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

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Comment author: [deleted] 15 October 2014 04:34:59AM *  2 points [-]

Question suggestions:

Only answer if you think the chance of a singularity in the 21st century is over 1%. Do you think affecting the singularity's outcome is tractable enough to be worth any of your time or money?

Are you a narcissist? (rationale)

(This is only for people who had an SAT score out of 1600) Did you take the SAT after (or during) April 1995?

Comment author: [deleted] 15 October 2014 03:35:01PM 2 points [-]

And actually, the narcissism question is not yes or no. Here it is:

To what extent do you agree with this statement: "I am a narcissist." (Note: The word “narcissist” means egotistical, self-focused, and vain.)

1=not very true of me 2 3 4 5 6 7=very true of me

Comment author: ChristianKl 15 October 2014 12:39:35PM 2 points [-]

Only answer if you think the chance of a singularity in the 21st century is over 1%. Do you think affecting the singularity's outcome is tractable enough to be worth any of your time or money?

"Only answer if" is bad design in this case. It makes more sense to ask for the chance of a singularity and ask the second question at the same time.