prase comments on Open Thread: March 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: prase 02 March 2010 09:19:02PM 1 point [-]

I said that the book would be authored by the candidates, each one covering each issue from his own POV.

That may be better, I misunderstood you because you said also that the government would write the book.

But still, I have almost no idea how the test could look like. Would you present a sample question from the test, together with rules for evaluation of the answers?

Comment author: Tiiba 03 March 2010 02:20:17AM *  2 points [-]

8) What does candidate Roy Biv blame for the failure of the dam in Oregon?
a. Human error
b. Severe weather conditions
c. Terrorist attack
d. Supernatural agents

16) According to the Michels study, quoted on p. 133, what is the probability that coprolalia is causally linked with nanocomputer use? (pick closest match)
a. 0-25%
b. 26-50%
c. 51-75%
d. 76-100%