[Question] At what point does dis­ease spread stop be­ing well-mod­eled by an ex­po­nen­tial func­tion?

Eli TyreMar 8, 2020, 11:53 PM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Quadratic mod­els and (un)falsified data

BuckyMar 8, 2020, 11:34 PM
32 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

March Coron­avirus Open Thread

ElizabethMar 8, 2020, 10:45 PM
57 points
378 comments1 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—March 2020

habrykaMar 8, 2020, 10:06 PM
10 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

Toby Ord’s ‘The Precipice’ is pub­lished!

matthew.vandermerweMar 8, 2020, 9:20 PM
54 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

UML final

Rafael HarthMar 8, 2020, 8:43 PM
22 points
1 comment14 min readLW link

The Lens, Proge­rias and Polycausality

johnswentworthMar 8, 2020, 5:53 PM
71 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Help me with bayesian think­ing re:coro­n­avirus?

hereisonehandMar 8, 2020, 5:03 PM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the death rate for those who test nega­tive on Covid-19?

Derek LomasMar 8, 2020, 4:40 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

An­a­lyt­ic­ity Depends On Definitions

Chris_LeongMar 8, 2020, 2:00 PM
9 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How’s the case for wear­ing googles for COVID-19 pro­tec­tion when in pub­lic trans­porta­tion?

ChristianKlMar 8, 2020, 9:31 AM
11 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ineffec­tive Re­sponse to COVID-19 and Risk Compensation

DavidmanheimMar 8, 2020, 9:21 AM
29 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why would panic dur­ing this coro­n­avirus pan­demic be a bad thing?

Adam ZernerMar 8, 2020, 8:32 AM
9 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Ig­nor­ing Coun­try Cohorts

bakenMar 8, 2020, 8:07 AM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] At what level of coro­n­avirus cases in a pop­u­la­tion should the peo­ple in that pop­u­la­tion start self-quaran­tin­ing?

Jeremy HadfieldMar 8, 2020, 3:22 AM
13 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

4 Kinds of Learning

lsusrMar 8, 2020, 2:25 AM
20 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Mak­ing a Stand­ing Desk

jefftkMar 7, 2020, 11:10 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Win­ning vs Truth – In­fo­haz­ard Trade-Offs

eapacheMar 7, 2020, 10:49 PM
12 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Ac­tive Recovery

Rarity RingsMar 7, 2020, 8:29 PM
13 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] How long does SARS-CoV-2 sur­vive on cop­per surfaces

ChristianKlMar 7, 2020, 10:00 AM
24 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How are peo­ple track­ing con­firmed Coron­avirus cases /​ Coron­avirus deaths?

Eli TyreMar 7, 2020, 3:53 AM
13 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Com­ing Back to Biking

jefftkMar 7, 2020, 2:40 AM
15 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Cred­i­bil­ity of the CDC on SARS-CoV-2

Mar 7, 2020, 2:00 AM
226 points
119 comments6 min readLW link1 review

[Question] How hard would it be to at­tack coro­n­avirus with CRISPR?

Donald HobsonMar 6, 2020, 11:18 PM
9 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Effec­tive­ness of Fever-Screen­ing Will Decline

jimrandomhMar 6, 2020, 11:00 PM
69 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

A Proof Against Or­a­cle AI

aiiixiiiMar 6, 2020, 9:42 PM
11 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] You’ve Been Ex­posed to COVID-19: What Do You Wish You Knew?

ElizabethMar 6, 2020, 7:57 PM
49 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Even if your Voice Shakes

SlimepriestessMar 6, 2020, 6:04 PM
49 points
17 comments1 min readLW link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)

An Open Let­ter To The Con­gre­ga­tion Re­gard­ing The Up­com­ing Holiday

ZviMar 6, 2020, 3:40 PM
25 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How did the Coron­avirus Jus­tified Prac­ti­cal Ad­vice Thread Change Your Be­hav­ior, if at All?

ElizabethMar 6, 2020, 4:15 AM
20 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Post/​Pre

OuroborusMar 6, 2020, 12:54 AM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(ouroborusdotblog.wordpress.com)

Sub­jec­tive im­pli­ca­tion de­ci­sion the­ory in crit­i­cal agentialism

jessicataMar 5, 2020, 11:30 PM
16 points
18 comments5 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

[Question] When are im­munos­tim­u­lants/​im­muno­sup­pres­sants likely to be helpful for COVID-19?

John_MaxwellMar 5, 2020, 9:44 PM
13 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

In­ter­faces as a Scarce Resource

johnswentworthMar 5, 2020, 6:20 PM
188 points
15 comments12 min readLW link1 review

Si­mu­lacra and Subjectivity

BenquoMar 5, 2020, 4:25 PM
100 points
33 comments3 min readLW link2 reviews
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

[Question] Deal­ing with the left overs: COVID-19

jmhMar 5, 2020, 2:10 PM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Ma­trix Multiplication

MoritzGMar 5, 2020, 12:12 PM
8 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Fea­ture sug­ges­tion: Could we get no­tifi­ca­tions when some­one links to our posts?

MichaelAMar 5, 2020, 8:06 AM
36 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

A crit­i­cal agen­tial ac­count of free will, cau­sa­tion, and physics

jessicataMar 5, 2020, 7:57 AM
25 points
10 comments12 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

[Question] Weight­ing At­tach­ment in Re­la­tion­ship Decisions

wolverdudeMar 5, 2020, 6:04 AM
12 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Motte/​bailey doc­trine is of­ten a byproduct of dis­tributed argumentation

Three-Monkey MindMar 5, 2020, 5:40 AM
11 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Covid-19: Things I’m Do­ing Differently

jefftkMar 5, 2020, 1:40 AM
39 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Embed­ded vs. Ex­ter­nal De­ci­sion Problems

Chris_LeongMar 5, 2020, 12:23 AM
8 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] For viruses, is pre­sent­ing with fa­tigue cor­re­lated with caus­ing chronic fa­tigue?

jimrandomhMar 4, 2020, 9:09 PM
18 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Refer­ence Post] Info cone

Mati_RoyMar 4, 2020, 8:12 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Fe­bru­ary 2020 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernMar 4, 2020, 7:05 PM
15 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

[AN #89]: A unify­ing for­mal­ism for prefer­ence learn­ing algorithms

Rohin ShahMar 4, 2020, 6:20 PM
16 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[Question] What “Sav­ing throws” does the world have against coro­n­avirus? (And how plau­si­ble are they?)

Daniel KokotajloMar 4, 2020, 6:04 PM
25 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] To mask or not mask

jmhMar 4, 2020, 3:55 PM
22 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Did ev­ery­one miss the big thing about your phone?

jmhMar 4, 2020, 1:35 PM
22 points
3 comments1 min readLW link