Ander — LessWrong

Why you should consider buying Bitcoin right now (Jan 2015) if you have high risk tolerance

LessWrong is where I learned about Bitcoin, several years ago, and my greatest regret is that I did not investigate it more as soon as possible, that people here did not yell at me louder that it was important, and to go take a look at it. In that spirit,...

Jan 13, 20158

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin mentions LessWrong, discusses the various camps and ideologies in Cryptocurrency development

Vitalik says cryptocurrency developers should "reach out to LessWrong more", in order to not be ignorant of advanced computer science and game theory topics. https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/12/31/silos/ I think Vitalik raises several major important points, namely: * Bitcoin's $600 million wasted on electricity yearly in order to secure the network is a...

Dec 31, 201410

An explanation of the 'Many Interacting Worlds' theory of quantum mechanics (by Sean Carroll and Chip Sebens)

This is the first explanation of a 'many worlds' theory of quantum mechanics that has ever made sense to me. The animations are excellent: http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2014/12/16/guest-post-chip-sebens-on-the-many-interacting-worlds-approach-to-quantum-mechanics/

Dec 18, 20147

Downvote stalkers: Driving members away from the LessWrong community?

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Jul 2, 201458