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Potential High-Leverage and Inexpensive Mitigations (which are still feasible) for Pandemics
Davidmanheim
Mar 9, 2020, 6:59 AM
34
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What can we do to help others during the coronavirus outbreak?
swimchord
Mar 9, 2020, 6:12 AM
6
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why hasn’t the technology of Knowledge Representation (i.e., semantic networks, concept graphs, ontology engineering) been applied to create tools to help human thinkers?
Polytopos
Mar 9, 2020, 6:11 AM
15
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Model estimating the number of infected persons in the bay area
Eli Tyre
Mar 9, 2020, 5:31 AM
21
points
21
comments
4
min read
LW
link
It’s Time To Stop Dancing
jefftk
Mar 9, 2020, 3:30 AM
36
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
How can we extrapolate the true prevalence of a disease, given available information?
Elizabeth
Mar 9, 2020, 12:16 AM
21
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
At what point does disease spread stop being well-modeled by an exponential function?
Eli Tyre
Mar 8, 2020, 11:53 PM
8
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Quadratic models and (un)falsified data
Bucky
Mar 8, 2020, 11:34 PM
32
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
March Coronavirus Open Thread
Elizabeth
Mar 8, 2020, 10:45 PM
57
points
378
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open & Welcome Thread—March 2020
habryka
Mar 8, 2020, 10:06 PM
10
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Toby Ord’s ‘The Precipice’ is published!
matthew.vandermerwe
Mar 8, 2020, 9:20 PM
54
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
UML final
Rafael Harth
Mar 8, 2020, 8:43 PM
22
points
1
comment
14
min read
LW
link
The Lens, Progerias and Polycausality
johnswentworth
Mar 8, 2020, 5:53 PM
71
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Help me with bayesian thinking re:coronavirus?
hereisonehand
Mar 8, 2020, 5:03 PM
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is the death rate for those who test negative on Covid-19?
Derek Lomas
Mar 8, 2020, 4:40 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Analyticity Depends On Definitions
Chris_Leong
Mar 8, 2020, 2:00 PM
9
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How’s the case for wearing googles for COVID-19 protection when in public transportation?
ChristianKl
Mar 8, 2020, 9:31 AM
11
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ineffective Response to COVID-19 and Risk Compensation
Davidmanheim
Mar 8, 2020, 9:21 AM
29
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why would panic during this coronavirus pandemic be a bad thing?
Adam Zerner
Mar 8, 2020, 8:32 AM
9
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ignoring Country Cohorts
baken
Mar 8, 2020, 8:07 AM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
At what level of coronavirus cases in a population should the people in that population start self-quarantining?
Jeremy Hadfield
Mar 8, 2020, 3:22 AM
13
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
4 Kinds of Learning
lsusr
Mar 8, 2020, 2:25 AM
20
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Making a Standing Desk
jefftk
Mar 7, 2020, 11:10 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Winning vs Truth – Infohazard Trade-Offs
eapache
Mar 7, 2020, 10:49 PM
12
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Active Recovery
Rarity Rings
Mar 7, 2020, 8:29 PM
13
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How long does SARS-CoV-2 survive on copper surfaces
ChristianKl
Mar 7, 2020, 10:00 AM
24
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How are people tracking confirmed Coronavirus cases / Coronavirus deaths?
Eli Tyre
Mar 7, 2020, 3:53 AM
13
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Coming Back to Biking
jefftk
Mar 7, 2020, 2:40 AM
15
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Credibility of the CDC on SARS-CoV-2
Elizabeth
and
jimrandomh
Mar 7, 2020, 2:00 AM
226
points
119
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
[Question]
How hard would it be to attack coronavirus with CRISPR?
Donald Hobson
Mar 6, 2020, 11:18 PM
9
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Effectiveness of Fever-Screening Will Decline
jimrandomh
Mar 6, 2020, 11:00 PM
69
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Proof Against Oracle AI
aiiixiii
Mar 6, 2020, 9:42 PM
11
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
You’ve Been Exposed to COVID-19: What Do You Wish You Knew?
Elizabeth
Mar 6, 2020, 7:57 PM
49
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Even if your Voice Shakes
Slimepriestess
Mar 6, 2020, 6:04 PM
49
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)
An Open Letter To The Congregation Regarding The Upcoming Holiday
Zvi
Mar 6, 2020, 3:40 PM
25
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
How did the Coronavirus Justified Practical Advice Thread Change Your Behavior, if at All?
Elizabeth
Mar 6, 2020, 4:15 AM
20
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Post/Pre
Ouroborus
Mar 6, 2020, 12:54 AM
17
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(ouroborusdotblog.wordpress.com)
Subjective implication decision theory in critical agentialism
jessicata
Mar 5, 2020, 11:30 PM
16
points
18
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
[Question]
When are immunostimulants/immunosuppressants likely to be helpful for COVID-19?
John_Maxwell
Mar 5, 2020, 9:44 PM
13
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Interfaces as a Scarce Resource
johnswentworth
Mar 5, 2020, 6:20 PM
188
points
15
comments
12
min read
LW
link
1
review
Simulacra and Subjectivity
Benquo
Mar 5, 2020, 4:25 PM
100
points
33
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
[Question]
Dealing with the left overs: COVID-19
jmh
Mar 5, 2020, 2:10 PM
8
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Matrix Multiplication
MoritzG
Mar 5, 2020, 12:12 PM
8
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Feature suggestion: Could we get notifications when someone links to our posts?
MichaelA
Mar 5, 2020, 8:06 AM
36
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A critical agential account of free will, causation, and physics
jessicata
Mar 5, 2020, 7:57 AM
25
points
10
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
[Question]
Weighting Attachment in Relationship Decisions
wolverdude
Mar 5, 2020, 6:04 AM
12
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Motte/bailey doctrine is often a byproduct of distributed argumentation
Three-Monkey Mind
Mar 5, 2020, 5:40 AM
11
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Covid-19: Things I’m Doing Differently
jefftk
Mar 5, 2020, 1:40 AM
39
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Embedded vs. External Decision Problems
Chris_Leong
Mar 5, 2020, 12:23 AM
8
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
For viruses, is presenting with fatigue correlated with causing chronic fatigue?
jimrandomh
Mar 4, 2020, 9:09 PM
18
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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