DeVliegendeHollander comments on Feedback on promoting rational thinking about one's career choice to a broad audience - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 April 2015 07:27:54AM 0 points [-]

I do very little offline communication with young people anymore and tend to think Reddit is representative. I mean, it is big, right?

Comment author: Desrtopa 05 April 2015 09:39:20PM 3 points [-]

Reminds me of this essay by Scott/Yvain where he mentions a reddit thread of over 10,000 comments specifically looking for people who opposed gay marriage, but with practically nobody who opposed gay marriage participating.

Comment author: Vaniver 06 April 2015 03:57:42PM 3 points [-]

A great reminder that while increasing sample size decreases random bias, it does nothing to reduce systemic bias.

Comment author: [deleted] 09 April 2015 08:19:15AM 0 points [-]

True. Hmm...

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