hrishimittal comments on Excuse me, would you like to take a survey? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 26 April 2009 10:10:45PM *  4 points [-]
  • "Time per day on OB/LW" is hard to measure, since I'm just being online, studying and working in parallel.
  • "Political views" -- I'd like "not commited" as an option.
  • "Santa" -- understanding your position is a process, so e.g. clear-cut "yes/no" doesn't map on my "I contemplated the notion, and was unsure before growing old/perceptive enough to realize it's a running joke".
  • Before the questions on probabilities, it'd be nice to ask about the position on interpretation of probability.
  • There should be questions about position on morality. I suggest: consequentialist (in Yudkowsky's interpretation/other), hedonist, others?
  • Another question: do you hold an explicit utilitarian position (on a form of preference order) such as average or total utilitarianism.
  • The question on whether the data given by the person who fills in the survey should be publicly available should be included in the survey.
  • I'd like to separate Sci-fi from fantasy.
  • Add questions about habits of learning: do you learn technical stuff unrelated to work.
  • What do people do in leisure time (watch TV/serf Internet/solve crosswords/study math).
  • Technically, "Cooperate" in a standard PD is an incorrect answer, since the fact that you know that the other one is a Cooperator is not built into the problem.
  • Don't call that hideous scheme you set up "probability". The log score will punish you infinitely for this heresy.
  • A question about procrastination
  • A question about diet
  • Knowledge of related math: logic, probability theory, Bayesian networks, inference algorithms, expected utility, microeconomics, causal/evidential decision theories.
  • Knowledge of biases/ev-psych literature: read stuff on OB/LW, read a serious book, read (how many) papers.
Comment author: hrishimittal 27 April 2009 04:14:06PM 1 point [-]

You can measure time per day on OB/LW or any other app/site using Rescuetime.

http://www.rescuetime.com/

Comment author: outlawpoet 27 April 2009 04:41:58PM 1 point [-]

I use ManicTime, myself

http://www.manictime.com/

Comment author: MichaelBishop 27 April 2009 07:49:25PM 1 point [-]

Anybody tried both of these? I think everyone should use similar software. Its an incredibly low cost route to more self-knowledge and discipline.

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