The Prob­lem with Giv­ing Advice

RossinFeb 17, 2021, 9:52 PM
13 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Covid: CDC Is­sues New Guidance on Open­ing Schools

ZviFeb 17, 2021, 8:00 PM
52 points
11 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Prepar­ing to land on Jezero Crater, Mars: Notes from NASEM livestream

YitzFeb 17, 2021, 7:35 PM
3 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

[AN #138]: Why AI gov­er­nance should find prob­lems rather than just solv­ing them

Rohin ShahFeb 17, 2021, 6:50 PM
12 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

2021-03-01 Na­tional Library of Medicine Pre­sen­ta­tion: “At­las of AI: Map­ping the so­cial and eco­nomic forces be­hind AI”

IrenicTruthFeb 17, 2021, 6:23 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Are we pre­pared for So­lar Storms?

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielFeb 17, 2021, 3:38 PM
23 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Safely con­trol­ling the AGI agent re­ward function

Koen.HoltmanFeb 17, 2021, 2:47 PM
8 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Graph­i­cal World Models, Coun­ter­fac­tu­als, and Ma­chine Learn­ing Agents

Koen.HoltmanFeb 17, 2021, 11:07 AM
6 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

Over­con­fi­dence is Deceit

Duncan Sabien (Deactivated)Feb 17, 2021, 10:45 AM
78 points
29 comments11 min readLW link

Train­ing sweetness

KatjaGraceFeb 17, 2021, 7:00 AM
16 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The feel­ing of break­ing an Over­ton window

AnnaSalamonFeb 17, 2021, 5:31 AM
132 points
29 comments1 min readLW link1 review

How poor is US vac­cine re­sponse by com­par­i­son to other coun­tries?

aphyerFeb 17, 2021, 2:57 AM
24 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

How Strong is Our Con­nec­tion to Truth?

anorangiccFeb 17, 2021, 12:10 AM
1 point
5 comments3 min readLW link

Weirdly Long DNS Switchover?

jefftkFeb 16, 2021, 8:00 PM
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Rea­son­able ways for an av­er­age LW re­tail in­vestor to get up­side risk?

Randomized, ControlledFeb 16, 2021, 7:44 PM
21 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Se­cond Ci­ti­zen­ships, Res­i­den­cies, and/​or Tem­po­rary Relocation

Josh JacobsonFeb 16, 2021, 7:24 PM
72 points
30 comments39 min readLW link

Disen­tan­gling Cor­rigi­bil­ity: 2015-2021

Koen.HoltmanFeb 16, 2021, 6:01 PM
22 points
20 comments9 min readLW link

Carte­sian frames as gen­er­al­ised models

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 16, 2021, 4:09 PM
20 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Gen­er­al­ised mod­els as a category

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 16, 2021, 4:08 PM
25 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Sugges­tions of posts on the AF to review

adamShimiFeb 16, 2021, 12:40 PM
56 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

He­lio­cen­trism in the an­cient era

ForensicOceanographyFeb 16, 2021, 8:34 AM
17 points
6 comments6 min readLW link
(forensicoceanography.wordpress.com)

Re­mem­ber that to value some­thing in­finitely is usu­ally to give it a finite dol­lar value

KatjaGraceFeb 16, 2021, 6:40 AM
24 points
9 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Don’t en­courage pris­on­ers dilemmas

Yair HalberstadtFeb 16, 2021, 6:33 AM
8 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Math­e­mat­i­cal Models of Progress?

abramdemskiFeb 16, 2021, 12:21 AM
28 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Ob­jec­tive truth?

pchvykovFeb 15, 2021, 9:47 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Heuris­tic: Re­place “No Ev­i­dence” with “No Rea­son”

Yair HalberstadtFeb 15, 2021, 9:25 PM
44 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Bit­coin and ESG Investing

AnnapurnaFeb 15, 2021, 9:01 PM
3 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

KAnon

jefftkFeb 15, 2021, 8:50 PM
12 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Notes on Amiability

David GrossFeb 15, 2021, 7:34 PM
16 points
9 comments6 min readLW link

Other utopias or search­ing the refer­ence class for the ra­tio­nal­ity hub project

gogishvilliFeb 15, 2021, 3:38 PM
3 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Semaglu­tide is cool, but no one wants to talk about b. an­i­malis ssp. lac­tis?

CraigMichaelFeb 15, 2021, 9:50 AM
21 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Con­tact with reality

Joe CarlsmithFeb 15, 2021, 4:53 AM
28 points
3 comments21 min readLW link

What didn’t happen

KatjaGraceFeb 15, 2021, 4:30 AM
15 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Not Yet the Dawn

SlimepriestessFeb 15, 2021, 4:00 AM
6 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)

The Me­dian is Less than the Average

lsusrFeb 15, 2021, 2:28 AM
22 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How is ra­tio­nal­ism differ­ent from util­i­tar­i­anism?

Wang Street JournalFeb 15, 2021, 2:04 AM
1 point
7 comments1 min readLW link

The Fu­ture of Nu­clear Arms Con­trol?

GentzelFeb 15, 2021, 1:50 AM
28 points
13 comments6 min readLW link
(theconsequentialist.wordpress.com)

Re­mem­ber­ing peo­ple’s name with Anki

Arthur MilchiorFeb 14, 2021, 4:34 PM
8 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Most kinds of noise stress me out a lot, and I have a strong prefer­ence for silence. I tend to quickly no­tice quiet en­vi­ron­ments. Does this oc­cur to any­one else? Any idea why?

Space L ClotteyFeb 14, 2021, 11:37 AM
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Hen­rich’s “The WEIRDest Peo­ple in the World” (2020)

MichaelAFeb 14, 2021, 8:40 AM
19 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

“PR” is cor­ro­sive; “rep­u­ta­tion” is not.

AnnaSalamonFeb 14, 2021, 3:32 AM
318 points
95 comments2 min readLW link3 reviews

Bucket Bri­gade Updates

jefftkFeb 14, 2021, 3:30 AM
10 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

This is my 100ᵗʰ post on Less Wrong

lsusrFeb 14, 2021, 3:11 AM
87 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Five examples

Adam ZernerFeb 14, 2021, 2:47 AM
42 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

The ecol­ogy of conviction

KatjaGraceFeb 14, 2021, 1:30 AM
29 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Eco­nomics of Media

lsusrFeb 13, 2021, 11:11 PM
63 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Re­cruit­ing for es­ports experiment

asdfrty6Feb 13, 2021, 5:46 PM
14 points
10 comments5 min readLW link

How Should We Re­spond to Cade Metz?

DirectedEvolutionFeb 13, 2021, 4:11 PM
18 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

some ran­dom par­ent­ing ideas

mike_hawkeFeb 13, 2021, 3:53 PM
39 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

Ap­ply to Effec­tive Altru­ism Funds now

Jonas VFeb 13, 2021, 1:36 PM
26 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)