Why We Should Aban­don Weak Ar­gu­ments (Reli­gious)

Bound_upJan 20, 2017, 10:30 PM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(atheistkit.wordpress.com)

The Quaker and the Parselmouth

VaniverJan 20, 2017, 9:24 PM
13 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Meetup : Bal­ti­more /​ UMBC Weekly Meetup

iarwain1Jan 20, 2017, 6:26 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Art is Long and Nerdy

Jacob FalkovichJan 20, 2017, 5:49 PM
1 point
0 comments13 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekJan 20, 2017, 4:56 PM
2 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Could a Neu­ro­scien­tist Un­der­stand a Micro­pro­ces­sor?

Gunnar_ZarnckeJan 20, 2017, 12:40 PM
16 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(journals.plos.org)

Willpower duality

GyrodiotJan 20, 2017, 9:56 AM
10 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jrmyp.net)

In­finite Sum­ma­tions: A Ra­tion­al­ity Lit­mus Test

shevJan 20, 2017, 9:31 AM
38 points
23 comments5 min readLW link

An im­pos­si­bil­ity re­sult for do­ing with­out good priors

jessicataJan 20, 2017, 5:44 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity: Over­rid­ing Defaults

lifelonglearnerJan 20, 2017, 5:14 AM
4 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Op­ti­miz­ing Styles

TheSinceriousOneJan 20, 2017, 1:48 AM
5 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

On Arrogance

casebashJan 20, 2017, 1:04 AM
8 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

What would you like to see posts about?

shevJan 19, 2017, 11:39 PM
9 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

If ra­tio­nal­ity is purely win­ning there is a min­i­mal shared art

whpearsonJan 19, 2017, 9:39 PM
2 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Thoughts on “Oper­a­tion Make Less Wrong the sin­gle con­ver­sa­tional lo­cus”, Month 1

RaemonJan 19, 2017, 5:16 PM
25 points
158 comments1 min readLW link

In-depth de­scrip­tion of a quite strict, quite suc­cess­ful gov­ern­ment pro­gram against teen sub­stance abuse, spread­ing from Iceland

chaosmageJan 19, 2017, 12:04 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(mosaicscience.com)

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Board Games

rocurleyJan 19, 2017, 5:39 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

RobinZJan 19, 2017, 4:41 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity and Over­rid­ing Defaults

lifelonglearnerJan 19, 2017, 4:34 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(mindlevelup.wordpress.com)

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

Alexander230Jan 18, 2017, 8:36 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­ject Hufflepuff

RaemonJan 18, 2017, 6:57 PM
51 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Univer­sal Hate

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 18, 2017, 6:32 PM
9 points
12 comments1 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

Marginal Revolu­tion Thoughts on Black Lives Mat­ter Movement

scarcegreengrassJan 18, 2017, 6:12 PM
5 points
29 comments1 min readLW link
(marginalrevolution.com)

Cor­rigi­bil­ity thoughts III: ma­nipu­lat­ing ver­sus deceiving

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 18, 2017, 3:57 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Cor­rigi­bil­ity thoughts II: the robot operator

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 18, 2017, 3:52 PM
3 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Cor­rigi­bil­ity thoughts I: car­ing about mul­ti­ple things

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 18, 2017, 3:39 PM
7 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

Neu­ral nets de­sign­ing neu­ral nets

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 18, 2017, 3:28 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Neu­ral nets de­sign­ing neu­ral nets

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 18, 2017, 3:27 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Neu­ral nets de­sign­ing neu­ral nets

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 18, 2017, 2:43 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

A mea­sure-the­o­retic gen­er­al­iza­tion of log­i­cal induction

Vanessa KosoyJan 18, 2017, 1:56 PM
6 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Dodg­ing a bul­let: “the price of in­suffi­cient med­i­cal vigilance can be very high.”

James_MillerJan 18, 2017, 4:11 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(westhunt.wordpress.com)

Please Help: How to make a big im­prove­ment in the al­ign­ment of poli­ti­cal par­ties’ in­cen­tives with the pub­lic in­ter­est?

intersticeJan 18, 2017, 12:51 AM
7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(dominiccummings.wordpress.com)

Meetup : LW Sao Paulo—Meetup de janeiro

leohmarrudaJan 18, 2017, 12:12 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Choos­ing pre­dic­tion over ex­pla­na­tion in psy­chol­ogy: Les­sons from ma­chine learning

Kaj_SotalaJan 17, 2017, 9:23 PM
5 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(figshare.com)

The sub­stance of money

MrMindJan 17, 2017, 2:51 PM
5 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

A note on mi­s­un­der­stand­ing the bound­aries of models

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 17, 2017, 12:29 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Hon­esty and perjury

BenquoJan 17, 2017, 8:08 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

John Nash’s Ideal Money: The Mo­ti­va­tions of Sav­ings and Thrift

FlinterJan 17, 2017, 3:58 AM
0 points
33 comments1 min readLW link
(sites.stat.psu.edu)

Fear or fear? (A Me­te­uphoric post on dis­t­in­guish­ing feel­ings from con­sid­ered po­si­tions.)

ProofOfLogicJan 17, 2017, 3:26 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)

Dis­gust and Politics

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 17, 2017, 12:19 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

Deep Learn­ing twit­ter list

morganismJan 16, 2017, 11:59 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.reddit.com)

Wel­come to Less Wrong! (11th thread, Jan­uary 2017) (Thread B)

Richard Korzekwa Jan 16, 2017, 10:25 PM
2 points
152 comments6 min readLW link

The Mind of an Oc­to­pus,Adapted from Other Minds: The Oc­to­pus, the Sea and the Deep Ori­gins of Consciousness

morganismJan 16, 2017, 9:07 PM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.scientificamerican.com)

Do we Share a Defi­ni­tion for the word “ideal”?

FlinterJan 16, 2017, 8:45 PM
0 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

The trol­l­ey­car dilemma, an MIT moral prob­lem app

morganismJan 16, 2017, 7:32 PM
1 point
5 comments1 min readLW link
(moralmachine.mit.edu)

A Pro­posal for a Sim­pler Solu­tion To All Th­ese Difficult Ob­ser­va­tions and Problems

FlinterJan 16, 2017, 6:13 PM
1 point
82 comments1 min readLW link

Tragedy of the free time commons

KatjaGraceJan 16, 2017, 9:29 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Open thread, Jan. 16 - Jan. 22, 2016

MrMindJan 16, 2017, 7:52 AM
4 points
133 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne So­cial Meetup: January

MaelinJan 16, 2017, 4:09 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Be some­one – be rec­og­nized by the sys­tem and pro­moted – or do something

James_MillerJan 15, 2017, 9:22 PM
8 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(dnipogo.org)