D_Alex comments on Open thread, November 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 02 November 2011 11:39:25PM *  4 points [-]

Sounds awesome, where did you first hear of this?

The current phase of the contest will end December 18th at 11:59pm EST. At that time submissions will be closed. Shortly thereafter the final tournament will be started. The length of the final tournament has not yet been determined but is expected to last less than one week. Upon completion the contest winner will be announced and all results will be publically available.

Anyone interested in starting a team for this?

Comment author: D_Alex 03 November 2011 02:35:06AM *  12 points [-]

Gogo LessWrong team! The experience and the potential publicity will be excellent.

I'll chip in with a prize to the amount of ($1000 / team's rank in the final contest), donated to the party of your choice. Team must be identified as "LessWrong" or suchlike to be eligible.

Comment author: [deleted] 03 November 2011 08:22:33AM *  2 points [-]

This sounds like a wonderful opportunity for anyone interested to promote Lesswrong and themselves as well as give to a good cause like SIAI/other worthy charity! We should really bring this to people's attention.

It also sounds like an excellent test of applied rationality.