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gjm comments on making notes - an instrumental rationality process. - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: Elo 05 September 2015 10:51PM

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Comment author: gjm 06 September 2015 10:40:10PM 2 points [-]

My actual situation, as it happens, is that I

  • have a notepad
    • carry it around with me all the time
    • use it much less than you describe
  • have a notebook at work specifically for work purposes
    • use it roughly as you describe (specifically at work)

and I really don't know whether the intention of your poll is that I should check "I already have a notepad" or some other option. (My guess: "have a notepad" really means "have a notepad and use it extensively as described in this post", "get a notepad" has the obviously consequent meaning, etc., so I should probably not claim to "already have a notepad".)

Of course it doesn't matter much whether I have difficulty answering your poll question. But others may too, and (1) this may bias your results (away from "difficult" cases) and (2) it may make the answers harder to interpret.

Comment author: Elo 06 September 2015 11:20:01PM 0 points [-]

Yes this is probably confusing things; its also probably too late to make it better, as adjusting polls makes them lose previous votes...

The fact that you have done the thinking around this means that you probably don't need to be a normal user of the poll. So - happy days!