Raelifin comments on Vegetarianism Ideological Turing Test Results - Less Wrong

21 Post author: Raelifin 14 October 2015 12:34AM

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Comment author: AndreInfante 16 October 2015 07:53:43AM 2 points [-]

According to the PM I got, I had the most credible vegetarian entry, and it was ranked as much more credible than my actual (meat-eating) beliefs. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Comment author: Raelifin 16 October 2015 01:15:05PM 2 points [-]

Impostor entries were generally more convincing than genuine responses. I chalk this up to impostors trying harder to convince judges.

But who knows? Maybe you were a vegetarian in a past life! ;)

Comment author: OrphanWilde 16 October 2015 02:03:18PM *  1 point [-]

Doesn't surprise me, but I lean towards the opposite reasoning. I think the majority of people understand vegetarian/vegan arguments, so the imposters don't have any kind of disadvantage - but vegetarian/vegan people likely think the majority of people don't understand those arguments (or else why wouldn't they arrive at the same conclusions), which results in a miscalibration about how to represent their beliefs to people.

ETA: Likewise the reverse.