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Coronavirus: California case growth
VipulNaik
Mar 29, 2020, 4:14 PM
30
points
11
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Stepping Up Isolation
jefftk
Mar 13, 2020, 4:00 PM
30
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Using smart thermometer data to estimate the number of coronavirus cases
Unnamed
Mar 23, 2020, 4:26 AM
29
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Request for Comments on Online LessWrong/SSC Meetup—Rump Session
JoshuaFox
Mar 18, 2020, 4:51 PM
29
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Small Comment on Organisational Disclaimers
Ben Pace
Mar 29, 2020, 5:07 PM
29
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Abstraction = Information at a Distance
johnswentworth
Mar 19, 2020, 12:19 AM
29
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
COVID-19 article translations site aims to bridge the knowledge gap
Mike Stop Continues
Mar 10, 2020, 6:34 PM
29
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Breaking quarantine is negligence. Why are democracies acting like we can only ask nicely?
syllogism
Mar 24, 2020, 2:58 PM
29
points
20
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How to fly safely right now?
Ben Pace
Mar 3, 2020, 7:35 PM
29
points
20
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
COVID-19 growth rates vs interventions
Bucky
Mar 27, 2020, 9:33 PM
28
points
13
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Announcement: LessWrong Coronavirus Links Database 2.0
Ben Pace
Mar 24, 2020, 10:07 PM
28
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How to optimize my time fighting COVID-19?
Ian David Moss
Mar 19, 2020, 7:15 PM
28
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Deconfusing Human Values Research Agenda v1
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Mar 23, 2020, 4:25 PM
28
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Comprehensive COVID-19 Disinfection Protocol for Packages and Envelopes
John_Maxwell
Mar 15, 2020, 10:00 AM
28
points
27
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How long should someone quarantine to be sure they aren’t contagious with Covid?
Raemon
Mar 21, 2020, 10:39 PM
28
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetups in the era of COVID-19
mingyuan
Mar 15, 2020, 6:24 AM
27
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Zeynep Tufekci on Why Telling People They Don’t Need Masks Backfired
Zack_M_Davis
Mar 18, 2020, 4:34 AM
27
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.nytimes.com)
[Question]
How Do You Convince Your Parents To Prep? To Quarantine?
Elizabeth
Mar 16, 2020, 3:42 AM
27
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Using the Quantified Self paradigma for COVID-19
ChristianKl
Mar 22, 2020, 9:14 PM
27
points
11
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the long-term outcomes of a catastrophic pandemic?
Matthew Barnett
Mar 1, 2020, 7:39 PM
26
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the best online tools for meetups and meetings?
Raemon
Mar 27, 2020, 10:58 PM
26
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
If I were a well-intentioned AI… IV: Mesa-optimising
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 2, 2020, 12:16 PM
26
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Good News: the Containment Measures are Working
Shmi
Mar 17, 2020, 5:49 AM
25
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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)
Coronavirus Virology: A Beginner’s Guide
brook
Mar 28, 2020, 8:47 PM
25
points
7
comments
5
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)
A practical out-of-the-box solution to slow down COVID-19: Turn up the heat
Alex_Shleizer
Mar 11, 2020, 10:30 PM
25
points
31
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What “Saving throws” does the world have against coronavirus? (And how plausible are they?)
Daniel Kokotajlo
Mar 4, 2020, 6:04 PM
25
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some examples of technology timelines
NunoSempere
Mar 27, 2020, 6:13 PM
24
points
0
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Blog Post Day Retrospective
Daniel Kokotajlo
Mar 1, 2020, 11:32 AM
24
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
King and Princess
jefftk
Mar 17, 2020, 2:10 AM
24
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[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]
Why isn’t increasing ventilation of public spaces part of the best practice response to the Coronovirus?
ChristianKl
Mar 12, 2020, 10:40 AM
23
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
True Habits
MartinB
Mar 25, 2020, 2:00 PM
23
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
(martinbern.org)
A Sketch of Answers for Physicalists
Chris_Leong
Mar 14, 2020, 2:27 AM
23
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The absurdity of un-referenceable entities
jessicata
Mar 14, 2020, 5:40 PM
22
points
21
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
Openness Norms in AGI Development
Sublation
Mar 30, 2020, 7:02 PM
22
points
4
comments
10
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Did everyone miss the big thing about your phone?
jmh
Mar 4, 2020, 1:35 PM
22
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
UML final
Rafael Harth
Mar 8, 2020, 8:43 PM
22
points
1
comment
14
min read
LW
link
[Question]
To mask or not mask
jmh
Mar 4, 2020, 3:55 PM
22
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Over $1,000,000 in prizes for COVID-19 work from Emergent Ventures
jasoncrawford
Mar 13, 2020, 3:46 PM
21
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
How to choose a massage therapist
mingyuan
Mar 1, 2020, 6:53 AM
21
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How do you study a math textbook?
Rudi C
24 Mar 2020 18:43 UTC
21
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Model estimating the number of infected persons in the bay area
Eli Tyre
9 Mar 2020 5:31 UTC
21
points
21
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Did any US politician react appropriately to COVID-19 early on?
DanielFilan
17 Mar 2020 6:12 UTC
21
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Could we use current AI methods to understand dolphins?
Daniel Kokotajlo
22 Mar 2020 14:45 UTC
21
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How can we extrapolate the true prevalence of a disease, given available information?
Elizabeth
9 Mar 2020 0:16 UTC
21
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How can we estimate how many people are C19 infected in an area?
Elizabeth
18 Mar 2020 4:49 UTC
20
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Real Standard
orthonormal
30 Mar 2020 3:09 UTC
20
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
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