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A semi-technical question about prediction markets and private info

There exists a 6-sided die that is weighted such that one of the 6 numbers has a 50% chance to come up and all the other numbers have a 1 in

The Ferrett: "The Day I Realized My Uncle Hung Around With Gay Guys"

This is a linkpost for http://theferrett.livejournal.com/2090148.html

[LINK] How A Lamp Took Away My Reading And A Box Brought It Back

By Ferrett Steinmetz Ferrett isn't officially a Rationality Blogger, but he posts things that seem relevant fairly often. This one is in t

What's wrong with this picture?

Alice: "I just flipped a coin [large number] times. Here's the sequence I got: (Alice presents her sequence.) Bob: No, you didn'

How do I suggest someone for the Rationality Blogs sidebar?

I've been seeing a lot of good content coming out of certain "rationality-adjacent" blogs recently and I think that there's a certain someon

We really need a "cryonics sales pitch" article.

Every so often, I see a blog post about death, usually remarking on the death of someone the writer knew, and it often includes sentiments a

[Link] "The Problem With Positive Thinking"

Psychology researchers discuss their findings in a New York Times op-ed piece. The take-home advice: Positive thinking fools our minds

Bragging Thread, August 2014

Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to comment on this thread explaining the most awesome thing you've done this since July 1st. Yo

[LINK] Another "LessWrongers are crazy" article - this time on Slate

WARNING: Memetic hazard. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/07/roko_s_basilisk_the_most_terrifying_thought_experiment_of

[Link] Short story by Yvain

Yvain isn't a big enough self-promoter to link to this, but I liked it a lot and I think you will too. "The Last Temptation of Christ"