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[Classifieds] What are you doing to make the world a better place and how can we help?
namespace
Jun 22, 2017, 12:44 AM
5
points
4
comments
LW
link
Pair Debug to Understand, not Fix
Vaniver
Jun 21, 2017, 11:25 PM
17
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Putanumonit: What statistical power means, and why I’m terrified about psychology
Jacob Falkovich
Jun 21, 2017, 6:29 PM
14
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Epistemic Spot Check: The Demon Under the Microscope (Thomas Hager)
Elizabeth
Jun 21, 2017, 4:00 PM
6
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Three Responses to Incorrect Folk Ontologies
J Thomas Moros
Jun 21, 2017, 2:26 PM
11
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(ferocioustruth.com)
Priors Are Useless
DragonGod
Jun 21, 2017, 11:42 AM
2
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Battle for Psychology
Jacob Falkovich
Jun 21, 2017, 3:51 AM
5
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Distinctions of the Moment
abramdemski
Jun 20, 2017, 2:38 PM
10
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
S-risks: Why they are the worst existential risks, and how to prevent them
Kaj_Sotala
Jun 20, 2017, 12:34 PM
31
points
106
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(foundational-research.org)
Angst, Ennui, and Guilt in Effective Altruism
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jun 19, 2017, 8:38 PM
10
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
Momentum, Reflectiveness, Peace | Otium
sarah.constantin
Jun 19, 2017, 6:16 PM
4
points
1
comment
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Closed Beta Users: What would make you interested in using LessWrong 2.0?
Habryka
Jun 19, 2017, 6:28 AM
8
points
14
comments
LW
link
Open thread, June. 19 - June. 25, 2017
Elo
Jun 18, 2017, 11:10 PM
1
point
200
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Instrumental Rationality 1: Starting Advice
lifelonglearner
Jun 18, 2017, 6:43 PM
17
points
13
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Welcome to Lesswrong 2.0
habryka
Jun 18, 2017, 5:23 PM
19
points
27
comments
7
min read
LW
link
LessWrong 2.0 Feature Roadmap & Feature Suggestions
habryka
Jun 17, 2017, 10:18 PM
16
points
115
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Concrete Ways You Can Help Make the Community Better
sapphire
Jun 17, 2017, 3:03 AM
33
points
37
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Announcing AASAA—Accelerating AI Safety Adoption in Academia (and elsewhere)
null
Jun 15, 2017, 6:55 PM
23
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Announcing AASAA—Accelerating AI Safety Adoption in Academia (and elsewhere)
null
Jun 15, 2017, 6:50 PM
0
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Announcing AASAA—Accelerating AI Safety Adoption in Academia (and elsewhere)
null
Jun 15, 2017, 6:45 PM
0
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Thought experiment: coarse-grained VR utopia
cousin_it
Jun 14, 2017, 8:03 AM
27
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Lloyd’s of London and less-than-catastrophic risk
fortyeridania
Jun 14, 2017, 2:49 AM
2
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Persona 5: Spoiler-Free Review
Zvi
Jun 13, 2017, 10:32 PM
1
point
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Learning from Human Preferences—from OpenAI (including Christiano, Amodei & Legg)
Dr_Manhattan
Jun 13, 2017, 3:52 PM
17
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(blog.openai.com)
Mathematical System For Calibration
DragonGod
Jun 13, 2017, 12:01 PM
0
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Rationalistsphere and the Less Wrong wiki
Deku-shrub
Jun 12, 2017, 11:29 PM
19
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Am I/Was I a Cultist?
DragonGod
Jun 12, 2017, 11:21 PM
−1
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Any Christians Here?
DragonGod
Jun 12, 2017, 11:18 PM
4
points
77
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Open thread, June. 12 - June. 18, 2017
Thomas
Jun 12, 2017, 5:36 AM
1
point
101
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Recovering from Failure
lifelonglearner
Jun 11, 2017, 9:57 PM
0
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(mindlevelup.wordpress.com)
Why I think worse than death outcomes are not a good reason for most people to avoid cryonics
Synaptic
Jun 11, 2017, 3:55 PM
15
points
29
comments
5
min read
LW
link
We are the Athenians, not the Spartans
wubbles
Jun 11, 2017, 5:53 AM
29
points
42
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Where do hypotheses come from?
c0rw1n
Jun 11, 2017, 4:05 AM
5
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(gershmanlab.webfactional.com)
Bi-Weekly Rational Feed
sapphire
Jun 10, 2017, 9:56 PM
17
points
1
comment
11
min read
LW
link
Stupid Questions June 2017
gilch
Jun 10, 2017, 6:32 PM
3
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Two Major Obstacles for Logical Inductor Decision Theory
endoself
Jun 10, 2017, 5:48 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(agentfoundations.org)
Epistemology vs Critical Thinking
Onemorenickname
Jun 10, 2017, 2:41 AM
0
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Summer Programming Notice
Jacob Falkovich
Jun 9, 2017, 5:37 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Humans are not agents: short vs long term
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 9, 2017, 11:16 AM
8
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
SSC Journal Club: AI Timelines
Scott Alexander
Jun 8, 2017, 7:00 PM
15
points
16
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Bring up Genius
Viliam
Jun 8, 2017, 5:44 PM
104
points
62
comments
20
min read
LW
link
Research Assistant positions at the Future of Humanity Institute and Centre for Effective Altruism
crmflynn
Jun 8, 2017, 5:20 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Destroying the Utility Monster—An Alternative Formation of Utility
DragonGod
Jun 8, 2017, 12:37 PM
2
points
40
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Bet or update: fixing the will-to-wager assumption
cousin_it
7 Jun 2017 15:03 UTC
62
points
61
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New circumstances, new values?
Stuart_Armstrong
6 Jun 2017 8:20 UTC
11
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New circumstances, new values?
Stuart_Armstrong
6 Jun 2017 8:18 UTC
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Becoming a Better Community
Sable
6 Jun 2017 7:11 UTC
11
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Argument From Infinity
DragonGod
5 Jun 2017 21:33 UTC
0
points
19
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Mode Collapse and the Norm One Principle
tristanm
5 Jun 2017 21:30 UTC
28
points
13
comments
11
min read
LW
link
The Simple World Hypothesis
DragonGod
5 Jun 2017 19:34 UTC
4
points
15
comments
8
min read
LW
link
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