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Comment author: mosb 29 February 2012 04:51:16PM 0 points [-]

Here's my current proposed list of statements for people to (strongly) agree/disagree with -- no neutrality allowed. The idea is to identify people on a farmer/forager axis, and then to cluster people according to similarity (subject to other constraints).

  1. If there were cheap, tasteless, food pills that gave you all the sustenance you need, I would barely eat other food.
  2. I believe it's everyone's duty to vote.
  3. I regularly exercise when I should be working.
  4. I think governmental oversight unnecessarily slows down the progress of science.
  5. My clothes are definitely more about style than comfort.
  6. I believe that travel is over-rated.
Comment author: gwern 29 February 2012 05:18:26PM 4 points [-]

Is the farmer/forager distinction very well supported? (And I don't mean some random musings on Robin's blog.) And have these statements been validated for the distinction?

Comment author: mosb 29 February 2012 05:29:29PM 1 point [-]

AFAIK, no to the former, and definitely no to the latter: I just made them up. I was hoping that the statements would provide interesting discussion points in addition to personality discrimination. Big 5 tests seem like they might be a little bit less fun for guests to fill out. I acknowledge my lack of academic rigour here.

Comment author: gwern 29 February 2012 06:07:28PM 3 points [-]

I was hoping that the statements would provide interesting discussion points in addition to personality discrimination.

Probably will the former, but I'd absolutely get rid of #2 and #4 - politics is the mindkiller, and it's no accident that etiquette manuals proscribe politics during polite discussions.

Comment author: mosb 01 March 2012 04:30:45PM 0 points [-]

thanks gwern. I have replaced #2 and #4 with I would like more nuclear power in my country. and I keep the place where I live clean and orderly. Thoughts? This probably needs to go live on the weekend.

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