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ShardPhoenix comments on An attempt at a short no-prerequisite test for programming inclination - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ShardPhoenix 01 July 2013 09:41:31AM 0 points [-]

Yes, I agree that the poll results aren't too encouraging. It might still be interesting to try the test on a more general population, but without a follow-up to see who eventually learned to program it would be hard to tell how accurate (if at all) it was.