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Why election models didn’t predict Trump’s victory — A primer on how polls and election models work

phl43Jan 28, 2017, 7:51 PM

1 point

16 comments1 min readLW link

(necpluribusimpar.net)

AI Safety reading group

SoerenEJan 28, 2017, 12:07 PM

15 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Facets of Problems v0.1

whpearsonJan 28, 2017, 12:00 PM

5 points

18 comments6 min readLW link

Decision Theory and the Irrelevance of Impossible Outcomes

David AlthausJan 28, 2017, 10:16 AM

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(casparoesterheld.com)

Emergency learning

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 28, 2017, 10:05 AM

13 points

10 comments4 min readLW link

Split Brain Does Not Lead to Split Consciousness

ChristianKlJan 28, 2017, 8:58 AM

13 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(neurosciencenews.com)

Performance Trends in AI

sarahconstantinJan 28, 2017, 8:36 AM

14 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Nothing is Forbidden, but Some Things are Good

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 27, 2017, 11:53 PM

8 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

(mapandterritory.org)

Did slavery make the US an economic superpower and would the industrial revolution have happened without it?

phl43Jan 27, 2017, 9:01 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(necpluribusimpar.net)

Did slavery make the US an economic superpower and would the industrial revolution have happened without it?

phl43Jan 27, 2017, 9:00 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

The Maze of Moral Relativism

StabilizerJan 27, 2017, 7:29 PM

5 points

35 comments1 min readLW link

(opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)

New LW Meetup: Bogota

FrankAdamekJan 27, 2017, 6:55 PM

2 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

2017: An Actual Plan to Actually Improve

[deleted]Jan 27, 2017, 6:42 PM

26 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : Baltimore / UMBC Weekly Meetup

iarwain1Jan 27, 2017, 6:29 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

new study finds performance enhancing drugs for chess

morganismJan 27, 2017, 12:04 AM

6 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

(worldchess.com)

A new blog with analyses of various topics (e. g. slavery and capitalism, why election models didn’t predict Trump’s victory)

phl43Jan 26, 2017, 11:30 PM

2 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(necpluribusimpar.net)

http://necpluribusimpar.net (a new blog with analyses of various topics, e. g. slavery and capitalism, why election models didn’t predict Trump’s victory)

phl43Jan 26, 2017, 10:50 PM

1 point

2 comments1 min readLW link

80,000 Hours: EA and Highly Political Causes

The_Jaded_OneJan 26, 2017, 9:44 PM

45 points

25 comments7 min readLW link

The Future of Humanity Institute is hiring a project manager

crmflynnJan 26, 2017, 6:19 PM

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

A majority coalition can lose a symmetric zero-sum game

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 26, 2017, 12:13 PM

21 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : SF Meetup: Group Debugging

maiaJan 26, 2017, 6:13 AM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow: unconference

Slava MatyukhinJan 25, 2017, 6:55 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Value Journaling

ProofOfLogicJan 25, 2017, 6:10 AM

24 points

18 comments5 min readLW link

Odds ratios and conditional risk ratios

Anders_HJan 25, 2017, 3:55 AM

8 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(andershuitfeldt.net)

Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Meta Meetup

RobinZJan 25, 2017, 12:48 AM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Funding the Reproducibility Crises as effective giving

morganismJan 24, 2017, 11:05 PM

17 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.wired.com)

First impressions...

ArisCJan 24, 2017, 3:14 PM

11 points

50 comments1 min readLW link

Too Much Effort | Too Little Evidence

ErfeyahJan 24, 2017, 12:37 PM

2 points

64 comments1 min readLW link

Did EDT get it right all along? Introducing yet another medical Newcomb problem

Johannes TreutleinJan 24, 2017, 11:43 AM

22 points

21 comments8 min readLW link

Strategic Thinking: Paradigm Selection

katydeeJan 24, 2017, 6:24 AM

15 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

Life Extension Possibilities

sarahconstantinJan 24, 2017, 1:54 AM

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Metrics to evaluate a Presidency

ArisCJan 24, 2017, 1:02 AM

1 point

70 comments1 min readLW link

Self medicating for Schizophrenia with—cigarettes ?

morganismJan 24, 2017, 12:08 AM

4 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

(neurosciencenews.com)

Another UBI article, this one on costs and benefits to society

morganismJan 23, 2017, 11:21 PM

2 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

(www.weforum.org)

Most empirical questions are unresolveable; The good, the bad, and the appropriately under-powered

DavidmanheimJan 23, 2017, 8:35 PM

8 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Meetup : [Metro Detroit / Ann Arbor], Michigan

excineraJan 23, 2017, 7:35 PM

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

MAD Trollies

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 23, 2017, 6:57 PM

2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(mapandterritory.org)

Quick modeling: resolving disagreements.

ProofOfLogicJan 23, 2017, 6:18 PM

1 point

3 comments1 min readLW link

(nthlook.wordpress.com)

Open thread, Jan. 23 - Jan. 29, 2017

MrMindJan 23, 2017, 7:41 AM

5 points

196 comments1 min readLW link

Evaluating Moral Theories

ArisCJan 23, 2017, 5:04 AM

5 points

40 comments2 min readLW link

Strategies for coalitions in unit-sum games

jessicataJan 23, 2017, 4:20 AM

9 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

Polling Thread January 2017

Gunnar_ZarnckeJan 22, 2017, 11:26 PM

4 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Putanumonit—Bayesian inference vs. null hypothesis testing

Jacob Falkovich22 Jan 2017 14:31 UTC

9 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Meetup : Denver Area LW February Meetup

PonchoPal22 Jan 2017 7:33 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Denver Area LW February Meetup

PonchoPal22 Jan 2017 7:29 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : First Bogota, Colombia Meetup

jpulgarin22 Jan 2017 6:02 UTC

1 point

3 comments1 min readLW link

Projects-in-Progress Thread

lifelonglearner21 Jan 2017 5:11 UTC

18 points

47 comments1 min readLW link

In Defense of the Obvious

lifelonglearner21 Jan 2017 3:06 UTC

20 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

0.999...=1: Another Rationality Litmus Test

shev21 Jan 2017 2:16 UTC

27 points

59 comments7 min readLW link

Why We Should Abandon Weak Arguments (Religious)

Bound_up20 Jan 2017 22:30 UTC

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(atheistkit.wordpress.com)