Maybe the last installment of the Polling Thread.
At least I guess it's the last one before we switch to the LesserWrong codebase which sadly doesn't seem to support polls. Maybe to easen the transition we can share polls, e.g. on Google Forms or SurveyMonkey. Or discuss alternatives.
This is your chance to ask your multiple choice question you always wanted to throw in. Get qualified numeric feedback to your comments. Post fun polls.
These used to be the rules:
- Each poll (or link to a poll) goes into its own top level comment and may be commented there.
- You must should at least vote all polls that were posted earlier than your own. This ensures participation in all polls and also limits the total number of polls. You may of course vote without posting a poll.
- Your poll should include a 'don't know' option (to avoid conflict with 2). I don't know whether we need to add a troll catch option here but we will see.
If you don't know how to make a poll in a comment look at the Poll Markup Help.
This is a somewhat regular thread. If it is successful I may post again. Or you may. In that case do the following :
- Use "Polling Thread" in the title.
- Copy the rules.
- Add the tag "poll".
- Link to this Thread or a previous Thread.
- Create a top-level comment saying 'Discussion of this thread goes here; all other top-level comments should be polls or similar'
- Add a second top-level comment with an initial poll to start participation.
In which Different World do you live?
The SSC article Different Worlds discussed how different people perceive the (same) world to be quite different places. Let's find out whether that is also the case for the limited LW population.
My prediction (based on the follow-up SSC post is that the
This poll is based on a poll I conducted with my four boys (ages 6 to 13) after reading the SSC article. I found it quite surprising how different even such a presumably homogeneous group perceives their environment.
This poll is structured into two parts:
1) The first part is about your environment; how you see the people in the world around you. 2) The second part asks the same questions about you; how you see yourself.
Please consider taking a break between both parts and cover your answers from the first part.
Part 1:
How much action do you perceive in your environment?
[pollid:1210]
How mindful is your environment?
[pollid:1211]
How smart are people in your environment on average?
[pollid:1212]
How good are people in general?
[pollid:1213]
How does your environment deal with minorities and human and behavioral variety?
[pollid:1214]
How much are people together or do things together?
[pollid:1215]
How are decisions in your environment typically made?
[pollid:1216]
With how much force are things typically done in your environment? How careful are communications?
[pollid:1217]
How are things organised in your environment?
[pollid:1218]
How does your environment deal with risks?
[pollid:1219]
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Pause here
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Part 2:
How active are you?
[pollid:1220]
How mindful in your communication are you?
[pollid:1221]
How smart are you?
[pollid:1222]
How good are you?
[pollid:1223]
How do you deal with minorities and human and behavioral variety?
[pollid:1224]
How much do you prefer to do things with others?
[pollid:1225]
How do you make decisions?
[pollid:1226]
With how much force do you act and communicate?
[pollid:1227]
How organised are you?
[pollid:1228]
How do you deal with risks?
[pollid:1229]
Notes:
When I did my evaluation I considered counting each point as roughly 1/2 standard deviation from the mean. I'm pretty sure I didn't stick to it though.
Differences to the poll I did with my children:
I didn't change the order or direction of the questions. I think the choice of questions leaves something to be improved - I came up with them in a train ride with the boys.
What if my job requires a direct easygoing attitude to people coming in to our shop?