wedrifid comments on Open Thread, September, 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 21 September 2010 10:37:30PM 0 points [-]

Another Vladimir? The distribution of names on LW seems to be heavily biassed. I believe that of the people whose real names I am aware of here there are approximately as many people named Vladimir as there are people not so named.

Comment author: cousin_it 21 September 2010 10:40:16PM *  5 points [-]

Yeah, Emile called us interchangeable minions. I'd say we are noisy, but not especially numerous.

Comment author: DanielVarga 25 September 2010 01:33:39AM 1 point [-]

When I first observed this strange coincidence, I thought that 1. there are many Russians interested in mathematics and philosophy, and 2. Vladimir is a very common Russian male name. But now I checked it and saw that 2. is not really true. Do you have some idea in place of 2.? Some geographic or demographic subgroup of Russians?

Comment author: Perplexed 25 September 2010 01:59:37AM 2 points [-]

Vladimir M is Croatian. So, instead of Russians, you should be looking for a subgroup of Slavs.