CaptainBooshi comments on 2013 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

78 Post author: Yvain 22 November 2013 09:26AM

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Comment author: CaptainBooshi 23 November 2013 08:37:18PM 23 points [-]

Took the survey yesterday and forgot to comment here afterwards. I chose to cooperate since the small chance of winning a little money mattered less to me than the pleasure I would get though even such a minor show of benevolence. I also have never taken an IQ test, and am glad to see at least a fair number of other people in the comments who have not either.

Comment author: gwern 23 November 2013 10:19:13PM *  8 points [-]

You wouldn't necessarily have known you were taking an IQ test. I learned I was administered IQ tests in elementary school only by accident, when I found a summary in my parents' papers. 'So', I thought, 'that's why my speech therapist kept asking me questions any fool would know, like the meaning of the word "gyp".'

Comment author: JoshuaZ 25 November 2013 04:29:36AM 7 points [-]

Apparently even then, little gwern spent all his time searching out data to organize and summarize.