So far my public count is you, me, the scallop guy, and Gwern gave up. Low enough competition that more people should try making an entry with 20 hours of work.
Maybe 30 hours? I do have a long way to go, so it’s probably unrealistic to expect some Less Wrongers to actually be comfortable submitting something based on 20 hours.
The number of people we know will enter is low, although the number that do enter could turn out to be high. However, if you’re looking for an income source then convincing us to hire you by entering the contest is an excellent idea.
Downvote the original away! My perfectionism and desire to avoid looking silly in front of smart people overrode my desire to jump at (perceived) low-hanging fruit with a short entry.
On a related note, I predict with 80% probability that there will be greater than five and fewer than ten entries. If there are fewer than five, I’m going to look awfully silly having not submitted anything.
I wonder if the general thing that kept Less Wrongers away here is not just perfectionism but perfectionism mixed with Bayesianism and unwillingness to try frequentism when forced to by frequentist studies. There’s no way to do nutrition with a Bayesian approach unless you have a lot of funding and a willingness to expose large groups of people to harmful controls or nutrient deficiency or overdose studies. There is probably a fair amount of low hanging fruit in large cohort groups for those willing to try new things with the data.
My paper was basically a thesis length frequentist failure to reject the null hypothesis that answered a question slightly different from the one being asked and might have accidentally proved that Nature is fundamental via what I call the nutrient ratio combinatorial explosion hypothesis.
(though you might be able to play around with some interesting results with enough funding to have people submit to regular blood and urine testing for between a week and two months… I think I could probably prove that some vitamins and some minerals are absorbed differently sublingually versus orally).
So far my public count is you, me, the scallop guy, and Gwern gave up. Low enough competition that more people should try making an entry with 20 hours of work.
How much work have you put into yours so far?
Maybe 30 hours? I do have a long way to go, so it’s probably unrealistic to expect some Less Wrongers to actually be comfortable submitting something based on 20 hours.
I would guess that I’ve put about the same amount of time into it. I have a ways to go, too.
I aborted mine too. :)
Why?
Perceived unreliability as an income source.
Do you feel like donating any notes or research to me (and anyone else who wants it, out of fairness)?
I’m sure this would help my efforts, as well as those of anyone else who wanted a copy.
If you send me anything, I’m happy to distribute it to anyone else who asks for it from me, so it won’t inconvenience you.
The number of people we know will enter is low, although the number that do enter could turn out to be high. However, if you’re looking for an income source then convincing us to hire you by entering the contest is an excellent idea.
I publicly declare my intent to enter. Downvote this post if I don’t (I’ll update at the deadline).
Downvote the original away! My perfectionism and desire to avoid looking silly in front of smart people overrode my desire to jump at (perceived) low-hanging fruit with a short entry.
On a related note, I predict with 80% probability that there will be greater than five and fewer than ten entries. If there are fewer than five, I’m going to look awfully silly having not submitted anything.
Here’s to future contests! :)
I wonder if the general thing that kept Less Wrongers away here is not just perfectionism but perfectionism mixed with Bayesianism and unwillingness to try frequentism when forced to by frequentist studies. There’s no way to do nutrition with a Bayesian approach unless you have a lot of funding and a willingness to expose large groups of people to harmful controls or nutrient deficiency or overdose studies. There is probably a fair amount of low hanging fruit in large cohort groups for those willing to try new things with the data.
My paper was basically a thesis length frequentist failure to reject the null hypothesis that answered a question slightly different from the one being asked and might have accidentally proved that Nature is fundamental via what I call the nutrient ratio combinatorial explosion hypothesis.
(though you might be able to play around with some interesting results with enough funding to have people submit to regular blood and urine testing for between a week and two months… I think I could probably prove that some vitamins and some minerals are absorbed differently sublingually versus orally).
Yeah, my paper was essentially going the same way before I bailed out.