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[Question] What makes a scientific fact ‘ripe for discovery’?

Matt GoldenbergMay 17, 2019, 9:01 AM

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why exactly is the song ‘Baby Shark’ so catchy?

Pee DoomMay 17, 2019, 6:26 AM

6 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is good literature on learned helplessness?

Pee DoomMay 17, 2019, 3:15 AM

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some good examples of gaming that is hard to detect?

SoerenMindMay 16, 2019, 4:10 PM

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Offer of collaboration and/or mentorship

Vanessa KosoyMay 16, 2019, 2:16 PM

76 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Which scientific discovery was most ahead of its time?

Richard_NgoMay 16, 2019, 12:58 PM

38 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

European Community Weekend 2019

DreamFlasherMay 16, 2019, 11:44 AM

38 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Kevin Simler’s “Going Critical”

habrykaMay 16, 2019, 4:36 AM

57 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.meltingasphalt.com)

[Question] How do you know it’s time for a break?

ElizabethMay 16, 2019, 4:33 AM

30 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

What is this new (?) Less Wrong feature? (“hidden related question”)

Said AchmizMay 15, 2019, 11:51 PM

14 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Feature Request: Self-imposed Time Restrictions

Adam ZernerMay 15, 2019, 10:35 PM

22 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Why I’ve started using NoScript

benwrMay 15, 2019, 9:32 PM

17 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

Emotional valence as cognition mutator (not a bug, but a feature)

SliderMay 15, 2019, 12:49 PM

11 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

DC LW: Psychedelics

rusalkiiMay 15, 2019, 3:14 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

MIRI Summer Fellows Program

colmMay 15, 2019, 12:28 AM

49 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Data Analysis of LW: Activity Levels + Age Distribution of User Accounts

RubyMay 14, 2019, 11:53 PM

27 points

13 comments6 min readLW link

Boo votes, Yay NPS

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMay 14, 2019, 7:07 PM

29 points

19 comments6 min readLW link

Eight Books To Read

Samo BurjaMay 14, 2019, 5:40 PM

69 points

11 comments6 min readLW link

(medium.com)

[Question] Flashcards for AI Safety?

Søren ElverlinMay 14, 2019, 2:37 PM

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Integrating disagreeing subagents

Kaj_SotalaMay 14, 2019, 2:06 PM

148 points

15 comments21 min readLW link

[Question] How to improve at critical thinking on science/medical literature?

hereisonehandMay 14, 2019, 11:58 AM

14 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Epistea Summer Experiment

Jan_KulveitMay 13, 2019, 9:29 PM

25 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Thinking Fast and Hard

Jacob FalkovichMay 13, 2019, 7:58 PM

26 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Physical linguistics

Yuxi_LiuMay 13, 2019, 7:30 PM

16 points

10 comments3 min readLW link

In support of the inside view and a counter to modest epistemology

solomon alonMay 13, 2019, 3:21 PM

−7 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Cambridge LessWrong / SSC Meetup

NoSignalNoNoiseMay 13, 2019, 1:56 AM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Ed Boyden on the State of Science

Ben PaceMay 13, 2019, 1:54 AM

62 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] What are some “Communities and Cultures Different From Our Own?”

RaemonMay 12, 2019, 10:03 PM

29 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Coherent decisions imply consistent utilities

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 12, 2019, 9:33 PM

155 points

83 comments26 min readLW link 3 reviews

The Relationship Between the Village and the Mission

RaemonMay 12, 2019, 9:09 PM

137 points

70 comments18 min readLW link

Tales from the Highway

ZviMay 12, 2019, 7:40 PM

16 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Geography of the Room — impact of position, orientation, and visibility on how often extraverts start conversations

less_penguinyMay 12, 2019, 5:21 PM

11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.lesspenguiny.com)

Type-safeness in Shell

Martin SustrikMay 12, 2019, 11:30 AM

7 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(250bpm.com)

“UDT2” and “against UD+ASSA”

Wei DaiMay 12, 2019, 4:18 AM

50 points

7 comments7 min readLW link

Narcissism vs. social signalling

Chris_LeongMay 12, 2019, 3:26 AM

13 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

Why books don’t work

lifelonglearnerMay 11, 2019, 8:40 PM

17 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

(andymatuschak.org)

Probability interpretations: Examples

So8resMay 11, 2019, 8:32 PM

39 points

23 comments5 min readLW link

Programming Languages For AI

Donald HobsonMay 11, 2019, 5:50 PM

3 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

SSC Atlanta

Steve FrenchMay 11, 2019, 5:38 PM

1 point

1 comment LW link

[Question] alternative history: what if Bayes rule had never been discovered?

Yoav RavidMay 11, 2019, 7:29 AM

7 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do the different star-types in the universe (red dwarf, etc.) related to habitability for human-like life?

RubyMay 11, 2019, 1:01 AM

6 points

0 comments LW link

The Athena Rationality Workshop—June 7th-10th at EA Hotel

Linda LinseforsMay 11, 2019, 1:01 AM

26 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How many “human” habitable planets/stars are in the universe?

RubyMay 11, 2019, 12:59 AM

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Rob B’s Shortform Feed

Rob BensingerMay 10, 2019, 11:10 PM

21 points

79 comments1 min readLW link

The Athena Rationality Workshop—June 7th-10th at EA Hotel

Linda LinseforsMay 10, 2019, 10:08 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Complex Behavior from Simple (Sub)Agents

moridinamaelMay 10, 2019, 9:44 PM

113 points

14 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

Disincentives for participating on LW/AF

Wei DaiMay 10, 2019, 7:46 PM

86 points

45 comments2 min readLW link

Financial engineering for funding drug research

ryan_bMay 10, 2019, 6:46 PM

11 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Where are the Benefits from Conversation?

Davis_KingsleyMay 10, 2019, 5:49 PM

16 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Correspondence visualizations for different interpretations of “probability”

So8resMay 10, 2019, 5:10 PM

43 points

4 comments4 min readLW link