The his­tory of smal­l­pox and the ori­gins of vaccines

philhDec 1, 2019, 8:51 PM
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Two Bay Area Win­ter Sols­tice Events

Chelsea VossDec 1, 2019, 6:49 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Have you ex­pe­rienced a pu­rity norm around learn­ing “from first prin­ci­ples”?

aaqDec 1, 2019, 3:56 PM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Vo­cal Range

jefftkDec 1, 2019, 3:50 PM
17 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

{Math} A times ta­bles mem­ory.

aaqDec 1, 2019, 3:40 PM
19 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Pre-Sols­tice Un­con­fer­ence 2019

Chelsea VossDec 1, 2019, 5:34 AM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Bay Area Win­ter Sols­tice 2019

Chelsea VossDec 1, 2019, 3:17 AM
32 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Learn­ing Ab­stract Math from First Prin­ci­ples?

TeachDec 1, 2019, 12:41 AM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why aren’t as­surance con­tracts widely used?

Daniel KokotajloDec 1, 2019, 12:20 AM
34 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Spot Check: Fa­tigue and the Cen­tral Gover­nor Module

ElizabethDec 1, 2019, 12:10 AM
19 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

CO2 Strip­per Post­mortem Thoughts

DiffractorNov 30, 2019, 9:20 PM
113 points
37 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] What’s been writ­ten about the na­ture of “son-of-CDT”?

Liam DonovanNov 30, 2019, 9:03 PM
16 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

How To Change a Dance

jefftkNov 30, 2019, 1:40 PM
11 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Coun­ter­fac­tu­als as a mat­ter of So­cial Convention

Chris_LeongNov 30, 2019, 10:35 AM
10 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Use­ful Does Not Mean Secure

Ben PaceNov 30, 2019, 2:05 AM
46 points
12 comments11 min readLW link

Neu­ral An­neal­ing: Toward a Neu­ral The­ory of Every­thing (cross­post)

Michael Edward JohnsonNov 29, 2019, 5:31 PM
86 points
29 comments40 min readLW link3 reviews

Pre­serv­ing Prac­ti­cal Science (Phrone­sis)

SebastianG Nov 28, 2019, 10:37 PM
8 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Order and Chaos

ExCephNov 28, 2019, 9:27 PM
12 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] What are the re­quire­ments for be­ing “citable?”

RaemonNov 28, 2019, 9:24 PM
42 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What sources (i.e., blogs) of non­fic­tion book re­views do you find most use­ful?

Rudi CNov 28, 2019, 7:43 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Kansas City Dojo meetup 11-12-19

Bae's TheoremNov 28, 2019, 7:11 PM
4 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

SSC Mee­tups Every­where Retrospective

Scott AlexanderNov 28, 2019, 7:10 PM
32 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(slatestarcodex.com)

Trans­par­ent New­comb’s Prob­lem and the limi­ta­tions of the Era­sure framing

Chris_LeongNov 28, 2019, 11:32 AM
6 points
25 comments3 min readLW link

Up­dat­ing a Com­plex Men­tal Model—An Ap­plied Elec­tion Odds Example

DavidmanheimNov 28, 2019, 9:29 AM
10 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

How to make Ten­sorFlow run faster

rmoehnNov 28, 2019, 12:28 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Get­ting Ready for the FB Dona­tion Match

jefftkNov 27, 2019, 7:20 PM
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[AN #75]: Solv­ing Atari and Go with learned game mod­els, and thoughts from a MIRI employee

Rohin ShahNov 27, 2019, 6:10 PM
38 points
1 comment10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Men­tal Mountains

Scott AlexanderNov 27, 2019, 5:30 AM
159 points
14 comments15 min readLW link1 review
(slatestarcodex.com)

[Question] Build­ing aware­ness habits (cog­ni­tive)

TeachNov 27, 2019, 1:36 AM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Could some­one please start a bright home light­ing com­pany?

lincolnquirkNov 26, 2019, 7:20 PM
94 points
42 comments6 min readLW link
(www.lincolnquirk.com)

3 Cul­tural In­fras­truc­ture Ideas from MAPLE

UnrealNov 26, 2019, 6:56 PM
53 points
15 comments9 min readLW link

Effect of Advertising

jefftkNov 26, 2019, 2:30 PM
26 points
24 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

A test for sym­bol ground­ing meth­ods: true zero-sum games

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 26, 2019, 2:15 PM
22 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Thoughts on im­ple­ment­ing cor­rigible ro­bust alignment

Steven ByrnesNov 26, 2019, 2:06 PM
26 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Is daily caf­feine con­sump­tion benefi­cial to pro­duc­tivity?

ChristianKlNov 26, 2019, 1:13 PM
17 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Cur­tis Yarvin on A The­ory of Per­va­sive Error

Zack_M_DavisNov 26, 2019, 7:27 AM
21 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(americanmind.org)

My Anki patterns

agentydragonNov 26, 2019, 6:27 AM
59 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

Antimemes

lsusrNov 26, 2019, 5:58 AM
54 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Linkpost: My Fires Part 8 (Deck Guide to Jeskai Cava­liers) posted at CoolStuffInc.com

ZviNov 25, 2019, 4:10 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Break­ing Or­a­cles: su­per­ra­tional­ity and acausal trade

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 25, 2019, 10:40 AM
25 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Can you elimi­nate memetic scarcity, in­stead of fight­ing?

RaemonNov 25, 2019, 2:07 AM
71 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

Ex­plain­ing why false ideas spread is more fun than why true ones do

Matthew BarnettNov 24, 2019, 8:21 PM
31 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

RAISE post-mortem

nullNov 24, 2019, 4:19 PM
161 points
12 comments5 min readLW link

Solu­tion to the free will home­work problem

Erik JennerNov 24, 2019, 11:49 AM
2 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Hard Prob­lems in Cryp­tocur­rency: Five Years Later—Buterin

philip_bNov 24, 2019, 9:38 AM
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(vitalik.ca)

[Question] What’s the largest sunk cost you let go?

Mati_RoyNov 24, 2019, 4:01 AM
9 points
5 commentsLW link

[Question] What types of ques­tions are wel­comed on LessWrong Open Ques­tions?

Mati_RoyNov 24, 2019, 3:42 AM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

New Me­taEth­i­cal.AI Sum­mary and Q&A at UC Berkeley

June KuNov 24, 2019, 1:47 AM
10 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Thoughts on Robin Han­son’s AI Im­pacts interview

Steven ByrnesNov 24, 2019, 1:40 AM
25 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

The Bus Ticket The­ory of Genius

VaniverNov 23, 2019, 10:12 PM
63 points
11 commentsLW link
(www.paulgraham.com)