ToL: Meth­ods and Success

HazardDec 10, 2019, 9:17 PM
8 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

ToL: This ONE WEIRD Trick to make you a GENIUS at Topol­ogy!

HazardDec 10, 2019, 9:02 PM
10 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

[Question] What’s an im­por­tant (new) idea you haven’t had time to ar­gue for yet?

Mati_RoyDec 10, 2019, 8:36 PM
8 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

ToL: The Topolog­i­cal Connection

HazardDec 10, 2019, 8:29 PM
11 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

ToL: Introduction

HazardDec 10, 2019, 8:19 PM
12 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

ToL: Foundations

HazardDec 10, 2019, 8:15 PM
10 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Ap­pli­ca­tions of Eco­nomic Models to Phys­iol­ogy?

johnswentworthDec 10, 2019, 6:09 PM
38 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Many Tur­ing Machines

Logan ZoellnerDec 10, 2019, 5:36 PM
−5 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tive cod­ing = RL + SL + Bayes + MPC

Steven ByrnesDec 10, 2019, 11:45 AM
56 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] About BOINC

Teerth AlokeDec 10, 2019, 9:22 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Re­view] Meta-Hon­esty (Ben Pace, Dec 2019)

Ben PaceDec 10, 2019, 12:37 AM
29 points
4 comments10 min readLW link

[Re­view] On the Chatham House Rule (Ben Pace, Dec 2019)

Ben PaceDec 10, 2019, 12:24 AM
40 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Were vac­cines rele­vant to 20th cen­tury US mor­tal­ity im­prove­ments?

jasoncrawfordDec 10, 2019, 12:13 AM
12 points
7 comments3 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Bayesian examination

Lê Nguyên HoangDec 9, 2019, 7:50 PM
86 points
56 comments5 min readLW link

Is Ra­tion­al­ist Self-Im­prove­ment Real?

Jacob FalkovichDec 9, 2019, 5:11 PM
263 points
78 comments11 min readLW link3 reviews

[Question] Who are some peo­ple you met that were the most ex­treme on some axis?

Mati_RoyDec 9, 2019, 4:49 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some things you would do (more) if you were less averse to be­ing/​look­ing weird?

Mati_RoyDec 9, 2019, 4:10 PM
13 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Long Bets by Con­fi­dence Level

jefftkDec 9, 2019, 2:20 PM
24 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Dublin SSC Meetup—Death and Self

Dan ValentineDec 9, 2019, 7:50 AM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the best ar­gu­ments and/​or plans for do­ing work in “AI policy”?

Eli TyreDec 9, 2019, 7:04 AM
14 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

The Re­view Phase

Ben PaceDec 9, 2019, 12:54 AM
53 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Books on the zeit­geist of sci­ence dur­ing Lord Kelvin’s time.

HazardDec 9, 2019, 12:17 AM
30 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What de­ter­mines the bal­ance be­tween in­tel­li­gence sig­nal­ing and virtue sig­nal­ing?

Wei DaiDec 9, 2019, 12:11 AM
70 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tu­als: Smok­ing Le­sion vs. New­comb’s

Chris_LeongDec 8, 2019, 9:02 PM
9 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

Progress and preser­va­tion in IDA

cole_hausDec 8, 2019, 7:39 PM
11 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(www.col-ex.org)

Confabulation

lsusrDec 8, 2019, 10:18 AM
62 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Chakras & Qi—Old Sto­ries for the Base-Line Ex­pe­rience. Im­prove your phys­i­cal & men­tal health by con­nect­ing body and mind.

leggiDec 8, 2019, 4:22 AM
5 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What do the Char­ter Cities In­sti­tute likely mean when they re­fer to long term prob­lems with the use of em­i­nent do­main?

mako yassDec 8, 2019, 12:53 AM
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

The Les­son To Unlearn

Ben PaceDec 8, 2019, 12:50 AM
38 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(paulgraham.com)

Un­gen­dered Spanish

jefftkDec 7, 2019, 4:20 PM
20 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The ‘5 Main Mus­cles of Move­ment’ Made Easy.

leggiDec 7, 2019, 9:17 AM
5 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What is a rea­son­ably com­plete set of the differ­ent mean­ings of “hard work”?

Pee DoomDec 7, 2019, 4:54 AM
9 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

The New Age of So­cial Engineering

VivaLaPandaDec 7, 2019, 12:23 AM
22 points
7 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] What sub­fields of math­e­mat­ics are most use­ful for what sub­fields of AI?

Rudi CDec 6, 2019, 8:45 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

What is Ab­strac­tion?

johnswentworthDec 6, 2019, 8:30 PM
37 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist sols­tice Lund

LauralDec 6, 2019, 11:40 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Com­ment on Co­her­ence ar­gu­ments do not im­ply goal di­rected behavior

Ronny FernandezDec 6, 2019, 9:30 AM
30 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a web­site for track­ing fads?

romeostevensitDec 6, 2019, 4:48 AM
8 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

The Ac­tion­able Ver­sion of “Keep Your Iden­tity Small”

HazardDec 6, 2019, 1:34 AM
81 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

Un­der­stand­ing “Deep Dou­ble Des­cent”

evhubDec 6, 2019, 12:00 AM
151 points
51 comments5 min readLW link4 reviews

Tap­ping Out In Two

philhDec 5, 2019, 11:10 PM
16 points
6 comments6 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

Values, Valence, and Alignment

Gordon Seidoh WorleyDec 5, 2019, 9:06 PM
12 points
4 comments13 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—De­cem­ber 2020

NextDec 5, 2019, 8:51 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—Novem­ber 2020

NextDec 5, 2019, 8:50 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

LW Team Up­dates—De­cem­ber 2019

RubyDec 5, 2019, 8:40 PM
40 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

On Sto­ries vs. Data

Ian David MossDec 5, 2019, 8:07 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(medium.com)

To Be De­cided #3

Ian David MossDec 5, 2019, 7:06 PM
4 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

LW For Ex­ter­nal Com­ments?

jefftkDec 5, 2019, 6:30 PM
52 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Read­ing list: Start­ing links and books on study­ing on­tol­ogy and causality

aaqDec 5, 2019, 5:19 PM
13 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Is there a sci­en­tific method? Physics, Biol­ogy and Beyond

Jimdrix_HendriDec 5, 2019, 4:50 PM
9 points
4 comments2 min readLW link