropbox.com)

Meetup : Role play­ing game based on HPMOR in Moscow

Alexander230Apr 8, 2016, 9:45 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link