Lumifer comments on Lesswrong 2016 Survey - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gjm 27 March 2016 07:06:31PM 0 points [-]

Hence "have been". Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but usually what "X diaspora" means is "people who have been X but have now moved elsewhere".

Comment author: ChristianKl 27 March 2016 07:48:26PM 0 points [-]

Having more data is good regardles of the semantics.

Comment author: Lumifer 28 March 2016 01:05:05AM 3 points [-]

Not if the "data" is noise.

Comment author: Transfuturist 28 March 2016 11:59:00PM 1 point [-]

Most of those who haven't ever been on Less Wrong will provide data for that distinction. It isn't noise.