This post is to make publicly available a few prompts/questions I came up with aiming to uncover blind spots around identity/self-concepts. * Select a trait X that you believe you have, and where you like that you have it (e.g. rational, kind, patient...) * Try to imagine a character that...
If you're interested in attending a rationality retreat in Europe I would appreciate if you participate in my survey (Link). Just answering the first three questions would already be helpful. I would like to organize a smallish (up to 20 people) rationality retreat in Europe. With the survey I want...
This post is to make publicly available a few prompts/questions I came up with aiming to uncover blind spots around identity/self-concepts.
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I am excited to announce that I am hosting a rationality retreat near Cologne, Germany this spring. This is an opportunity for up to 20 people to meet up, share their thoughts and have a wonderful time together.
Most important information in brief, details below:
Thursday, May 30th (Ascension, public holiday in many countries) - Sunday, June 2nd
50€ full price, 25€ reduced price. Meals, snacks, drinks and sleeping accommodations are included in... (read 401 more words →)
If you're interested in attending a rationality retreat in Europe I would appreciate if you participate in my survey (Link). Just answering the first three questions would already be helpful.
I would like to organize a smallish (up to 20 people) rationality retreat in Europe. With the survey I want to estimate how much interest there is, and what participants would like such an event to look like. Feel free to share the survey with anyone who might be interested.
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The preprint for the article on cognitive decline due to long COVID was shared in the LessWrong Telegram group last October. I looked over it at the time and wrote down some notes, which I will reproduce here. Note I haven't looked through the final version of the article to check if things still match up.
... (read more)I skimmed the article a bit, some things I noted:
- N=84,285 is the number of people who took the cognitive tests. Only 361 had a positive corona test
- In the abstract they say they controlled for age, gender, education level, income, racial-ethnic group and pre-existing medical disorders. In the main text they say they factored out age,
I agree in principle, though this depends of course how far in advance it is announced. If it's reasonable to expect that it's possible to fill 20 slots with 2 months advance notice this gives more flexibility in planning.
Some information regarding the start and end times:
What was wrong with the original plan to open source the vaccine to any company that wanted to make it and have them compete to scale up production?
Bill Gates himself addresses this question here: https://youtu.be/Grv1RJkdyqI?t=558
The reasoning as I understand it: Vaccine production is too complicated for open access to work well. There is a significant risk that something goes wrong and the vaccine factory has to shut down, so it is better for that factory to be producing a vaccine they know exactly how to do. Oxford partnering with AstraZeneca ensures they can work closely together to get the production right.
Could they have made a non-exclusive deal? Probably, but (a) AstraZeneca might not have been interested in that case and (b) Oxford might not even have the capacity to work with more than one partner.
Could they have ensured better incentives to ramp up production quickly? Definitely, but that seems like a decision mostly independent of making an exclusive deal.
What about Israel? R-value is the highest since the first wave despite ~60% vaccinated with afaict mostly mRNA vaccines: OurWolrdInData Link.
Luckily hospitalizations/deaths also appear to be not strongly affected.
I would not interpret your case as severe according to this grade. The specification "some assistance usually required" seems like they mean your reaction is so bad you need help eating/washing/using the toilet, which I assume was not the case for you. While -- especially for a young healthy person -- staying in bed all day is a "marked reduction" of activity, there's still quite some room for further worsening before you're at a point where it's life threatening.
While the wording could be more clear, if my interpretation is correct I would agree this is an OK grading to use.
The main advantage for underage drinking is that a bartender only has to check the birth date on the ID, whereas for self-exclusion, they would have to check the id against a database or there would have to be some kind of icon on the id.
Most importantly, this framing is always about drawing contrasts: you're describing ways that your culture _differs_ from that of the person you're talking to. Keep this point in the forefront of your mind every time you use this method: you are describing _their_ culture, not just yours. [...] So, do not ever say something like "In my culture we do not punish the innocent" unless you also intend to say "Your culture punishes the innocent" -- that is, unless you intend to start a fight.
Does this also apply to your own personal culture (whether aspiring or as-is), or "just" the broader context culture?
Because in my (aspiring) culture simple statements of fact are... (read 380 more words →)