Should ra­tio­nal­ity be a move­ment?

Chris_LeongJun 20, 2019, 11:09 PM
48 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Let Values Drift

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 20, 2019, 8:45 PM
4 points
19 comments8 min readLW link

A case for strat­egy re­search: what it is and why we need more of it

SiebeJun 20, 2019, 8:22 PM
24 points
19 comments20 min readLW link

[Question] LW Dev ques­tion: FB-style tag­ging?

Dr_ManhattanJun 20, 2019, 7:19 PM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

STRUCTURE: A Hazardous Guide to Words

HazardJun 20, 2019, 3:27 PM
8 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

Should there be a header fea­ture?

Chris_LeongJun 20, 2019, 6:45 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Defend­ing points you don’t care about

HazardJun 19, 2019, 8:40 PM
41 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Words Aren’t Type Safe

HazardJun 19, 2019, 8:34 PM
22 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

Ar­gu­ing Definitions

HazardJun 19, 2019, 8:29 PM
12 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

LW2.0: Tech­nol­ogy Plat­form for In­tel­lec­tual Progress

RubyJun 19, 2019, 8:25 PM
31 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

LW2.0: Com­mu­nity, Cul­ture, and In­tel­lec­tual Progress

RubyJun 19, 2019, 8:25 PM
27 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

1hr talk: In­tro to AGI safety

Steven ByrnesJun 18, 2019, 9:41 PM
36 points
4 comments24 min readLW link

Reneg­ing proso­cially by Dun­can Sabien

philip_bJun 18, 2019, 6:52 PM
70 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Magic Arena Bot Drafting

ZviJun 18, 2019, 4:00 PM
18 points
1 comment18 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Is the “busi­ness cy­cle” an ac­tual eco­nomic prin­ci­ple?

LironJun 18, 2019, 2:52 PM
43 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Rea­son isn’t magic

BenquoJun 18, 2019, 4:04 AM
161 points
19 comments2 min readLW link3 reviews
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Dis­cus­sion Thread: The AI Does Not Hate You by Tom Chivers

RubyJun 17, 2019, 11:43 PM
26 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Re­search Agenda v0.9: Syn­the­sis­ing a hu­man’s prefer­ences into a util­ity function

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 17, 2019, 5:46 PM
70 points
26 comments33 min readLW link

Prefer­ence con­di­tional on cir­cum­stances and past prefer­ence satisfaction

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 17, 2019, 3:30 PM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] In phys­i­cal es­cha­tol­ogy, is Aes­ti­va­tion a sound strat­egy?

mako yassJun 17, 2019, 7:27 AM
17 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a guide to ‘Prob­lems that are too fast to Google’?

VaniverJun 17, 2019, 5:04 AM
48 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

ISO: Au­to­mated P-Hack­ing Detection

johnswentworthJun 16, 2019, 9:15 PM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does sci­en­tific pro­duc­tivity cor­re­late with IQ?

Eli TyreJun 16, 2019, 7:42 PM
27 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does the _timing_ of prac­tice, rel­a­tive to sleep, make a differ­ence for skill con­soli­da­tion?

Eli TyreJun 16, 2019, 7:12 PM
30 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is “phys­i­cal non­de­ter­minism” a mean­ingful con­cept?

LironJun 16, 2019, 3:55 PM
23 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

SSC-Madi­son: An­drew Yang

marywangJun 16, 2019, 2:09 PM
3 points
1 commentLW link

Rea­son­able Explanations

AlicornJun 16, 2019, 5:29 AM
78 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Ac­cel­er­ate with­out hu­man­ity: Sum­mary of Nick Land’s philosophy

Yuxi_LiuJun 16, 2019, 3:22 AM
37 points
24 comments12 min readLW link

28 so­cial psy­chol­ogy stud­ies from *Ex­per­i­ments With Peo­ple* (Frey & Gregg, 2017)

Yuxi_LiuJun 16, 2019, 2:23 AM
12 points
1 comment26 min readLW link

The Uni­vari­ate Fallacy

Zack_M_DavisJun 15, 2019, 9:43 PM
34 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

On See­ing Through ‘On See­ing Through: A Unified The­ory’: A Unified Theory

gwernJun 15, 2019, 6:57 PM
26 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

[Question] Do policy mak­ers fre­quently un­der­es­ti­mate non-hu­man threats (ie: epi­demic, nat­u­ral dis­asters, cli­mate change) when com­pared to threats that are hu­man in na­ture (ie: mil­i­tary con­flict, eco­nomic com­pe­ti­tion, Cold War)?

RocksBasilJun 15, 2019, 4:29 PM
5 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Press Your Luck

ZviJun 15, 2019, 3:30 PM
14 points
0 comments14 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Paper on qual­i­ta­tive types or de­grees of knowl­edge, with ex­am­ples from medicine?

KennyJun 15, 2019, 12:31 AM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Recom­men­da­tion Fea­tures on LessWrong

Jun 15, 2019, 12:23 AM
62 points
36 comments4 min readLW link

Dis­course Norms: Moder­a­tors Must Not Bully

Davis_KingsleyJun 14, 2019, 11:22 PM
7 points
51 comments2 min readLW link

SSC Sacra­mento Meetup

jooyousJun 14, 2019, 11:08 PM
8 points
3 commentsLW link

Wel­come to LessWrong!

Jun 14, 2019, 7:42 PM
466 points
70 comments2 min readLW link

LessWrong FAQ

RubyJun 14, 2019, 7:03 PM
90 points
55 comments25 min readLW link

On Freud’s ex­am­i­na­tion of the Un­canny in Literature

KyriakosCHJun 14, 2019, 5:40 PM
2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Un­known Un­knowns in AI Alignment

sayanJun 14, 2019, 5:07 AM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

SlateS­tarCodex Madi­son Meetup: Men­tal Health and Moloch

marywangJun 14, 2019, 2:59 AM
2 points
1 commentLW link

Sto­ry­tel­ling and the evolu­tion of hu­man intelligence

Richard_KennawayJun 13, 2019, 8:13 PM
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Real-World Co­or­di­na­tion Prob­lems are Usu­ally In­for­ma­tion Problems

johnswentworthJun 13, 2019, 6:21 PM
35 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

On Hav­ing Enough Socks

gwernJun 13, 2019, 3:15 PM
21 points
9 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

[Question] Learn­ing Over Time for AI and Hu­mans and Rationality

jmhJun 13, 2019, 1:23 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Some Ways Co­or­di­na­tion is Hard

ZviJun 13, 2019, 1:00 PM
55 points
11 comments10 min readLW link1 review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Can we use ideas from ecosys­tem man­age­ment to cul­ti­vate a healthy ra­tio­nal­ity memes­pace?

Jun 13, 2019, 12:38 PM
36 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Epi­sode 6 of Tsuyoku Nar­i­tai (the ‘be­com­ing stronger’ pod­cast)

Bae's TheoremJun 12, 2019, 11:31 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What kind of thing is logic in an on­tolog­i­cal sense?

Chris_LeongJun 12, 2019, 10:28 PM
12 points
10 comments1 min readLW link