paper-machine comments on Akrasia hack survey - Less Wrong
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How am I supposed to decide without knowing what the survey is about? What happens if I precommit to taking it and it turns out that it's not a survey I would usually intend to fill out?
This doesn't make any sense.
It avoids this situation:
Persons A,B,C: Oooh, a survey about procrastination hacks, I love trying procrastination hacks. I'll take this survey.
Persons D,E,F: Bleh, a survey about procrastination hacks. I never even try those, I'll skip this one.
Survey creator: Well, it appears that 100% of LWers are interested in trying out procrastination hacks, based on this survey.
It doesn't actually avoid that situation.
Why not? It seems like it should at least be better than "Take this minute-long survey about procrastination hacks."