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Seemingly Popular Covid-19 Model is Obvious Nonsense

ZviApr 11, 2020, 11:10 PM

129 points

28 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Law school taught me nothing

ketchupduckApr 11, 2020, 2:30 PM

21 points

14 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Are there any active play-money prediction markets online?

kickboxerApr 11, 2020, 12:16 PM

4 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Ethernet Is Worth It For Video Calls

jefftkApr 11, 2020, 12:10 PM

55 points

26 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Curiosity: A Greedy Feeling

DirectedEvolutionApr 11, 2020, 4:38 AM

41 points

7 comments10 min readLW link

What We Owe to Ourselves

eapacheApr 11, 2020, 1:34 AM

21 points

8 comments7 min readLW link

In Defense of Politics

ChristianKlApr 10, 2020, 7:26 PM

16 points

23 comments7 min readLW link

App-Based Disease Surveillance After COVID-19

RedManApr 10, 2020, 6:52 PM

1 point

4 comments1 min readLW link

How to evaluate (50%) predictions

Rafael HarthApr 10, 2020, 5:12 PM

134 points

50 comments9 min readLW link

The Value Is In the Tails

fyloApr 10, 2020, 4:53 PM

26 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

The One Mistake Rule

ZviApr 10, 2020, 2:50 PM

43 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Organizing a Group Buy of Flour

jefftkApr 10, 2020, 2:00 PM

25 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Asymptotically Unambitious AGI

michaelcohenApr 10, 2020, 12:31 PM

50 points

217 comments2 min readLW link

COVID-19 response as XRisk intervention

polyphonyApr 10, 2020, 6:22 AM

48 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

[U.S. Specific] Free money (~$5k-$30k) for Independent Contractors and grant recipients from U.S. government

Eli Tyre and habryka

Apr 10, 2020, 5:00 AM

31 points

18 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Why don’t we have active human trials with inactivated SARS-COV-2?

ChristianKlApr 9, 2020, 7:40 PM

17 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Testing and contact tracing impact assessment model?

JustinShovelainApr 9, 2020, 5:42 PM

6 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Why I’m Not Vegan

jefftkApr 9, 2020, 1:00 PM

30 points

23 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

COVID-19: List of ideas to reduce the direct harm from the virus, with an emphasis on unusual ideas

JustinShovelainApr 9, 2020, 11:33 AM

30 points

12 comments7 min readLW link

[Announcement] LessWrong will be down for ~1 hour on the evening of April 10th around 10PM PDT (5:00AM GMT)

habrykaApr 9, 2020, 5:09 AM

10 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

The Sandwich Argument

Chris_LeongApr 9, 2020, 3:58 AM

26 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Ways you can get sick without human contact

Connor_FlexmanApr 8, 2020, 10:41 PM

31 points

15 comments6 min readLW link

English summaries of German Covid-19 expert podcast

Chi NguyenApr 8, 2020, 8:29 PM

22 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.notion.so)

The Ethics of Ventilators

palisatriumApr 8, 2020, 8:15 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What should I study to understand real-world economics? (I.e., To gain financial literacy)

Rudi CApr 8, 2020, 7:22 PM

4 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

COVID-19 and the US Elections

jmhApr 8, 2020, 6:25 PM

10 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #94]: AI alignment as translation between humans and machines

Rohin ShahApr 8, 2020, 5:10 PM

11 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Open thread: Language

Chris_LeongApr 8, 2020, 2:57 PM

7 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Assessing Kurzweil’s 1999 predictions for 2019

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 8, 2020, 2:27 PM

36 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Link Retrospective for 2020 Q1

mraxilusApr 8, 2020, 12:38 PM

10 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

(write.as)

[Question] How do you determine temperature cutoffs for women’s body-temperature?

ChristianKlApr 8, 2020, 12:11 PM

9 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Idea: Create a podcast of admin tagged posts using AI TTS like Amazon Polly

Rudi CApr 8, 2020, 10:07 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Would 2014-2016 Ebola ring the alarm bell?

DirectedEvolutionApr 8, 2020, 2:01 AM

16 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

Problems with p-values

lifelonglearnerApr 8, 2020, 12:58 AM

10 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(mlu.red)

Hanson & Mowshowitz Debate: COVID-19 Variolation

Ben PaceApr 8, 2020, 12:07 AM

38 points

3 comments77 min readLW link

On R0

ZviApr 7, 2020, 11:20 PM

63 points

6 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

An Orthodox Case Against Utility Functions

abramdemskiApr 7, 2020, 7:18 PM

154 points

66 comments8 min readLW link 2 reviews

Body Mass and Risk from COVID-19 and Influenza

Radford NealApr 7, 2020, 6:18 PM

30 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(radfordneal.wordpress.com)

Mosh

jefftkApr 7, 2020, 5:40 PM

17 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What are the Nth Order Effects of the Coronavirus?

Yoav RavidApr 7, 2020, 1:55 PM

8 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do you do fit-testing for KN95/N95/FFP2/FFP3 masks?

ChristianKlApr 7, 2020, 8:46 AM

15 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Would 2009 H1N1 (Swine Flu) ring the alarm bell?

DirectedEvolutionApr 7, 2020, 7:16 AM

32 points

13 comments5 min readLW link

Kids Ear Protection

jefftkApr 7, 2020, 1:40 AM

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Being right isn’t enough. Confidence is very important.

mako yassApr 7, 2020, 1:10 AM

12 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Self-priming

Connor_FlexmanApr 7, 2020, 12:54 AM

25 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

Choosing the Zero Point

orthonormalApr 6, 2020, 11:44 PM

176 points

24 comments3 min readLW link 2 reviews

The Origin of Consciousness Reading Companion, Part 1

Jacob FalkovichApr 6, 2020, 10:07 PM

21 points

1 comment9 min readLW link

LW Coronavirus Agenda Update 4/6

ElizabethApr 6, 2020, 5:53 PM

24 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Looking for AGI philosopher co-author on Draft Article: ‘Optimising Peace to Constrain Risk of War from an Artificial Superintelligence’

JohnCDraperApr 6, 2020, 4:50 PM

2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How can we quantify the good done of donating PPEs vs ventilators?

BrianTanApr 6, 2020, 2:41 PM

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link