Erik comments on Ask LW: What questions to test in our rationality questionnaire? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Erik 29 March 2009 02:10:59PM 3 points [-]

This is a project that I think really would profit from recruitment of a few psychologists with experience on creating personality test, IQ test or similarly. It sounds a bit like we're trying to create a new subfield here. Not that I want to sound discouraging, I think it is very important to get the ball rolling and even small, preliminary results could prove to be very useful, but there is probably enough material here to base quite a few academic careers on.

I'll have to agree with Kaj that a short survey is better for most purposes, but throwing out a long list of ideas first to later hone down to a more efficient one is a good idea.

Comment author: gwern 04 August 2011 07:35:04PM 1 point [-]

For example, we could use the CRT, which is very short; or the California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST)