Oh wow, this is very different from what I would've expected, based on the way people talk about the metaethics sequence.
Guesses as to whether this is a representative sample?
In retrospect, I should've considered the possibility that "people don't understand the metaethics sequence!" was reflective of a loud minority... on the other hand, can anyone think of reasons why this poll might be skewed towards people who understood the metaethics sequence?
Because a large subset of people who don't understand things are unaware of their misunderstanding?
There seems to be a widespread impression that the metaethics sequence was not very successful as an explanation of Eliezer Yudkowsky's views. It even says so on the wiki. And frankly, I'm puzzled by this... hence the "apparently" in this post's title. When I read the metaethics sequence, it seemed to make perfect sense to me. I can think of a couple things that may have made me different from the average OB/LW reader in this regard: