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Reality is weirdly normal 26 Aug 2013 | 12:29 am
Submitted by RobbBB • 23 votes • 9 comments Related to: When Anthropomorphism Became Stupid, Reductionism, How to Convince Me That 2 + 2 = 3 "Reality is normal." That is: Surprise, confusion, and my...
To what degree do you model people as agents? 26 Aug 2013 | 12:29 am
Submitted by Swimmer963 • 17 votes • 28 comments The idea for this post came out of a conversation during one of the Less Wrong Ottawa events. A joke about being solipsist turned into a genuine quest...
New LW Meetup: Urbana-Champaign 23 Aug 2013 | 11:47 pm
Submitted by FrankAdamek • 1 votes • 0 comments New meetups (or meetups with a hiatus of more than a year) are happening in: New Meetup: Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.: 25 August 2013 02:00PM Other ir...
What Bayesianism taught me 12 Aug 2013 | 11:59 am
Submitted by Tyrrell_McAllister • 46 votes • 75 comments David Chapman criticizes "pop Bayesianism" as just common-sense rationality dressed up as intimidating math[1]: Bayesianism boils down to “do...
Common sense as a prior 11 Aug 2013 | 11:18 pm
Submitted by Nick_Beckstead • 25 votes • 119 comments Introduction In this post, I outline a practical framework for taking account of the distribution of opinions and epistemic standards in the wor...
New LW Meetup: Saskatoon 10 Aug 2013 | 11:19 pm
Submitted by FrankAdamek • 1 votes • 0 comments New meetups (or meetups with a hiatus of more than a year) are happening in: Saskatoon's First Meetup!: 17 August 2013 01:00PM Other irregularly sche...
How to Measure Anything 7 Aug 2013 | 09:05 am
Submitted by lukeprog • 30 votes • 29 comments Douglas Hubbard’s How to Measure Anything is one of my favorite how-to books. I hope this summary inspires you to buy the book; it’s worth it. The book...
Rationality Quotes August 2013 3 Aug 2013 | 01:59 am
Submitted by Vaniver • 4 votes • 132 comments Another month has passed and here is a new rationality quotes thread. The usual rules are: Please post all quotes separately, so that they can be upvote...
Welcome to Less Wrong! (6th thread, July 2013) 26 Jul 2013 | 07:35 am
Submitted by KnaveOfAllTrades • 6 votes • 15 comments If you've recently joined the Less Wrong community, please leave a comment here and introduce yourself. We'd love to know who you are, what you'r...
The Robots, AI, and Unemployment Anti-FAQ 25 Jul 2013 | 11:46 pm
Submitted by Eliezer_Yudkowsky • 33 votes • 136 comments Q. Are the current high levels of unemployment being caused by advances in Artificial Intelligence automating away human jobs? A. Conventio...
