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

Strate­gies for coal­i­tions in unit-sum games

jessicataJan 23, 2017, 4:20 AM
9 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

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)

On Arrogance

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

Ex­ploita­tion as a Tur­ing test

BenquoJan 4, 2017, 8:55 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Hon­esty and perjury

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

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)

Why We Should Aban­don Weak Ar­gu­ments (Reli­gious)

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

Odds ra­tios and con­di­tional risk ratios

Anders_HJan 25, 2017, 3:55 AM
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(andershuitfeldt.net)

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)

“What Hap­pens When Doc­tors Only Take Cash”? Every­body, Espe­cially Pa­tients, Wins

morganismJan 30, 2017, 11:57 PM
8 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(reason.com)

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)

Cor­rigi­bil­ity thoughts I: car­ing about mul­ti­ple things

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

Why I Am Chang­ing My Mind About AI Risk

itaibn0Jan 3, 2017, 10:57 PM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(itaibn.wordpress.com)

Disjunc­tive AI sce­nar­ios: In­di­vi­d­ual or col­lec­tive take­off?

Kaj_SotalaJan 11, 2017, 3:43 PM
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Jan­uary 2017 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisJan 1, 2017, 3:06 PM
7 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

X risk up­date, Gliese 710 will pass thru Oort in 1.35 my

morganismJan 8, 2017, 7:58 PM
7 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Jan­uary—March 2017

SabiolaJan 2, 2017, 10:48 AM
7 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

A cen­tury of re­search fol­low­ing gifted kids.

morganismJan 30, 2017, 11:44 PM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.psychologytoday.com)

Open thread, Jan. 09 - Jan. 15, 2017

MrMindJan 9, 2017, 8:33 AM
6 points
142 comments1 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)

Why a The­ory of Change is bet­ter than a The­ory of Ac­tion for acheiv­ing goals

plexJan 9, 2017, 1:46 PM
6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.aaronsw.com)

Open thread, Jan. 30 - Feb. 05, 2017

MrMindJan 30, 2017, 8:31 AM
6 points
50 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 mea­sure-the­o­retic gen­er­al­iza­tion of log­i­cal induction

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

Open prob­lem: thin log­i­cal priors

TsviBTJan 11, 2017, 8:00 PM
6 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

De­fus­ing Hate: A Strate­gic Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Guide to Coun­ter­act Danger­ous Speech

morganismJan 14, 2017, 11:07 PM
5 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(www.ushmm.org)

Lost pur­poses—Do­ing what’s easy or what’s important

EloJan 4, 2017, 1:26 AM
5 points
8 comments3 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)

Marginal Revolu­tion Thoughts on Black Lives Mat­ter Movement

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

The sub­stance of money

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

Op­ti­miz­ing Styles

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

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)

Facets of Prob­lems v0.1

whpearsonJan 28, 2017, 12:00 PM
5 points
18 comments6 min readLW link

Eval­u­at­ing Mo­ral Theories

ArisCJan 23, 2017, 5:04 AM
5 points
40 comments2 min readLW link

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

MrMindJan 23, 2017, 7:41 AM
5 points
196 comments1 min readLW link

Neu­ral nets de­sign­ing neu­ral nets

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

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)

De­ci­sion The­ory and the Ir­rele­vance of Im­pos­si­ble Outcomes

David AlthausJan 28, 2017, 10:16 AM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(casparoesterheld.com)

De­con­struct­ing over­pop­u­la­tion for life extensionists

Deku-shrubJan 2, 2017, 1:17 AM
5 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Dares are so­cial sig­nal­ing at its purest

morganismJan 3, 2017, 10:48 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.ribbonfarm.com)

If I must eat meat, I eat pork

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 9, 2017, 6:51 AM
4 points
22 comments5 min readLW link
(medium.com)

X Is Not About Y: Tech­nolog­i­cal Im­prove­ments and Cog­ni­tive-Phys­i­cal Demands

Gram_StoneJan 15, 2017, 5:49 PM
4 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Jan. 02 - Jan. 08, 2017

MrMindJan 2, 2017, 7:50 AM
4 points
37 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)

Pol­ling Thread Jan­uary 2017

Gunnar_ZarnckeJan 22, 2017, 11:26 PM
4 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity: Over­rid­ing Defaults

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

Ap­plied Ra­tion­al­ity Exercises

SquirrelInHellJan 7, 2017, 6:13 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

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

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