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Adele_L comments on More "Stupid" Questions - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: NancyLebovitz 31 July 2013 09:18AM

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Comment author: Adele_L 31 July 2013 10:39:04PM 6 points [-]

I think that the effect is stronger than just that. Of the poly people associated with LW that I know, at least a quarter knew they were poly before they got into LW. Sure, it's a small sample size, but I would be surprised if polyamorous people were less likely to be interested in rationality.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 August 2013 04:15:50AM 2 points [-]

Datapoint: I was poly before joining LW.

This might be an interesting question to ask Yvain to put on the next mega survey.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 04 August 2013 08:28:40PM 1 point [-]

I was also.

Comment author: ikrase 01 August 2013 09:23:17AM 1 point [-]

My guess is that it's a combination of it existing among original LWers in the first place and LW culture being much more favorable to it than main stream.