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jsalvatier comments on LW systemic bias: US centrism - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: jsalvatier 19 July 2011 07:44:06PM *  10 points [-]

Survey for LWers from outside the US: how off putting are instances of this bias?

Note that this measure will tend to underestimate how offputting it is since people who are put off will tend to participate less.

Results as of 7/20/2011:

  • 68% Little
  • 22% Moderately
  • 10% Very
Comment author: jsalvatier 19 July 2011 07:45:08PM 13 points [-]

Moderately off-putting.

Comment author: jsalvatier 19 July 2011 07:46:20PM *  28 points [-]

Little or not at all off-putting.

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 19 July 2011 07:54:19PM 12 points [-]

international LWers

Intentional irony?

Comment author: wedrifid 20 July 2011 07:23:32AM 1 point [-]
international LWers

Intentional irony?

Well spotted! I didn't even notice.

Comment author: jsalvatier 19 July 2011 07:57:27PM 1 point [-]

No, I wasn't sure how to phrase that. Suggestions?

Comment author: JoshuaZ 19 July 2011 08:09:32PM 6 points [-]

"LWers from outside the US"?

Comment author: FiftyTwo 19 July 2011 11:26:45PM 4 points [-]

UK reader, not noticed any particularly american bias,

Would suspect there is a 'western' english speaker bias to quite a lot of it though,

Comment author: jsalvatier 19 July 2011 07:44:47PM 4 points [-]

Very off-putting.

Comment author: Thomas 20 July 2011 10:44:51AM 1 point [-]

I see no American bias here. See some others, but not that one. (As an EU located one.)

Comment author: jsalvatier 19 July 2011 07:46:29PM 0 points [-]

Not off-putting.

Comment author: DanielVarga 19 July 2011 10:29:27PM 0 points [-]

Not off putting at all. From Hungary.