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Notes on Op­ti­mism, Hope, and Trust

David GrossJan 20, 2021, 11:00 PM
13 points
4 comments20 min readLW link

Con­tra StatNews: How Long to Herd Im­mu­nity?

AppliedDivinityStudiesJan 20, 2021, 10:06 PM
24 points
0 comments11 min readLW link

A highly abu­sive LW mod­er­a­tor en­dan­gered dozens of peo­ple with COVID dishonesty

JoymuffinJan 20, 2021, 9:13 PM
−59 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Rec­og­niz­ing Numbers

johnswentworthJan 20, 2021, 7:50 PM
29 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] How much does it cost to de­sign an app?

kjzJan 20, 2021, 5:40 PM
2 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Covid: The Ques­tion of Im­mu­nity From Infection

ZviJan 20, 2021, 3:50 PM
68 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

In­fra-Bayesi­anism Unwrapped

adamShimiJan 20, 2021, 1:35 PM
58 points
0 comments24 min readLW link

On fun­da­men­tal solitude

KatjaGraceJan 20, 2021, 10:10 AM
31 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Austin LW/​SSC Movie Dis­cus­sion: Star Trek Voy­ager, “Neme­sis”

SilasBartaJan 20, 2021, 1:59 AM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

#3: Choos­ing a cry­on­ics provider

mingyuanJan 20, 2021, 1:47 AM
95 points
22 comments18 min readLW link

For Bet­ter Com­ment­ing, Avoid PONDS

DirectedEvolutionJan 20, 2021, 1:11 AM
77 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Deutsch and Yud­kowsky on sci­en­tific explanation

Richard_NgoJan 20, 2021, 1:00 AM
27 points
19 comments6 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

The Tele­olog­i­cal Mechanism

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 19, 2021, 11:58 PM
8 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion: As­tra Zeneca ap­proval date

Tim LiptrotJan 19, 2021, 9:59 PM
11 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Best of LessWrong: Jan 10 - Jan 17

kniteJan 19, 2021, 8:44 PM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Against the Back­ward Ap­proach to Goal-Directedness

adamShimiJan 19, 2021, 6:46 PM
19 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Matt Lev­ine on “Fraud is no fun with­out friends.”

RaemonJan 19, 2021, 6:23 PM
120 points
24 comments4 min readLW link
(www.bloomberg.com)

Three types of Evidence

Rafael HarthJan 19, 2021, 5:25 PM
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Benefits of “micro-track­ing” for per­sonal health mea­sure­ments?

VipulNaikJan 19, 2021, 2:58 PM
9 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Demo­cratic Currency

MikkWJan 19, 2021, 5:32 AM
11 points
19 comments3 min readLW link

1Day Sooner is Hiring a Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Director

1daysoonerJan 19, 2021, 4:25 AM
16 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.1daysooner.org)

Dis­cov­ery fic­tion for the Pythagorean theorem

riceissaJan 19, 2021, 2:09 AM
16 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Some thoughts on risks from nar­row, non-agen­tic AI

Richard_NgoJan 19, 2021, 12:04 AM
35 points
21 comments16 min readLW link

Public selves

KatjaGraceJan 18, 2021, 9:10 PM
40 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Short sum­mary of mAIry’s room

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 18, 2021, 6:11 PM
26 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Birds, Brains, Planes, and AI: Against Ap­peals to the Com­plex­ity/​Mys­te­ri­ous­ness/​Effi­ciency of the Brain

Daniel KokotajloJan 18, 2021, 12:08 PM
196 points
86 comments13 min readLW link1 review

Liter­a­ture Re­view on Goal-Directedness

adamShimi, Michele Campolo and Joe Collman
Jan 18, 2021, 11:15 AM
80 points
21 comments31 min readLW link

(USA) N95 masks are available on Amazon

Wei DaiJan 18, 2021, 10:37 AM
53 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Ac­tu­ally pos­si­ble: thoughts on Utopia

Joe CarlsmithJan 18, 2021, 8:27 AM
86 points
7 comments13 min readLW link

Are the con­se­quences of groups usu­ally highly con­tin­gent on their de­tails?

KatjaGraceJan 18, 2021, 1:30 AM
11 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Ecolog­i­cal Perspective

Chris_LeongJan 18, 2021, 1:19 AM
32 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

DALL-E does sym­bol grounding

p.b.Jan 17, 2021, 9:20 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

D&D.Sci II Eval­u­a­tion and Ruleset

abstractapplicJan 17, 2021, 4:58 PM
41 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Why do stocks go up?

tryactionsJan 17, 2021, 4:36 PM
28 points
46 comments2 min readLW link

Col­lAc­tion his­tory and les­sons learned

RonJan 17, 2021, 3:01 PM
35 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] How can I find trust­wor­thy dietary ad­vice?

Daniel KokotajloJan 17, 2021, 1:11 PM
30 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

What is go­ing on in the world?

KatjaGraceJan 17, 2021, 11:30 AM
90 points
48 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Wuwei

lsusrJan 17, 2021, 8:28 AM
22 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Use con­di­tional prob­a­bil­ities to clear up er­ror rate confusion

Maxwell PetersonJan 17, 2021, 8:27 AM
5 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­cerpt from Ar­bital Solomonoff in­duc­tion dialogue

Richard_NgoJan 17, 2021, 3:49 AM
36 points
6 comments5 min readLW link
(arbital.com)

[Question] How do I im­prove at be­ing strate­gic?

ConorJan 17, 2021, 1:36 AM
11 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Sta­tus as a Ser­vice (Done Quick)

SarahNibsJan 16, 2021, 11:25 PM
44 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Why Pro­duc­tivity Sys­tems Don’t Stick

Matt GoldenbergJan 16, 2021, 5:45 PM
62 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is it the case that when hu­mans ap­prox­i­mate back­ward in­duc­tion they vi­o­late the markov prop­erty?

QuinnJan 16, 2021, 4:22 PM
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Med­i­ta­tive thinking

KatjaGraceJan 16, 2021, 2:30 AM
25 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Ci­ti­zen­ship in a Republic

Theodore RooseveltJan 16, 2021, 1:33 AM
12 points
3 comments29 min readLW link
(theodoreroosevelt.org)

AR Glasses: Much more than you wanted to know

frcassarinoJan 16, 2021, 12:31 AM
12 points
6 comments17 min readLW link
(federicorcassarino.substack.com)

Why I’m ex­cited about Debate

Richard_NgoJan 15, 2021, 11:37 PM
75 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

Med­i­ta­tions on faith

Richard_Ngo15 Jan 2021 22:20 UTC
31 points
9 comments6 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

The Fu­ture of Biolog­i­cal Warfare

lsusr15 Jan 2021 21:47 UTC
26 points
7 comments4 min readLW link