ChrisHallquist comments on 2011 Less Wrong Census / Survey - Less Wrong

77 Post author: Yvain 01 November 2011 06:28PM

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Comment author: ChrisHallquist 01 November 2011 10:01:19PM *  5 points [-]

I disliked the moral philosophy question. I felt comfortable putting down "consequentialist," but I can see how someone might feel none of the answers suited them well. I would have made the fourth option simply "other," and maybe added a moral realism vs. anti-realism question.

See the <a href="http://philpapers.org/surveys/results.pl">Phil Papers</a> survey. On the normative ethics question, "other" beat out the three "standard" moral philosophies, and there's no indication that everyone in that category is a moral anti-realist.

Also, for the Newton question:

My answer: friragrra bu svir

Correct answer: fvkgrra rvtugl frira

Now I feel dumb for putting such a high confidence in my answer. Should I feel dumb?

I guess if I had thought about it more, I would have realized that my confidence that my 30 year range was not too low exceeded my confidence that it was not too high, and adjusted my answer downwards a few years, accordingly.

Comment author: RobinZ 01 November 2011 10:03:44PM *  3 points [-]

I would recommend writing out both your guess and the correct answer in words and in rot13, to avoid acting as a spoiler for others.

Edit: That is: "friragrra bu svir" for your guess and "fvkgrra rvtugl frira" for the answer.