The Use and Abuse of Witch­doc­tors for Life

lifelonglearner24 Jun 2017 20:59 UTC
7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(samzdat.com)

On Dragon Army

Zvi24 Jun 2017 10:44 UTC
10 points
0 comments54 min readLW link

Bi-Weekly Ra­tional Feed

sapphire24 Jun 2017 0:07 UTC
35 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

Idea for LessWrong: Video Tutoring

Adam Zerner23 Jun 2017 21:40 UTC
16 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

Coal­i­tion Dy­nam­ics as Morality

abramdemski23 Jun 2017 18:00 UTC
3 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

The evolu­tion of su­per­sti­tious and su­per­sti­tion-like behaviour

c0rw1n23 Jun 2017 16:14 UTC
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(diyhpl.us)

[Clas­sifieds] What are you do­ing to make the world a bet­ter place and how can we help?

namespace22 Jun 2017 0:44 UTC
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Pair De­bug to Un­der­stand, not Fix

Vaniver21 Jun 2017 23:25 UTC
17 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Pu­tanu­monit: What statis­ti­cal power means, and why I’m ter­rified about psychology

Jacob Falkovich21 Jun 2017 18:29 UTC
14 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Epistemic Spot Check: The De­mon Un­der the Micro­scope (Thomas Hager)

Elizabeth21 Jun 2017 16:00 UTC
6 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Three Re­sponses to In­cor­rect Folk Ontologies

J Thomas Moros21 Jun 2017 14:26 UTC
11 points
17 comments1 min readLW link
(ferocioustruth.com)

Pri­ors Are Useless

DragonGod21 Jun 2017 11:42 UTC
2 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

The Bat­tle for Psychology

Jacob Falkovich21 Jun 2017 3:51 UTC
5 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Distinc­tions of the Moment

abramdemski20 Jun 2017 14:38 UTC
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

S-risks: Why they are the worst ex­is­ten­tial risks, and how to pre­vent them

Kaj_Sotala20 Jun 2017 12:34 UTC
31 points
106 comments1 min readLW link
(foundational-research.org)

Angst, En­nui, and Guilt in Effec­tive Altruism

Gordon Seidoh Worley19 Jun 2017 20:38 UTC
10 points
3 comments4 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

Mo­men­tum, Reflec­tive­ness, Peace | Otium

sarah.constantin19 Jun 2017 18:16 UTC
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Closed Beta Users: What would make you in­ter­ested in us­ing LessWrong 2.0?

Habryka19 Jun 2017 6:28 UTC
8 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, June. 19 - June. 25, 2017

Elo18 Jun 2017 23:10 UTC
1 point
200 comments1 min readLW link

In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity 1: Start­ing Advice

lifelonglearner18 Jun 2017 18:43 UTC
17 points
13 comments6 min readLW link

Wel­come to Less­wrong 2.0

habryka18 Jun 2017 17:23 UTC
19 points
27 comments7 min readLW link

LessWrong 2.0 Fea­ture Roadmap & Fea­ture Suggestions

habryka17 Jun 2017 22:18 UTC
16 points
115 comments1 min readLW link

Con­crete Ways You Can Help Make the Com­mu­nity Better

sapphire17 Jun 2017 3:03 UTC
33 points
37 comments5 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing AASAA—Ac­cel­er­at­ing AI Safety Adop­tion in Academia (and el­se­where)

null15 Jun 2017 18:55 UTC
23 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing AASAA—Ac­cel­er­at­ing AI Safety Adop­tion in Academia (and el­se­where)

null15 Jun 2017 18:50 UTC
0 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing AASAA—Ac­cel­er­at­ing AI Safety Adop­tion in Academia (and el­se­where)

null15 Jun 2017 18:45 UTC
0 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Thought ex­per­i­ment: coarse-grained VR utopia

cousin_it14 Jun 2017 8:03 UTC
27 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

Lloyd’s of Lon­don and less-than-catas­trophic risk

fortyeridania14 Jun 2017 2:49 UTC
2 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Per­sona 5: Spoiler-Free Review

Zvi13 Jun 2017 22:32 UTC
1 point
0 comments9 min readLW link

Learn­ing from Hu­man Prefer­ences—from OpenAI (in­clud­ing Chris­ti­ano, Amodei & Legg)

Dr_Manhattan13 Jun 2017 15:52 UTC
17 points
12 comments1 min readLW link
(blog.openai.com)

Math­e­mat­i­cal Sys­tem For Calibration

DragonGod13 Jun 2017 12:01 UTC
0 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

The Ra­tion­al­ist­sphere and the Less Wrong wiki

Deku-shrub12 Jun 2017 23:29 UTC
19 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

Am I/​Was I a Cul­tist?

DragonGod12 Jun 2017 23:21 UTC
−1 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Any Chris­ti­ans Here?

DragonGod12 Jun 2017 23:18 UTC
4 points
76 comments2 min readLW link

Open thread, June. 12 - June. 18, 2017

Thomas12 Jun 2017 5:36 UTC
1 point
101 comments1 min readLW link

Re­cov­er­ing from Failure

lifelonglearner11 Jun 2017 21:57 UTC
0 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(mindlevelup.wordpress.com)

Why I think worse than death out­comes are not a good rea­son for most peo­ple to avoid cryonics

Synaptic11 Jun 2017 15:55 UTC
15 points
29 comments5 min readLW link

We are the Athe­ni­ans, not the Spartans

wubbles11 Jun 2017 5:53 UTC
29 points
42 comments2 min readLW link

Where do hy­pothe­ses come from?

c0rw1n11 Jun 2017 4:05 UTC
5 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(gershmanlab.webfactional.com)

Bi-Weekly Ra­tional Feed

sapphire10 Jun 2017 21:56 UTC
17 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions June 2017

gilch10 Jun 2017 18:32 UTC
3 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Two Ma­jor Ob­sta­cles for Log­i­cal In­duc­tor De­ci­sion Theory

endoself10 Jun 2017 5:48 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(agentfoundations.org)

Episte­mol­ogy vs Crit­i­cal Thinking

Onemorenickname10 Jun 2017 2:41 UTC
0 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

Sum­mer Pro­gram­ming Notice

Jacob Falkovich9 Jun 2017 17:37 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Hu­mans are not agents: short vs long term

Stuart_Armstrong9 Jun 2017 11:16 UTC
8 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

SSC Jour­nal Club: AI Timelines

Scott Alexander8 Jun 2017 19:00 UTC
15 points
16 comments8 min readLW link

Bring up Genius

Viliam8 Jun 2017 17:44 UTC
101 points
62 comments20 min readLW link

Re­search As­sis­tant po­si­tions at the Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity In­sti­tute and Cen­tre for Effec­tive Altruism

crmflynn8 Jun 2017 17:20 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

De­stroy­ing the Utility Mon­ster—An Alter­na­tive For­ma­tion of Utility

DragonGod8 Jun 2017 12:37 UTC
2 points
40 comments6 min readLW link

Bet or up­date: fix­ing the will-to-wa­ger assumption

cousin_it7 Jun 2017 15:03 UTC
62 points
61 comments1 min readLW link