In response to Meetup : Utrecht
Comment author: Alexander 30 November 2013 08:27:17PM 2 points [-]

Thanks for organizing! I'm looking forward to meetup.

(Last meetup)

Comment author: Vaniver 22 November 2013 05:47:44PM 2 points [-]

A previous incarnation of the test just asked what your IQ was. We got both people who had taken official tests responding, and people who were just estimating their IQ. The second group is really noisy, and made it difficult to meaningfully talk about the IQ of LWers.

I suggested the current question as a way to get high-quality information out of survey-takers, but I also wanted a question where people estimated their IQ (maybe as two questions, for the lower and upper bound of a 50% CI) so that we could still get the low-quality information.

Comment author: Alexander 24 November 2013 12:44:24AM 0 points [-]

I consider giqtest.com also professional/scientific, despite being taken online.

(I understand the general aversion towards online tests, and don't mind the current wording.)

Respondents with high IQ seem more likely to have taken official tests, though; doesn't this overestimate LW's mean?

In response to Meetup : Amsterdam
Comment author: Alexander 24 November 2013 12:14:36AM 4 points [-]

So, how did it go? I might come the next time...

Comment author: Alexander 24 November 2013 12:12:02AM 22 points [-]

Another lurker that took the (full) survey and signed up...

I discovered LW last year through gwern.net

My biggest barrier to registration was the risk of more procrastination. So, thanks in advance for any encouragement!