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 link2 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 link2 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

[Question] What is go­ing on in Sin­ga­pore and the Philip­pines?

jmhApr 6, 2020, 11:27 AM
13 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Con­fes­sions of a Tran­shu­man­ist: On Life in Known Space

SlimepriestessApr 6, 2020, 9:59 AM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Trans­porta­tion as a Constraint

johnswentworthApr 6, 2020, 4:58 AM
183 points
34 comments6 min readLW link1 review

An alarm bell for the next pandemic

DirectedEvolutionApr 6, 2020, 1:35 AM
48 points
23 comments8 min readLW link

Rhythm Stage Setup v3

jefftkApr 6, 2020, 12:30 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Con­flict vs. mis­take in non-zero-sum games

NisanApr 5, 2020, 10:22 PM
169 points
40 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Truth value as mag­ni­tude of predictions

George3d6Apr 5, 2020, 9:57 PM
3 points
1 comment15 min readLW link
(blog.cerebralab.com)

[Question] What is the im­pact of vary­ing in­fec­tious dose of COVID-19?

ElizabethApr 5, 2020, 9:40 PM
29 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the max­i­mum num­ber of COVID-19 tests which could be performed un­til the end of the year?

Roko JelavićApr 5, 2020, 7:19 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Seek­ing opinions on the pros and cons of var­i­ous telep­res­ence tools

mingyuanApr 5, 2020, 6:22 PM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Hy­drox­y­chloro­quine: the day sci­ence stopped

Filipe MarchesiniApr 5, 2020, 6:09 PM
20 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What messy prob­lems do you see Deep Re­in­force­ment Learn­ing ap­pli­ca­ble to?

Riccardo VolpatoApr 5, 2020, 5:43 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What to draw from Mac­in­tyre et al 2015?

ChristianKlApr 5, 2020, 4:56 PM
11 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How strong is the ev­i­dence for hy­drox­y­chloro­quine?

Chris_LeongApr 5, 2020, 9:32 AM
35 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Life as metaphor for ev­ery­thing else.

Charlie SteinerApr 5, 2020, 7:21 AM
29 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

Par­ty­ing over In­ter­net: Tech­nolog­i­cal Aspects

Martin SustrikApr 5, 2020, 6:20 AM
30 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(250bpm.com)

Re­sources for AI Align­ment Cartography

GyrodiotApr 4, 2020, 2:20 PM
45 points
8 comments9 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing Web-TAISU, May 13-17

Linda LinseforsApr 4, 2020, 11:48 AM
19 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Referenc­ing the Unreferencable

Chris_LeongApr 4, 2020, 10:42 AM
16 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

The Peter At­tia Drive pod­cast epi­sode #102: Michael Oster­holm, Ph.D.: COVID-19—Les­sons learned, challenges ahead, and rea­sons for op­ti­mism and concern

KennyApr 4, 2020, 5:19 AM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(peterattiamd.com)

A Ker­nel of Truth: In­sights from ‘A Friendly Ap­proach to Func­tional Anal­y­sis’

TurnTroutApr 4, 2020, 3:38 AM
32 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

Self-Ex­per­i­ment: Does Work­ing More Hours In­crease My Out­put?

lynettebyeApr 3, 2020, 9:36 PM
53 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

How Long Can Peo­ple Use­fully Work?

lynettebyeApr 3, 2020, 9:35 PM
151 points
8 comments12 min readLW link1 review

“Prepar­ing for a Pan­demic: Stage 3: Grow Food if You Can [COVID-19, hort, US, Pa­treon]”

KennyApr 3, 2020, 5:57 PM
7 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(siderea.dreamwidth.org)

Take­aways from safety by de­fault interviews

Apr 3, 2020, 5:20 PM
28 points
2 comments13 min readLW link
(aiimpacts.org)

[Question] Re­search on re­pur­pos­ing filter prod­ucts for masks?

TurnTroutApr 3, 2020, 4:32 PM
42 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

So­lar Arc Faults

jefftkApr 3, 2020, 3:00 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

How About a Re­mote Var­i­o­la­tion Study?

LironApr 3, 2020, 12:04 PM
25 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Has LessWrong been a good early alarm bell for the pan­demic?

DirectedEvolutionApr 3, 2020, 9:44 AM
18 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How cred­ible is the the­ory that COVID19 es­caped from a Wuhan Lab?

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielApr 3, 2020, 6:47 AM
22 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Which books provide a good overview of mod­ern hu­man pre­his­tory?

ChosunOneApr 3, 2020, 6:44 AM
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

March 2020 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernApr 3, 2020, 2:16 AM
13 points
1 commentLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Mask wear­ing: do the op­po­site of what the CDC/​WHO has been say­ing?

ShmiApr 2, 2020, 10:10 PM
11 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Im­pli­ca­tions of the Dooms­day Ar­gu­ment for x-risk reduction

maximkazhenkovApr 2, 2020, 9:42 PM
6 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Equil­ibrium and prior se­lec­tion prob­lems in mul­ti­po­lar deployment

JesseCliftonApr 2, 2020, 8:06 PM
21 points
11 comments10 min readLW link