gwern comments on 2012 Survey Results - Less Wrong

80 Post author: Yvain 07 December 2012 09:04PM

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Comment author: gwillen 29 November 2012 09:13:28PM 0 points [-]

Well, I think you can probably break it down as follows, given just the data we have:

  • 0 partners
  • 1 partner, looking
  • 1 partner, not looking
  • 2 partners+

Of those, I would say the second and fourth are unambiguously practicing poly, the third could go either way but you could say is presumptively mono, and the first probably doesn't count (since they are actively practicing neither mono nor poly.)

If someone wants to run those numbers, I'd be curious how they come out.

Comment author: gwern 29 November 2012 09:28:50PM 2 points [-]

The second could be people looking for replacements for their current partner, no? I wouldn't call that unambiguous.