army1987 comments on 2012 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

65 Post author: Yvain 03 November 2012 11:00PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 04 November 2012 03:16:32PM 0 points [-]

Was going to post answers here to illustrate but wasn't sure if that violated protocol because of anchoring.

What about rot13'ing them? (You'd have to spell numbers out, of course.)

Comment author: Giles 04 November 2012 05:36:54PM *  0 points [-]

There's one additional spoiler here not related to the probability questions. ROT13'd:

  • Znal Jbeyqf: fvkglsvir (jnf friragl)
  • Nyvraf: gjraglsvir (jnf gjraglsvir)
  • Nyvraf va zvyxl jnl: svsgrra (jnf gra)
  • Fhcreangheny: svir (jnf gjb)
  • Tbq: sbhe (jnf bar)
  • Eryvtvba: guerr (jnf bar)
  • Pelbavpf: gra (jnf guvegl)
  • Nagv-ntnguvpf: rvtug (jnf frira)
  • Fvzhyngvba: svsglsvir (jnf friragl)
  • Jnezvat: rvtuglsvir (jnf rvtuglsvir)
  • Ab TPE orsber gjraglbar uhaqerq: sbegl (jnf sbegl)

Nyfb, (nqqvgvbany fcbvyre) PSNE gevpxrq zr jvgu dhrfgvba sbhe! V guvax gur pbeerpg nafjre vf N vs lbh jbhyq fcraq gjryir qbyynef svsgl gb nibvq n urnqnpur, juvpu fbhaqf yvxr n tbbq ohl gb zr.

EDIT: removed a couple of numbers that I missed

Comment author: [deleted] 04 November 2012 07:10:07PM 0 points [-]

Spell out the numbers, or ROT-13 leaves them alone...