InquilineKea

[POLL] LessWrong group on YourMo­rals.org

Do mee­tups re­ally have to go on the front page?

How do you ap­proach the prob­lem of so­cial dis­cov­ery?

[LINK] How a Com­puter Game is Rein­vent­ing the Science of Ex­per­tise

Age, fluid in­tel­li­gence, and in­tel­li­gent posts

Ra­tion­al­ity and be­ing child-free

What is the fu­ture of nootropic drugs? Why can’t there be ones more effec­tive than ones that have ex­isted for 15+ years?

How would you re­spond to the Philpa­pers “What are your Philo­soph­i­cal Po­si­tions” Sur­vey?

So­ciopa­thy and Rationality

Be­ing a lab rat for phase I tri­als for ex­tended-re­lease ver­sions of drugs that are already well-known—a po­ten­tial wind­fall fi­nan­cial op­por­tu­nity for ra­tio­nal­ists?

What are the best news sources to read for *in­sight­ful* dis­cus­sions?

Should a ra­tio­nal­ist be con­cerned about habitat loss/​bio­di­ver­sity loss?

Hi—I’m new here—some questions

Peter Thiel an­nounces the 20 tal­ented peo­ple he will pay to drop out of col­lege to pur­sue in­no­va­tive sci­en­tific and tech­ni­cal projects

Where are other places to meet ra­tio­nal­ity-minded peo­ple?

IQ Scores Fail to Pre­dict Aca­demic Perfor­mance in Chil­dren With Autism

Les­lie Vali­ant dis­cusses the the “prob­a­bly ap­prox­i­mately cor­rect,” or PAC, model of ma­chine learn­ing.

Are con­fer­ences an in­effi­cient/​ter­rible dis­cus­sion fo­rum (in ad­di­tion to aca­demic pa­pers)?

Link: Edge: THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2011: “What Scien­tific Con­cept Would Im­prove Every­body’s Cog­ni­tive Toolkit? (edge.org)

Men­tor­ing as an al­ter­na­tive to hav­ing chil­dren?