buybuydandavis comments on Lesswrong 2016 Survey - Less Wrong

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 29 March 2016 12:20:09PM 6 points [-]

Ick. I was annoyed with the Global Warming question. Without a timescale and an objective definition of "significant", there's no particular meaning to the question besides signaling team membership.

I left it blank because of the vagueness. I wonder if the vagueness will have a biased or unbiased effect on those who decline to respond.

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 16 April 2016 10:04:55AM *  0 points [-]

Suggestion for next year's survey:

  • Reword the question in the Probabilities section to "What is the probability that the average temperatures on Earth (averaged over a few decades) are rising at a much higher rate than typical of natural variability, largely as a result of human activities?"
  • Add a question to the Politics section reading "How would you describe your opinion on efforts to contain global warming?"