LucasSloan comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: LucasSloan 28 August 2010 08:20:40PM 3 points [-]

About fifteen percent

Where is this number coming from? The incidence rate of male homosexuality is pretty low and guys are generally less likely to go squee over things anyway.

Comment author: Pavitra 28 August 2010 09:20:40PM 0 points [-]

I heard it somewhere.

WIkipedia says that estimates range from one to twenty percent, and I would expect most estimates to be low because living in a still largely homophobic society biases reporting.

Comment author: wedrifid 29 August 2010 02:53:32AM 4 points [-]

WIkipedia says that estimates range from one to twenty percent, and I would expect most estimates to be low because living in a still largely homophobic society biases reporting.

Yet often those making the estimates try to compensate for that bias, particularly those who are motivated to report higher statistics.