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In June 2013, I didn’t do any exercise beyond biking the 15 minutes to work and back. Now, I have a robust habit of hitting the gym every da

The Foundation for Blood Research has created an online course in Evidence-Based Medicine, aimed at "advanced high school science students,

GiveWell, LessWrong's most cited organization for optimal philanthropy, is currently re-evaluating its charity rankings with the goal of nam

Here's the new quotes thread. Rules: - Please post all quotes separately, so that they can be voted up/down separately.  (If they are st

A while ago, some posters mentioned that it would be good if LW had a forum. Earlier this week I was planning a role-playing game with some

I’m hoping to sign up for cryonics when I can afford it, and I’m not sure which agency and treatment plan to get. As of this Cryonics inst

Exercise for “Extensions and Intensions” Give an intensional definition for each of the following words: 1. Shoe 2. Hope 3. Wire 4. Gre

Folktheory, RobinZ, and I are designing exercises to go with the sequences. Here’s my first one. Please make suggestions as to how this coul

Gizmodo, a popular technology blog, posted this artice about SIAI. It's partly tongue-in-cheek, but also apparently thinks well of the Singu

This post arose from this discussion in the "Philosophy: a Diseased Discipline" post. Current Practice There have been several conversati