BenSix comments on 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Call For Critiques/Questions - Less Wrong

18 Post author: Yvain 11 October 2014 06:39AM

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Comment author: BenSix 11 October 2014 08:33:41AM *  9 points [-]

Formidable work. Given recent discussions, might it be worth adding "vegan" to "vegetarian"? (And perhaps even "pescetarian" or "flexitarian" but I suppose one can get lost in small distinctions.)

Comment author: Evan_Gaensbauer 12 October 2014 12:40:19PM 9 points [-]

I'd propose the following three:

  • vegan
  • vegetarian
  • reduced meat intake

The latter, 'reduced meat intake' is intended to represent pescetarian, flexitarian, and meat reduction all in one.

Comment author: William_Quixote 13 October 2014 01:18:23PM 0 points [-]

This is a good idea

Comment author: Evan_Gaensbauer 12 October 2014 12:41:36PM -1 points [-]

Alternatively, there could just be the single question 'Are you a vegetarian', and below, a text box next to the question 'if you answered 'yes', why are you a vegetarian?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 13 October 2014 06:09:38AM 4 points [-]

I don't think a text box is called for, but radio buttons of Ethics/Health/Other might be good.

Comment author: palladias 14 October 2014 01:31:21PM *  1 point [-]

Not sure whether "aethetics/personal taste" is common enough to be worth breaking out of "Other" but I'm vegetarian because I'm a picky eater and hate the texture of meat.