Let’s Stop Pre­tend­ing to Be Origi­nal Thinkers

vernamcipherJan 8, 2022, 8:14 PM
21 points
7 comments17 min readLW link

[Question] The best cur­ricu­lum for ev­ery goal

Randomized, ControlledJan 8, 2022, 6:47 PM
25 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Two om­i­nous charts on the fi­nan­cial mar­kets

aruntoJan 8, 2022, 2:07 PM
25 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Goal-di­rect­ed­ness: my baseline beliefs

Morgan_RogersJan 8, 2022, 1:09 PM
21 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Train­ing Ra­tion­al­ity through Deckbuilders

vitaliyaJan 8, 2022, 6:00 AM
9 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Omicron var­i­o­la­tion?

Randomized, ControlledJan 8, 2022, 3:12 AM
15 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Re­duc­tion­ism is not the ul­ti­mate tool for causal inference

tailcalledJan 7, 2022, 9:51 PM
11 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Omicron Post #13: Outlook

ZviJan 7, 2022, 9:20 PM
63 points
24 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Third Time: a bet­ter way to work

bfinnJan 7, 2022, 9:15 PM
133 points
76 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Why max­i­mize hu­man life?

liseJan 7, 2022, 2:11 PM
27 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Believ­ing in magic pyra­mids shows that you think differently

tomdekanJan 7, 2022, 11:06 AM
1 point
12 comments2 min readLW link

AMA: I was un­schooled for most of my child­hood, then vol­un­tar­ily chose to leave to go to a large pub­lic high school.

iceplantJan 7, 2022, 7:48 AM
53 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

Sig­nal­ing isn’t about sig­nal­ing, it’s about Goodhart

ValentineJan 6, 2022, 6:49 PM
59 points
31 comments9 min readLW link

Covid 1/​6/​22: The Blip

ZviJan 6, 2022, 6:30 PM
68 points
21 comments25 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Prob­lem of the Cri­te­rion is NOT an Open Problem

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 6, 2022, 4:31 PM
9 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Im­por­tance of fore­sight eval­u­a­tions within ELK

Jonathan UesatoJan 6, 2022, 3:34 PM
25 points
1 comment10 min readLW link

[Question] How rea­son­able are con­cerns about ask­ing for patents to be lifted for COVID-19 vac­cines?

ChristianKlJan 6, 2022, 1:09 PM
2 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

A com­mon mis­con­cep­tion about the evolu­tion of viruses

mukashiJan 6, 2022, 10:00 AM
7 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

What I’m about

FlaglandbaseJan 6, 2022, 9:20 AM
3 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

You can’t un­der­stand hu­man agency with­out un­der­stand­ing amoeba agency

ShmiJan 6, 2022, 4:42 AM
25 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

Brain Effi­ciency: Much More than You Wanted to Know

jacob_cannellJan 6, 2022, 3:38 AM
201 points
103 comments29 min readLW link

Satisf-AI: A Route to Re­duc­ing Risks From AI

harsimonyJan 6, 2022, 2:34 AM
6 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

How To Raise Others’ Aspira­tions in 17 Easy Steps

chanamessingerJan 6, 2022, 12:14 AM
100 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

New­comb’s Prob­lem as an Iter­ated Pri­soner’s Dilemma

JerdleJan 5, 2022, 10:48 PM
13 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[Book Re­view]: The Bonobo and the Athe­ist by Frans De Waal

J BostockJan 5, 2022, 10:29 PM
17 points
0 comments14 min readLW link

P(C) vs. NP(C)

Nicole DiekerJan 5, 2022, 9:34 PM
3 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How much, and on what mar­gins, should we be re­think­ing quaran­tine pro­to­cols?

jmhJan 5, 2022, 8:29 PM
8 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

An­i­mal welfare EA and per­sonal dietary options

Rob BensingerJan 5, 2022, 6:53 PM
38 points
32 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Your Preferences

PeterLJan 5, 2022, 6:49 PM
1 point
4 comments1 min readLW link

Selfless Dating

Jacob FalkovichJan 5, 2022, 5:44 PM
24 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

10 Rea­sons You’re Lazy About Dating

Jacob FalkovichJan 5, 2022, 5:43 PM
6 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

Con­sen­sual Hostility

Jacob FalkovichJan 5, 2022, 5:40 PM
10 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Sex Versus

Jacob FalkovichJan 5, 2022, 5:38 PM
14 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How would you ex­plain Bayesian think­ing to a ten year old?

lumenwritesJan 5, 2022, 5:25 PM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Thank you, Queensland

mukashiJan 5, 2022, 2:21 PM
22 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How the re­sponse to a pan­demic af­fect­ing mainly chil­dren would look like?

mukashiJan 5, 2022, 10:15 AM
4 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

A Re­ac­tion to Wolf­gang Sch­warz’s “On Func­tional De­ci­sion The­ory”

HeighnJan 5, 2022, 9:00 AM
7 points
9 comments7 min readLW link

Omicron in Biobot

jefftkJan 5, 2022, 2:50 AM
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Movie re­view: Don’t Look Up

Sam MarksJan 4, 2022, 8:16 PM
38 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

More Is Differ­ent for AI

jsteinhardtJan 4, 2022, 7:30 PM
140 points
24 comments3 min readLW link1 review
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

[Question] How do you turn an idea into a re­al­ity? (warn­ing: in­volves poli­tics)

Nicole DiekerJan 4, 2022, 7:29 PM
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

The Speed of Rumor

NancyLebovitzJan 4, 2022, 7:27 PM
5 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Omicron Post #12

ZviJan 4, 2022, 3:50 PM
75 points
21 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Map-Ter­ri­tory Distinc­tion Creates Confusion

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 4, 2022, 3:49 PM
25 points
50 comments4 min readLW link

Promis­ing posts on AF that have fallen through the cracks

Evan R. MurphyJan 4, 2022, 3:39 PM
34 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

[New Fea­ture] Sup­port for Foot­notes!

RubyJan 4, 2022, 7:35 AM
134 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tu­als from en­sem­bles of peers

David JohnstonJan 4, 2022, 7:01 AM
3 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Some thoughts about an es­ti­ma­tor by Taleb

paladimJan 4, 2022, 5:37 AM
4 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Flinches

ship_shlapJan 3, 2022, 11:51 PM
6 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

An Ob­ser­va­tion of Vav­ilov Day

ElizabethJan 3, 2022, 9:10 PM
236 points
42 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)