Downvoted: I think there should be more to this comment. Currently it just reads as “the author is ignorant”. If the post is wrong, which parts? Maybe the author is ignorant! But I think you should make that case more fully. Not saying you need to write a counter-essay or anything, but from your comment, I can’t even tell what you disagree with.
One thing I like about LessWrong is that it’s a place where people who don’t work in a particular domain can post their reasoning about a topic, and whether or not their post is good or bad is judged on its merits, not on whether or not they have domain experience.
(At the object level: I remember early on my friend arguing to me that new variants couldn’t be more deadly, because “more deadly means less contagious”. So I think the author of this post is arguing against a real misconception, and I generally agree with the post).
Downvoted: I think there should be more to this comment. Currently it just reads as “the author is ignorant”. If the post is wrong, which parts? Maybe the author is ignorant! But I think you should make that case more fully. Not saying you need to write a counter-essay or anything, but from your comment, I can’t even tell what you disagree with.
One thing I like about LessWrong is that it’s a place where people who don’t work in a particular domain can post their reasoning about a topic, and whether or not their post is good or bad is judged on its merits, not on whether or not they have domain experience.
(At the object level: I remember early on my friend arguing to me that new variants couldn’t be more deadly, because “more deadly means less contagious”. So I think the author of this post is arguing against a real misconception, and I generally agree with the post).