Matthew Walker’s “Why We Sleep” Is Rid­dled with Scien­tific and Fac­tual Errors

habrykaNov 16, 2019, 8:27 PM
72 points
14 comments2 min readLW link
(guzey.com)

[Pro­duc­tivity] Task vs. time delimitation

aaqNov 16, 2019, 4:27 PM
14 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

EA Fo­rum AMA—MIRI’s Buck Shlegeris

Rob BensingerNov 15, 2019, 11:27 PM
30 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[Question] Hard to find fac­tors mess­ing up ex­per­i­ments: Ex­am­ples?

HazardNov 15, 2019, 5:46 PM
32 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Lazy Com­post is Worse Than Landfill

jefftkNov 15, 2019, 4:20 PM
35 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

A Good Pos­ture - Mus­cles & Self-Aware­ness.

leggiNov 15, 2019, 9:19 AM
10 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

[Per­sonal Ex­per­i­ment] Coun­ter­bal­anc­ing Risk-Aversion

lsusrNov 15, 2019, 8:34 AM
31 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Math] Vi­sion problems

aaqNov 15, 2019, 3:30 AM
11 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Re­con­soli­da­tion Through Questioning

Matt GoldenbergNov 14, 2019, 11:22 PM
11 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[LW Team] Re­quest for User-In­ter­views about Tag­ging/​Search/​Wikis

RubyNov 14, 2019, 10:16 PM
14 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Oc­to­ber 2019 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernNov 14, 2019, 8:26 PM
13 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

[Question] Books/​Liter­a­ture on re­solv­ing tech­ni­cal dis­agree­ments?

HazardNov 14, 2019, 5:30 PM
13 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Ar­gu­ing about housing

jefftkNov 14, 2019, 5:00 PM
18 points
13 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Genesis

Jacob FalkovichNov 14, 2019, 4:20 PM
12 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Three on Two: Te­mur Walk­ers, Elk Blade, Goblin Blade and Dino Blade

ZviNov 14, 2019, 4:20 PM
11 points
1 comment11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

South Bay Meetup

David FriedmanNov 14, 2019, 7:20 AM
1 point
0 commentsLW link

Evolu­tion of Modularity

johnswentworthNov 14, 2019, 6:49 AM
190 points
13 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Autism And In­tel­li­gence: Much More Than You Wanted To Know

Scott AlexanderNov 14, 2019, 5:30 AM
76 points
12 comments7 min readLW link1 review
(slatestarcodex.com)

[Link] John Car­mack work­ing on AGI

Ben GoldhaberNov 14, 2019, 12:08 AM
15 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

In­stant stone (just add wa­ter!)

jasoncrawfordNov 13, 2019, 10:33 PM
99 points
27 comments5 min readLW link3 reviews
(rootsofprogress.org)

Robin Han­son on the fu­tur­ist fo­cus on AI

abergalNov 13, 2019, 9:50 PM
31 points
24 comments1 min readLW link
(aiimpacts.org)

[Link] (EA Pod­cast) So­cial Sta­tus: The Key to the Ma­trix Part I

Daniel_GambacortaNov 13, 2019, 9:09 PM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Re­con­soli­da­tion Through Experience

Matt GoldenbergNov 13, 2019, 8:04 PM
13 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The Hier­ar­chy of Me­mory Re­con­soli­da­tion Techniques

Matt GoldenbergNov 13, 2019, 8:02 PM
12 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Prac­ti­cal Guidelines for Me­mory Reconsolidation

Matt GoldenbergNov 13, 2019, 7:54 PM
34 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

A Prac­ti­cal The­ory of Me­mory Reconsolidation

Matt GoldenbergNov 13, 2019, 7:52 PM
16 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

[AN #73]: De­tect­ing catas­trophic failures by learn­ing how agents tend to break

Rohin ShahNov 13, 2019, 6:10 PM
11 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

In­sights from the ran­dom­ness/​ig­no­rance model are genuine

Rafael HarthNov 13, 2019, 4:18 PM
6 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Mosquito Net Fishing

jefftkNov 13, 2019, 1:30 PM
15 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

SSC Madi­son: Neuroscience

marywangNov 13, 2019, 7:06 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Is the Orthog­o­nal­ity Th­e­sis Defen­si­ble? (Qualia Com­put­ing)

ioannesNov 13, 2019, 3:59 AM
−1 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

What I’ll be do­ing at MIRI

evhubNov 12, 2019, 11:19 PM
112 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Pla­tonic re­wards, re­ward fea­tures, and re­wards as information

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 12, 2019, 7:38 PM
20 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

At­tach Re­ceipts to Credit Card Transactions

jefftkNov 12, 2019, 4:30 PM
6 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

An op­ti­mal stop­ping paradox

Yuxi_LiuNov 12, 2019, 8:51 AM
11 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Can in­differ­ence meth­ods re­deem per­son-af­fect­ing views?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Nov 12, 2019, 4:23 AM
10 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Oper­a­tional­iz­ing New­comb’s Problem

ErickBallNov 11, 2019, 10:52 PM
34 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

SSC Dublin Meetup—Atyp­i­cal Minds and Book Recommendations

Dan ValentineNov 11, 2019, 9:07 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Health] [Math] Proofs, for­get­ting, and an el­dritch god

aaqNov 11, 2019, 6:31 PM
7 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

The ran­dom­ness/​ig­no­rance model solves many an­thropic problems

Rafael HarthNov 11, 2019, 5:02 PM
9 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Ban the Lon­don Mulligan

ZviNov 11, 2019, 11:10 AM
12 points
4 comments4 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Pie­ces of time

KatjaGraceNov 11, 2019, 7:00 AM
43 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

Epistemic Spot Check: Un­con­di­tional Parenting

ElizabethNov 10, 2019, 8:10 PM
22 points
6 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Copen­hagen/​Malmö meetup

LauralNov 10, 2019, 5:41 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ments and Consent

jefftkNov 10, 2019, 2:50 PM
30 points
45 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Indescribable

lsusrNov 10, 2019, 1:31 PM
14 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Eth­i­cal experimentation

KatjaGraceNov 10, 2019, 8:00 AM
15 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

Self-Keep­ing Secrets

lsusrNov 10, 2019, 7:59 AM
72 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Goal-think­ing vs de­sire-thinking

SniffnoyNov 10, 2019, 12:31 AM
23 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

Neu­ral nets as a model for how hu­mans make and un­der­stand vi­sual art

Owain_EvansNov 9, 2019, 4:53 PM
28 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(owainevans.github.io)