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[Link] Salon piece analyzing Donald Trump’s appeal using rationality

Gleb_TsipurskyApr 24, 2016, 4:36 AM

−13 points

48 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Mutual fund fees

James_MillerApr 23, 2016, 10:09 PM

7 points

25 comments1 min readLW link

My Custom Spelling Dictionary

Gram_StoneApr 23, 2016, 9:56 PM

6 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

What is up with carbon dioxide and cognition? An offer

paulfchristianoApr 23, 2016, 5:47 PM

84 points

48 comments2 min readLW link

The Validity of the Anthropic Principle

casebashApr 23, 2016, 9:12 AM

2 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

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

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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