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Comment author: jimrandomh 19 September 2012 04:06:55PM *  5 points [-]

This is the sample poll from the article (just a straight copy-paste). These aren't exciting questions, so you should ask some that are!

What is your favorite color?

How long has it been your favorite color, in years?

Red is a nice color

Agree Disagree

Will your favorite color change?

Submitting...

Comment author: Benja 19 September 2012 04:23:14PM *  21 points [-]

Current results: Red: 0%; Green, 33%; Blue: 67%; Other: 0%.

I'm gladdened to see that even though we don't discuss politics on LW, the green scum are in the minority here!

Comment author: [deleted] 19 September 2012 05:34:51PM 2 points [-]

Now neither green nor blue are the absolute majority, with 34% voting “Other”. Those pesky sideways rope pullers!

Comment author: MaoShan 20 September 2012 03:33:48AM 0 points [-]

But the sky is green. Just go outside and see!

Comment author: [deleted] 19 September 2012 05:28:38PM *  2 points [-]

What kind of question is, “Red is a nice color”? Some shades of red are nice and some aren't. Duh. (Also, who the hell has had a favourite colour for six dozen million times the age of the Universe?)

Comment author: ShardPhoenix 20 September 2012 09:45:53AM 3 points [-]

I got an error the first time because I put a percent instead of a fractional probability. Upon correcting this, I now see the following erroneous result: http://imgur.com/IASqy

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