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

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

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Comment author: gwern 22 November 2012 09:09:41PM 2 points [-]

Can the "average IQ" statistic on these surveys even be at all meaningful then?

You can compare oranges to oranges, but if you want to compare LW oranges to the general population's citrus fruits, you're going to need to do some work.