SoullessAutomaton comments on Survey Results - Less Wrong

48 Post author: Yvain 12 May 2009 10:09PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 14 May 2009 09:22:52PM *  2 points [-]

But if so many lied, it would also be a surprising fact, that doesn't seem to be a better explanation.

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 15 May 2009 01:41:11PM 4 points [-]

If a lot of people actually got scores outside the calibration range of whatever IQ test they took, they could have answered honestly and the resulting numbers still be as bogus as Eliezer suggests.