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habryka Hey Everyone! As part of working on dialogues over the last few weeks I've asked a bunch of people what kind of conversations they would be most interested in reading, and one of the most common one has been "I would really like to read a bunch of people...

Many of you here have likely heard of Bitcoin, and maybe know something about it. Earlier today, a story broke that a reporter had apparently tracked down the real Satoshi Nakamoto, infamous creator of the Bitcoin protocol. This seems like an excellent opportunity to practice our Bayesian updating! So, how...

http://theviewfromhell.blogspot.com/2012/09/toward-non-stupid-non-blank-slatey.html The author gives a shout out to Less Wrong as a community with a perpetually skewed gender ratio, which is precisely the conditions under which polyandry appears to thrive. Discuss. :)

In the very back of Kaj's excellent How to Run a Successful Less Wrong Meetup Group booklet, he has a recommended reading section, including the classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People. It just so happens that not only have I read the book myself, but I have...

It is perhaps the best-kept secret on Less Wrong that the New York City community has been meeting regularly for almost two years. For nearly a year we've been meeting weekly or more. The rest of this post is going to be a practical guide to the benefits of group...

Eliezer Yudkowsky and Michael Vassar are going to be speaking at NYU this Thursday, March 3rd, on the subject of SIAI and rationality. Any readers in the NYC area are encouraged to attend. Details: 6-8 PM Vanderbilt Hall, Room 220 40 Washington Square South Food and drink will be provided....

You may have heard about IARPA's Sirius Program, which is a proposal to develop serious games that would teach intelligence analysts to recognize and correct their cognitive biases. The intelligence community has a long history of interest in debiasing, and even produced a rationality handbook based on internal CIA publications...