Can we include your survey data in a public dataset?
Yes: 2558 (95.769%)
No: 113 (4.231%)
Do you consent to having your survey responses being used as part of a research paper?
Yes: 2564 (96.066%)
No: 105 (3.934%)
Age
Sum: 66328.9
Mean: 28.09356204997882
Median: 26.0
Mode: 23.0
Stdev: 9.491059958110974
Sex - What sex were you assigned at birth?
Male: 2012 (83.6%)
Female: 391 (16.2%)
Other: 5 (0.208%)
Gender - With what gender do you primarily identify?
F (cisgender): 319 (13.3%)
F (transgender MtF): 65 (2.7%)
M (cisgender): 1821 (76.1%)
M (transgender FtM): 23 (1.0%)
Other: 154 (6.433%)
Country - If multiple possible answers, please choose the one you most identify with. Twelve popular answers are given below; otherwise please write your country into "Other" in the same format as the answers given
United States: 1291 (53.7%)
United Kingdom: 183 (7.6%)
Canada: 144 (6.0%)
Australia: 141 (5.9%)
Germany: 85 (3.5%)
Russia: 56 (2.3%)
Finland: 24 (1.0%)
New Zealand: 26 (1.1%)
India: 24 (1.0%)
Brazil: 16 (0.7%)
France: 34 (1.4%)
Israel: 29 (1.2%)
Other: 352 (14.63%)
Race - With what race do you most identify? "Hispanic" is a term mostly used in the US referring to people whose ethnic background is from Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Asian (East Asian): 80 (3.3%)
Asian (Indian subcontinent): 60 (2.5%)
Middle Eastern: 14 (0.6%)
Black: 12 (0.5%)
White (non-Hispanic): 2050 (85.8%)
Hispanic: 56 (2.3%)
Other: 107 (4.479%)
What is your sexual orientation?
Heterosexual: 1635 (70.5%)
Homosexual: 102 (4.4%)
Bisexual: 425 (18.3%)
Other: 142 (6.123%)
Are you asexual?
Yes: 167 (7.299%)
No: 2121 (92.701%)
What is your preferred relationship style?
Prefer monogomous: 1184 (50.9%)
Prefer polyamorous: 424 (18.2%)
Uncertain/no preference: 670 (28.8%)
Other: 45 (1.935%)
Number of Partners
0: 1090 (46.8%)
1: 1036 (44.5%)
2: 106 (4.6%)
3: 45 (1.9%)
4: 15 (0.6%)
5: 8 (0.3%)
Lots and lots: 27 (1.2%)
Relationship Goals
...and seeking more relationship partners: 576 (24.9%)
...and possibly open to more relationship partners: 714 (30.8%)
...and currently not looking for more relationship partners: 1026 (44.3%)
Are you married?
Yes: 438 (18.896%)
No: 1880 (81.104%)
Who do you currently live with most of the time?<br />
Alone: 487 (20.9%)
With parents and/or guardians: 471 (20.2%)
With partner and/or children: 683 (29.3%)
With roommates: 617 (26.5%)
Other: 69 (2.963%)
How many children do you have?
0: 2036 (87.1%)
1: 115 (4.9%)
2: 124 (5.3%)
3: 46 (2.0%)
4: 7 (0.3%)
5: 6 (0.3%)
6: 2 (0.1%)
Lots and lots: 1 (0.0%)
Are you planning on having more children?
Yes: 716 (30.7%)
Uncertain: 754 (32.3%)
No: 864 (37.0%)
What do you currently do?
| Question | Count | Percent |
| Student | 965 | 31.433% |
| Academics (on the teaching side) | 204 | 6.645% |
| Self-employed | 305 | 9.935% |
| Independently wealthy | 40 | 1.303% |
| Non-profit work | 150 | 4.886% |
| For-profit work | 951 | 30.977% |
| Government work | 133 | 4.332% |
| Homemaker | 46 | 1.498% |
| Unemployed | 224 | 7.296% |
In what area do you currently work or study?
Philosophy: 54 (2.4%)
Finance / Economics: 115 (5.2%)
Statistics: 43 (1.9%)
Computers (AI): 79 (3.6%)
Computers (other academic, computer science): 155 (7.0%)
Computers (practical: IT, programming, etc.): 681 (30.6%)
Physics: 91 (4.1%)
Biology: 49 (2.2%)
Medicine: 49 (2.2%)
Mathematics: 147 (6.6%)
Neuroscience: 28 (1.3%)
Other "hard science": 26 (1.2%)
Psychology: 48 (2.2%)
Other "social science": 48 (2.2%)
Engineering: 150 (6.7%)
Business: 70 (3.1%)
Law: 50 (2.2%)
Art: 51 (2.3%)
Other: 272 (12.23%)
What is your highest education credential earned?
None: 95 (4.1%)
High School: 613 (26.7%)
2 year degree: 105 (4.6%)
Bachelor's: 814 (35.4%)
Master's: 414 (18.0%)
JD/MD/other professional degree: 64 (2.8%)
PhD: 143 (6.2%)
Other: 39 (1.696%)
IQ - Please give the score you got on your <strong>most recent PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC IQ test - no Internet tests, please!</strong> All tests should have the standard average of 100 and stdev of 15.
Sum: 90772.5
Mean: 138.37271341463415
Median: 138.0
Mode: 135.0
Stdev: 13.637740716950942
IQ Age - At what age, in years, did you take the IQ test above?
Sum: 21529.0
Mean: 32.96937212863706
Median: 17.0
Mode: 16.0
Stdev: 173.2276481364902
IQ Type - Please give a short description of the IQ test you took, for example "It was Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale administered at my school". If you don't remember or don't know how to describe the test, leave this blank.
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SAT scores out of 1600 - American students take the SATs before going to college. In olden days, the test was scored out of 1600. if you have an SAT score out of 1600, please put it here; otherwise leave blank.
Sum: 629305.0
Mean: 1460.1044083526683
Median: 1490.0
Mode: 1600.0
Stdev: 122.37227134639089
SAT scores out of 2400 - American students take the SATs before going to college. Nowadays, the test is scored out of 2400. If you have an SAT score out of 2400, please put it here; otherwise leave blank.
Sum: 1066859.0
Mean: 2208.817805383023
Median: 2240.0
Mode: 2340.0
Stdev: 141.32822782822186
ACT score out of 36 - Some American students take the ACTs before going to college. If you have an ACT score out of 36, please put it here; otherwise leave blank.
Sum: 12351.0
Mean: 32.41732283464567
Median: 33.0
Mode: 35.0
Stdev: 2.844498692902596
Given that no label can completely describe a person's political views, with which of these labels do you MOST identify?
Libertarian, for example like the US Libertarian Party: socially permissive, minimal/no taxes, minimal/no distribution of wealth: 517 (25.2%)
Conservative, for example the US Republican Party and UK Tories: traditional values, low taxes, low redistribution of wealth: 113 (5.5%)
Liberal, for example the US Democratic Party or the UK Labour Party: socially permissive, more taxes, more redistribution of wealth: 612 (29.8%)
Social democratic, for example Scandinavian countries: socially permissive, high taxes, major redistribution of wealth: 785 (38.2%)
Communist, for example the old Soviet Union: complete state control of many facets of life: 28 (1.4%)
How would you describe your religious views?
Committed theist: 112 (5.2%)
Lukewarm theist: 80 (3.7%)
Deist/Pantheist/etc.: 55 (2.6%)
Agnostic: 250 (11.6%)
Atheist but spiritual: 170 (7.9%)
Atheist and not spiritual: 1487 (69.0%)
Which best describes the religion you believe?
Christian (Catholic): 71 (14.7%)
Christian (Other non-Protestant, eg Eastern Orthodox): 19 (3.9%)
Christian (Protestant): 98 (20.3%)
Christian (Mormon): 8 (1.7%)
Hindu: 11 (2.3%)
Buddhist: 39 (8.1%)
Traditional Chinese: 2 (0.4%)
Muslim: 4 (0.8%)
Unitarian Universalism or similar: 26 (5.4%)
Jewish: 55 (11.4%)
Mixed/Other: 49 (10.2%)
Other: 69 (14.315%)
How would you describe the religious views of your family when you were growing up?
Committed theist: 549 (25.5%)
Lukewarm theist: 713 (33.1%)
Deist/Pantheist/etc: 44 (2.0%)
Agnostic: 246 (11.4%)
Atheist but spiritual: 113 (5.3%)
Atheist and not spiritual: 345 (16.0%)
Mixed / Other: 100 (4.6%)
Other: 41 (1.905%)
What is your family's religious background, as of the last time your family practiced a religion?
Christian (Catholic): 588 (28.1%)
Christian (Other non-Protestant, eg Eastern Orthodox): 158 (7.6%)
Christian (Protestant): 773 (37.0%)
Christian (Mormon): 37 (1.8%)
Hindu: 41 (2.0%)
Buddhist: 17 (0.8%)
Traditional Chinese: 19 (0.9%)
Muslim: 15 (0.7%)
Unitarian Universalism or similar: 44 (2.1%)
Jewish: 205 (9.8%)
Mixed/Other: 96 (4.6%)
Other: 94 (4.498%)
With which of these meta-ethical views do you MOST identify? (Bonus Question)
Non-cognitivism: Moral statements don't express propositions and can neither be true nor false. "Murder is wrong" means something like "Boo murder!".: 187 (9.5%)
Error theory: Moral statements have a truth-value, but attempt to describe features of the world that don't exist. "Murder is wrong" and "Murder is right" are both false statements because moral rightness and wrongness aren't features that exist.: 100 (5.1%)
Subjectivism: Some moral statements are true, but not universally, and the truth of a moral statement is determined by non-universal opinions or prescriptions, and there is no non-attitudinal determinant of rightness and wrongness. "Murder is wrong" means something like "My culture has judged murder to be wrong" or "I've judged murder to be wrong".: 552 (28.2%)
Substantive realism: Some moral statements are true, and the truth of a moral statement is determined by mind-independent moral properties. "Murder is wrong" means that murder has an objective mind-independent property of wrongness that we discover by empirical investigation, intuition, or some other method.: 342 (17.5%)
Constructivism: Some moral statements are true, and the truth of a moral statement is determined by whether an agent would accept it if they were undergoing a process of rational deliberation. "Murder is wrong" can mean something like "Societal agreement to the rule 'do not murder' is instrumentally rational".: 778 (39.7%)
How Did You Find LessWrong?
Been here since it was started in the Overcoming Bias days: 171 (8.3%)
Referred by a link: 275 (13.4%)
HPMOR: 542 (26.4%)
Overcoming Bias: 80 (3.9%)
Referred by a friend: 265 (12.9%)
Referred by a search engine: 131 (6.4%)
Referred by other fiction: 14 (0.7%)
Slate Star Codex: 241 (11.7%)
Reddit: 55 (2.7%)
Common Sense Atheism: 19 (0.9%)
Hacker News: 47 (2.3%)
Gwern: 22 (1.1%)
Other: 191 (9.308%)
How do you use Less Wrong?
I lurk, but never registered an account: 1120 (54.4%)
I've registered an account, but never posted: 270 (13.1%)
I've posted a comment, but never a top-level post: 417 (20.3%)
I've posted in Discussion, but not Main: 179 (8.7%)
I've posted in Main: 72 (3.5%)
How often do you comment on LessWrong?
I have commented more than once a week for the past year.: 24 (1.2%)
I have commented more than once a month for the past year but less than once a week.: 63 (3.1%)
I have commented but less than once a month for the past year.: 225 (11.1%)
I have not commented this year.: 1718 (84.6%)
How Long Since You Last Posted On LessWrong?
I wrote one today.: 12 (0.6%)
Within the last three days.: 13 (0.7%)
Within the last week.: 22 (1.2%)
Within the last month.: 58 (3.1%)
Within the last three months.: 75 (4.0%)
Within the last six months.: 68 (3.6%)
Within the last year.: 84 (4.5%)
Within the last five years.: 295 (15.7%)
Longer than five years.: 15 (0.8%)
I've never posted on LW.: 1242 (65.9%)
About how much of the Sequences - the collection of Eliezer Yudkowsky's original posts - have you read? You can find a list of them <a href="http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequences">here</a>.
Never knew they existed until this moment: 215 (10.3%)
Knew they existed, but never looked at them: 101 (4.8%)
Some, but less than 25%: 442 (21.2%)
About 25%: 260 (12.5%)
About 50%: 283 (13.6%)
About 75%: 298 (14.3%)
All or almost all: 487 (23.3%)
Do you attend Less Wrong meetups?
Yes, regularly: 157 (7.5%)
Yes, once or a few times: 406 (19.5%)
No: 1518 (72.9%)
Is physical interaction with the Less Wrong community otherwise a part of your everyday life, for example do you live with other Less Wrongers, or you are close friends and frequently go out with them?
Yes, all the time: 158 (7.6%)
Yes, sometimes: 258 (12.5%)
No: 1652 (79.9%)
Have you ever been in a romantic relationship with someone you met through the Less Wrong community?
Yes: 129 (6.2%)
I didn’t meet them through the community but they’re part of the community now: 102 (4.9%)
No: 1851 (88.9%)
Do you know what Roko's Basilisk thought experiment is?
Yes: 1516 (73.3%)
No but I've heard of it: 157 (7.6%)
No: 394 (19.1%)
Where did you read Roko's argument for the Basilisk?
Roko's post on LessWrong: 323 (20.3%)
Reddit: 171 (10.7%)
XKCD: 60 (3.8%)
LessWrong Wiki: 233 (14.6%)
A news article: 69 (4.3%)
Word of mouth: 222 (13.9%)
RationalWiki: 313 (19.7%)
Other: 193 (12.123%)
<span class="author-g-dq57u6qs43jx4u9x">Do you think Roko's argument for the Basilisk is correct?</span>
Yes: 74 (5.1%)
Yes but I don't think it's logical conclusions apply for other reasons: 337 (23.0%)
No: 1052 (71.9%)
Do you think Basilisk-like thought experiments are dangerous?
Yes, I think they're dangerous for decision theory reasons: 63 (4.2%)
Yes I think they're dangerous for social reasons (eg. A cult might use them): 193 (12.8%)
Yes I think they're dangerous for decision theory and social reasons: 135 (9.0%)
Yes I think they're socially dangerous because they make everybody involved look foolish: 252 (16.7%)
Yes I think they're dangerous for other reasons: 52 (3.4%)
No: 808 (53.6%)
Have you ever felt any sort of anxiety about the Basilisk?
Yes: 141 (8.8%)
Yes but only because I worry about everything: 189 (11.8%)
No: 1270 (79.4%)
What is the longest span of time you've spent worrying about the Basilisk?
I haven't: 712 (47.1%)
A few seconds: 235 (15.5%)
A minute: 298 (19.7%)
An hour: 176 (11.6%)
A day: 40 (2.6%)
Two days: 16 (1.1%)
Three days: 12 (0.8%)
A week: 12 (0.8%)
A month: 5 (0.3%)
One to three months: 1 (0.1%)
Three to six months: 0 (0.0%)
Six to nine months: 0 (0.0%)
Nine months to a year: 1 (0.1%)
Over a year: 1 (0.1%)
Years: 3 (0.2%)
Are you <em>currently</em> worrying about the Basilisk?
Yes: 28 (1.7%)
Yes but only because I worry about everything: 60 (3.7%)
No: 1517 (94.5%)
Have you ever been diagnosed with depression?
No: 0 (0.0%)
Not formally, but I personally believe I have (or had) it: 0 (0.0%)
Yes, I was formally diagnosed by a doctor or other mental health professional: 0 (0.0%)
Have you ever been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder?
No: 1851 (91.7%)
Not formally, but I personally believe I have (or had) it: 113 (5.6%)
Yes, I was formally diagnosed by a doctor or other mental health professional: 54 (2.7%)
Have you ever been diagnosed with any autism spectrum disorder?
No: 1597 (79.1%)
Not formally, but I personally believe I have (or had) it: 258 (12.8%)
Yes, I was formally diagnosed by a doctor or other mental health professional: 165 (8.2%)
Have you ever been diagnosed with any variant of attention deficit disorder?
No: 1541 (76.1%)
Not formally, but I personally believe I have (or had) it: 210 (10.4%)
Yes, I was formally diagnosed by a doctor or other mental health professional: 274 (13.5%)
Have you ever been diagnosed with bipolar disorder?
No: 1917 (95.0%)
Not formally, but I personally believe I have (or had) it: 55 (2.7%)
Yes, I was formally diagnosed by a doctor or other mental health professional: 45 (2.2%)
Have you ever been diagnosed with any anxiety disorder, eg panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder?
No: 1395 (69.0%)
Not formally, but I personally believe I have (or had) it: 352 (17.4%)
Yes, I was formally diagnosed by a doctor or other mental health professional: 276 (13.6%)
Have you ever been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder?
No: 1979 (98.3%)
Not formally, but I personally believe I have (or had) it: 23 (1.1%)
Yes, I was formally diagnosed by a doctor or other mental health professional: 12 (0.6%)
Have you ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia?
No: 2000 (98.9%)
Not formally, but I personally believe I have (or had) it: 7 (0.3%)
Yes, I was formally diagnosed by a doctor or other mental health professional: 15 (0.7%)
Have you ever been diagnosed with substance use disorder?
No: 1923 (95.2%)
Not formally, but I personally believe I have (or had) it: 73 (3.6%)
Yes, I was formally diagnosed by a doctor or other mental health professional: 25 (1.2%)
Have you ever wondered whether you might have a substance abuse problem?
Yes: 313 (15.5%)
Yes but only because I worry about everything: 197 (9.7%)
No: 1514 (74.8%)
Have your friends and family ever expressed concern that you are abusing substances?
Yes: 157 (7.7%)
Yes but only because they worry about everything: 112 (5.5%)
Yes but only because they're suspicious of pharmaceutical medication: 50 (2.5%)
No: 1708 (84.3%)
Philosophical Issues
| Question | Count | Percent |
| Over Reliance On The Sequences. | 341 | 11.107% |
| Focus On AI. | 257 | 8.371% |
| Focus On Cryonics. | 254 | 8.274% |
| Criticism Of The Scientific Method. | 119 | 3.876% |
| Too Much Jargon. | 482 | 15.7% |
| Too Focused On Abstract Junk. | 241 | 7.85% |
| I Wasn't Around For Its Peak. | 917 | 29.87% |
| [Write in below] | 199 | 6.482% |
| [Write in below] | 39 | 1.27% |
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Community Issues
| Question | Count | Percent |
| Not Enough In Person Interaction. | 163 | 5.309% |
| Overly High Standards For Content Submission. | 197 | 6.417% |
| Failure to cite sources. | 158 | 5.147% |
| Can't Find Things Quickly Enough To Maintain Interest. | 161 | 5.244% |
| Lame Forum Software. | 218 | 7.101% |
| Too Autistic. | 114 | 3.713% |
| Too Tolerant Of Trolls/Cranks. | 146 | 4.756% |
| Too Tolerant Of Laziness. | 65 | 2.117% |
| Too Tolerant Of Creepy People. | 83 | 2.704% |
| Too Tolerant Of Neoreaction. | 125 | 4.072% |
| Too Tolerant Of Progressivism. | 30 | 0.977% |
| Literally A Cult. | 119 | 3.876% |
| I Wasn't Around For Its Peak. | 842 | 27.427% |
| [Write in below] | 199 | 6.482% |
| [Write in below] | 30 | 0.977% |
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Philosophical Issues
| Question | Count | Percent |
| Over Reliance On The Sequences. | 314 | 10.228% |
| Focus On AI. | 244 | 7.948% |
| Focus On Cryonics. | 180 | 5.863% |
| Criticism Of The Scientific Method. | 73 | 2.378% |
| Too Much Jargon. | 429 | 13.974% |
| Too Focused On Abstract Junk. | 257 | 8.371% |
| [Write in below] | 185 | 6.026% |
| [Write in below] | 31 | 1.01% |
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Community Issues
| Question | Count | Percent |
| No New Content | 417 | 13.583% |
| No New *Good* Content | 811 | 26.417% |
| Can't Find Things Quickly Enough To Maintain Interest | 269 | 8.762% |
| Lame Forum Software | 251 | 8.176% |
| Decline from new people coming in who don't understand the culture | 217 | 7.068% |
| Decline from evaporative cooling (http://lesswrong.com/lw/lr/evaporative_cooling_of_group_beliefs/) | 287 | 9.349% |
| Decline from dunning kruger where competent refrain from posting what they feel to be sub par content (and by extension, posting content at all) but incompetent don't | 382 | 12.443% |
| Not Enough In Person Interaction | 127 | 4.137% |
| Overly High Standards For Content Submission | 123 | 4.007% |
| Failure to cite sources | 87 | 2.834% |
| Too Autistic | 106 | 3.453% |
| Too Tolerant Of Trolls/Cranks | 135 | 4.397% |
| Too Tolerant Of Laziness | 65 | 2.117% |
| Too Tolerant Of Creepy People | 67 | 2.182% |
| Too Tolerant Of Neoreaction | 111 | 3.616% |
| Too Tolerant Of Progressivism | 46 | 1.498% |
| Literally A Cult | 86 | 2.801% |
| [Write in below] | 189 | 6.156% |
| [Write in below] | 38 | 1.238% |
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Philosophically
| Question | More (Count) | More (Percent) | Same (Count) | Same (Percent) | Less (Count) | Less (Percent) |
| Attention Paid To Outside Sources | 1042 | 70.933% | 414 | 28.182% | 13 | 0.885% |
| Self Improvement Focus | 754 | 50.706% | 598 | 40.215% | 135 | 9.079% |
| AI Focus | 184 | 12.611% | 821 | 56.271% | 454 | 31.117% |
| Political | 330 | 22.837% | 770 | 53.287% | 345 | 23.875% |
| Academic/Formal | 455 | 31.885% | 803 | 56.272% | 169 | 11.843% |
| [Write in your own] | 145 | 66.514% | 44 | 20.183% | 29 | 13.303% |
| [Write in your own] | 39 | 51.316% | 20 | 26.316% | 17 | 22.368% |
| [Write in your own] | 23 | 57.5% | 9 | 22.5% | 8 | 20.0% |
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Community
| Question | More (Count) | More (Percent) | Same (Count) | Same (Percent) | Less (Count) | Less (Percent) |
| Intense Environment | 254 | 19.644% | 830 | 64.192% | 209 | 16.164% |
| Focused On 'Real World' Action | 739 | 53.824% | 563 | 41.005% | 71 | 5.171% |
| Experts | 749 | 55.605% | 575 | 42.687% | 23 | 1.707% |
| Data Driven/Testing Of Ideas | 1107 | 78.344% | 291 | 20.594% | 15 | 1.062% |
| Social | 583 | 43.507% | 682 | 50.896% | 75 | 5.597% |
| [Write in your own] | 68 | 70.103% | 9 | 9.278% | 20 | 20.619% |
| [Write in your own] | 20 | 57.143% | 10 | 28.571% | 5 | 14.286% |
| [Write in your own] | 11 | 68.75% | 4 | 25.0% | 1 | 6.25% |
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I'm Currently An Active Member Of
| Question | Count | Percent |
| LessWrong | 353 | 11.498% |
| LessWrong Meetups | 215 | 7.003% |
| LessWrong Facebook Group | 171 | 5.57% |
| LessWrong Slack | 55 | 1.792% |
| SlateStarCodex | 832 | 27.101% |
| Rationalist Tumblr | 350 | 11.401% |
| Rationalist Facebook | 150 | 4.886% |
| Rationalist Twitter | 59 | 1.922% |
| Effective Altruism Hub | 98 | 3.192% |
| FortForecast | 4 | 0.13% |
| Good Judgement(TM) Open | 29 | 0.945% |
| PredictionBook | 59 | 1.922% |
| Omnilibrium | 8 | 0.261% |
| Hacker News | 252 | 8.208% |
| #lesswrong on freenode | 76 | 2.476% |
| #slatestarcodex on freenode | 36 | 1.173% |
| #hplusroadmap on freenode | 4 | 0.13% |
| #chapelperilous on freenode | 10 | 0.326% |
| /r/rational | 274 | 8.925% |
| /r/HPMOR | 230 | 7.492% |
| /r/SlateStarCodex | 244 | 7.948% |
| One or more private 'rationalist' groups | 192 | 6.254% |
| Other | 0 | 0.0% |
Would you consider rejoining LessWrong?
I never left: 668 (40.6%)
Yes: 557 (33.8%)
Yes, but only under certain conditions: 205 (12.5%)
No: 216 (13.1%)
If you would only rejoin under certain conditions, what would those be?
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Do You Read These Blogs
| Question | Regular Reader (Count) | Regular Reader (Percent) | Sometimes (Count) | Sometimes (Percent) | Rarely (Count) | Rarely (Percent) | Almost Never (Count) | Almost Never (Percent) | Never (Count) | Never (Percent) | Never Heard Of It (Count) | Never Heard Of It (Percent) |
| LessWrong | 237 | 13.413% | 642 | 36.333% | 535 | 30.277% | 271 | 15.337% | 69 | 3.905% | 13 | 0.736% |
| SlateStarCodex (Scott Alexander) | 1131 | 63.611% | 264 | 14.848% | 90 | 5.062% | 61 | 3.431% | 51 | 2.868% | 181 | 10.18% |
| Overcoming Bias (Robin Hanson) | 206 | 11.751% | 365 | 20.821% | 391 | 22.305% | 385 | 21.962% | 239 | 13.634% | 167 | 9.527% |
| Minding Our Way (Nate Soares) | 151 | 8.718% | 134 | 7.737% | 139 | 8.025% | 175 | 10.104% | 214 | 12.356% | 919 | 53.06% |
| Agenty Duck (Brienne Yudkowsky) | 55 | 3.181% | 132 | 7.634% | 144 | 8.329% | 213 | 12.319% | 254 | 14.691% | 931 | 53.846% |
| Eliezer Yudkowsky's Facebook Page | 325 | 18.561% | 316 | 18.047% | 231 | 13.192% | 267 | 15.248% | 361 | 20.617% | 251 | 14.335% |
| Luke Muehlhauser (Eponymous) | 59 | 3.426% | 106 | 6.156% | 179 | 10.395% | 231 | 13.415% | 312 | 18.118% | 835 | 48.49% |
| Gwern.net (Gwern Branwen) | 118 | 6.782% | 281 | 16.149% | 292 | 16.782% | 224 | 12.874% | 230 | 13.218% | 595 | 34.195% |
| Siderea (Sibylla Bostoniensis) | 29 | 1.682% | 49 | 2.842% | 59 | 3.422% | 104 | 6.032% | 183 | 10.615% | 1300 | 75.406% |
| Question | Regular Reader (Count) | Regular Reader (Percent) | Sometimes (Count) | Sometimes (Percent) | Rarely (Count) | Rarely (Percent) | Almost Never (Count) | Almost Never (Percent) | Never (Count) | Never (Percent) | Never Heard Of It (Count) | Never Heard Of It (Percent) |
| Ribbon Farm (Venkatesh Rao) | 64 | 3.734% | 123 | 7.176% | 111 | 6.476% | 150 | 8.751% | 150 | 8.751% | 1116 | 65.111% |
| Bayesed And Confused (Michael Rupert) | 2 | 0.117% | 10 | 0.587% | 24 | 1.408% | 68 | 3.988% | 167 | 9.795% | 1434 | 84.106% |
| The Unit Of Caring (Anonymous) | 281 | 16.452% | 132 | 7.728% | 126 | 7.377% | 178 | 10.422% | 216 | 12.646% | 775 | 45.375% |
| GiveWell Blog (Multiple Authors) | 75 | 4.438% | 197 | 11.657% | 243 | 14.379% | 280 | 16.568% | 412 | 24.379% | 482 | 28.521% |
| Thing Of Things (Ozy Frantz) | 363 | 21.166% | 201 | 11.72% | 143 | 8.338% | 171 | 9.971% | 176 | 10.262% | 661 | 38.542% |
| The Last Psychiatrist (Anonymous) | 103 | 6.023% | 94 | 5.497% | 164 | 9.591% | 221 | 12.924% | 302 | 17.661% | 826 | 48.304% |
| Hotel Concierge (Anonymous) | 29 | 1.711% | 35 | 2.065% | 49 | 2.891% | 88 | 5.192% | 179 | 10.56% | 1315 | 77.581% |
| The View From Hell (Sister Y) | 34 | 1.998% | 39 | 2.291% | 75 | 4.407% | 137 | 8.049% | 250 | 14.689% | 1167 | 68.566% |
| Xenosystems (Nick Land) | 51 | 3.012% | 32 | 1.89% | 64 | 3.78% | 175 | 10.337% | 364 | 21.5% | 1007 | 59.48% |
Are there any noteworthy blogs you read that we missed above?
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Have You Read These Stories?
| Question | Whole Thing (Count) | Whole Thing (Percent) | Partially And Intend To Finish (Count) | Partially And Intend To Finish (Percent) | Partially And Abandoned (Count) | Partially And Abandoned (Percent) | Never (Count) | Never (Percent) | Never Heard Of It (Count) | Never Heard Of It (Percent) |
| Harry Potter And The Methods Of Rationality (Eliezer Yudkowsky) | 1103 | 61.931% | 145 | 8.141% | 231 | 12.97% | 221 | 12.409% | 81 | 4.548% |
| Significant Digits (Alexander D) | 123 | 7.114% | 105 | 6.073% | 91 | 5.263% | 333 | 19.26% | 1077 | 62.29% |
| Three Worlds Collide (Eliezer Yudkowsky) | 889 | 51.239% | 35 | 2.017% | 36 | 2.075% | 286 | 16.484% | 489 | 28.184% |
| The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant (Nick Bostrom) | 728 | 41.935% | 31 | 1.786% | 15 | 0.864% | 205 | 11.809% | 757 | 43.606% |
| The World of Null-A (A. E. van Vogt) | 92 | 5.34% | 18 | 1.045% | 25 | 1.451% | 429 | 24.898% | 1159 | 67.266% |
| Synthesis (Sharon Mitchell) | 6 | 0.353% | 2 | 0.118% | 8 | 0.47% | 217 | 12.75% | 1469 | 86.31% |
| Worm (Wildbow) | 501 | 28.843% | 168 | 9.672% | 184 | 10.593% | 430 | 24.755% | 454 | 26.137% |
| Pact (Wildbow) | 138 | 7.991% | 59 | 3.416% | 148 | 8.57% | 501 | 29.01% | 881 | 51.013% |
| Twig (Wildbow) | 55 | 3.192% | 132 | 7.661% | 65 | 3.772% | 560 | 32.501% | 911 | 52.873% |
| Question | Whole Thing (Count) | Whole Thing (Percent) | Partially And Intend To Finish (Count) | Partially And Intend To Finish (Percent) | Partially And Abandoned (Count) | Partially And Abandoned (Percent) | Never (Count) | Never (Percent) | Never Heard Of It (Count) | Never Heard Of It (Percent) |
| Ra (Sam Hughes) | 269 | 15.558% | 80 | 4.627% | 95 | 5.495% | 314 | 18.161% | 971 | 56.16% |
| My Little Pony: Friendship Is Optimal (Iceman) | 424 | 24.495% | 16 | 0.924% | 65 | 3.755% | 559 | 32.293% | 667 | 38.533% |
| Friendship Is Optimal: Caelum Est Conterrens (Chatoyance) | 217 | 12.705% | 16 | 0.937% | 24 | 1.405% | 411 | 24.063% | 1040 | 60.89% |
| Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card) | 1177 | 67.219% | 22 | 1.256% | 43 | 2.456% | 395 | 22.559% | 114 | 6.511% |
| The Diamond Age (Neal Stephenson) | 440 | 25.346% | 37 | 2.131% | 55 | 3.168% | 577 | 33.237% | 627 | 36.118% |
| Consider Phlebas (Iain Banks) | 302 | 17.507% | 52 | 3.014% | 47 | 2.725% | 439 | 25.449% | 885 | 51.304% |
| The Metamorphosis Of Prime Intellect (Roger Williams) | 226 | 13.232% | 10 | 0.585% | 24 | 1.405% | 322 | 18.852% | 1126 | 65.925% |
| Accelerando (Charles Stross) | 293 | 17.045% | 46 | 2.676% | 66 | 3.839% | 425 | 24.724% | 889 | 51.716% |
| A Fire Upon The Deep (Vernor Vinge) | 343 | 19.769% | 31 | 1.787% | 41 | 2.363% | 508 | 29.28% | 812 | 46.801% |
Do you know what the Machine Intelligence Research Institute is?
Yes: 1541 (85.2%)
No but I've heard of it: 174 (9.6%)
No: 93 (5.1%)
Have you ever read a paper from the Machine Intelligence Research Institute?
Yes: 466 (25.8%)
Partially: 497 (27.5%)
No: 843 (46.7%)
Would you consider working for the Machine Intelligence Research Institute?
Yes: 971 (54.797%)
No: 801 (45.203%)
Do you think you're trustworthy enough not to let an AI out of the box?
Yes: 471 (27.464%)
No: 1244 (72.536%)
Have you ever practiced not letting an AI out of the box?
Yes with Eliezer's Ruleset: 20 (1.1%)
Yes with Tuxedage's Ruleset: 5 (0.3%)
Yes with a different ruleset: 18 (1.0%)
No but I've been the AI: 40 (2.3%)
No: 1687 (95.3%)
On a scale of one to five (where one is "Strongly disagree" and five is "Strongly agree"), rate how much you agree with this statement: "MIRI's mission of doing mathematical research relevant to friendly self-improving artificial intelligence is very important."
1: 95 (3.094%)
2: 189 (6.156%)
3: 356 (11.596%)
4: 526 (17.134%)
5: 537 (17.492%)
On a scale of one to five (where one is "Strongly disagree" and five is "Strongly agree"), rate how much you agree with this statement: "Whether or not I agree with MIRI's goals, I believe MIRI is a well-run organization that pursues its goals effectively."
1: 102 (3.322%)
2: 226 (7.362%)
3: 772 (25.147%)
4: 342 (11.14%)
5: 109 (3.55%)
Do you know what the Center For Applied Rationality is?
Yes: 1286 (73.5%)
No but I've heard of it: 285 (16.3%)
No: 178 (10.2%)
Have you attended CFAR?
No, and I don't plan to: 848 (50.0%)
No, and I would like to: 731 (43.1%)
I have attended a paid or volunteer program with CFAR: 109 (6.4%)
I have led a program at CFAR: 8 (0.5%)
Think about your current set of skills, your habits, the things you spend your time on, how you interact with other people, the intellectual questions that you find engaging, the goals you’re aiming towards, and the challenges that you’re currently facing going forward. Next, think about how you were one year ago on each of these dimensions. How different are you now from how you were one year ago?
Not at all different: 107 (6.2%)
Slightly different: 565 (32.7%)
Somewhat different: 674 (39.0%)
Very different: 315 (18.3%)
Extremely different : 0 (0.0%)
(optional) In about one sentence, what is one difference that stands out as being particularly large or significant?
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(Optional) Can you think of any changes that you’ve made in the past month to your daily routines or habits in order to make things go better? These can be tiny changes (e.g., adjusted the curtains on my bedroom window so that less light comes in while I’m sleeping) or large ones. Spend about 60 seconds recalling as many examples of these kinds of changes as you can and listing them here. (If you want to skip this question, leave it blank. If you spend the 60 seconds and no specific examples come to mind, write "none.")
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<p> What's your overall opinion of the Center For Applied Rationality?</p>
Positive: 376 (22.6%)
Mostly Positive: 412 (24.7%)
No strong opinion: 799 (48.0%)
Mostly Negative: 63 (3.8%)
Negative: 16 (1.0%)
Do you know what Effective Altruism is?
Yes: 1562 (89.3%)
No but I've heard of it: 114 (6.5%)
No: 74 (4.2%)
Do you self-identify as an Effective Altruist?
Yes: 665 (39.233%)
No: 1030 (60.767%)
Do you participate in the Effective Altruism community?
Yes: 314 (18.427%)
No: 1390 (81.573%)
Has Effective Altruism caused you to make donations you otherwise wouldn't?
Yes: 666 (39.269%)
No: 1030 (60.731%)
Have you ever had any kind of moral anxiety over Effective Altruism?
Yes: 501 (29.6%)
Yes but only because I worry about everything: 184 (10.9%)
No: 1008 (59.5%)
What's your overall opinion of Effective Altruism?
Positive: 809 (47.6%)
Mostly Positive: 535 (31.5%)
No strong opinion: 258 (15.2%)
Mostly Negative: 75 (4.4%)
Negative: 24 (1.4%)
With which of these political positions do you most identify?
Progressive: 217 (14.3%)
Communist: 12 (0.8%)
Socialist: 125 (8.2%)
Conservative: 38 (2.5%)
Fascist: 5 (0.3%)
Neoreactionary: 28 (1.8%)
Social Democrat: 236 (15.5%)
Moderate: 67 (4.4%)
Pragmatist: 131 (8.6%)
Anarchist: 50 (3.3%)
Libertarian: 190 (12.5%)
Left-Libertarian: 243 (16.0%)
Objectivist: 10 (0.7%)
Monarchist: 5 (0.3%)
Futarchist: 31 (2.0%)
Totalitarian: 2 (0.1%)
Other: 125 (8.218%)
Did you vote in your country's last major national election?
Yes: 1151 (68.9%)
No: 511 (30.6%)
My country does not hold elections: 8 (0.5%)
If you are an American, what party are you registered with?
Democratic Party: 358 (24.5%)
Republican Party: 72 (4.9%)
Libertarian Party: 26 (1.8%)
Other third party: 16 (1.1%)
Not registered for a party: 451 (30.8%)
(option for non-Americans who want an option): 541 (37.0%)
On a scale from 1 (not interested at all) to 5 (extremely interested), how would you describe your level of interest in politics?
1: 67 (2.182%)
2: 257 (8.371%)
3: 461 (15.016%)
4: 595 (19.381%)
5: 312 (10.163%)
How would you describe your opinion on abortion laws?
| Question | Pro-Life (Count) | Pro-Life (Percent) | Lean Pro-Life (Count) | Lean Pro-Life (Percent) | No strong opinion (Count) | No strong opinion (Percent) | Lean Pro-Choice (Count) | Lean Pro-Choice (Percent) | Pro-Choice (Count) | Pro-Choice (Percent) |
| Abortion | 104 | 6.136% | 97 | 5.723% | 77 | 4.543% | 263 | 15.516% | 1154 | 68.083% |
How would you describe your opinion on immigration?
| Question | Should be more open (Count) | Should be more open (Percent) | Lean more open (Count) | Lean more open (Percent) | No strong opinion (Count) | No strong opinion (Percent) | Lean more restricted (Count) | Lean more restricted (Percent) | Should be more restricted (Count) | Should be more restricted (Percent) |
| Immigration | 670 | 39.786% | 504 | 29.929% | 264 | 15.677% | 140 | 8.314% | 106 | 6.295% |
How would you describe your opinion on taxes in your country?
| Question | Should be lower (Count) | Should be lower (Percent) | Lean towards lower (Count) | Lean towards lower (Percent) | No strong opinion (Count) | No strong opinion (Percent) | Lean towards higher (Count) | Lean towards higher (Percent) | Should be higher (Count) | Should be higher (Percent) |
| Taxes | 224 | 13.31% | 237 | 14.082% | 544 | 32.323% | 415 | 24.658% | 263 | 15.627% |
How would you describe your opinion on minimum wage laws in your country?
| Question | Should be lower or eliminated (Count) | Should be lower or eliminated (Percent) | Lean towards lower or eliminated (Count) | Lean towards lower or eliminated (Percent) | No strong opinion (Count) | No strong opinion (Percent) | Lean towards higher (Count) | Lean towards higher (Percent) | Should be higher (Count) | Should be higher (Percent) |
| Minimum Wage | 287 | 17.145% | 202 | 12.067% | 509 | 30.406% | 383 | 22.879% | 293 | 17.503% |
How would you describe your opinion of feminism, as you understand the term? See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism for more information
| Question | Very unfavorable (Count) | Very unfavorable (Percent) | Unfavorable (Count) | Unfavorable (Percent) | No strong opinion (Count) | No strong opinion (Percent) | Favorable (Count) | Favorable (Percent) | Very favorable (Count) | Very favorable (Percent) |
| Feminism | 149 | 8.89% | 249 | 14.857% | 252 | 15.036% | 610 | 36.396% | 416 | 24.821% |
How would you describe your opinion of social justice, as you understand the term? See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice for more information
| Question | Very unfavorable (Count) | Very unfavorable (Percent) | Unfavorable (Count) | Unfavorable (Percent) | No strong opinion (Count) | No strong opinion (Percent) | Favorable (Count) | Favorable (Percent) | Very favorable (Count) | Very favorable (Percent) |
| Social Justice | 339 | 20.324% | 369 | 22.122% | 290 | 17.386% | 461 | 27.638% | 209 | 12.53% |
How would you describe your opinion of the idea of "human biodiversity", as you understand the term? No Wiki page available, but essentially it is the belief that there are important genetic differences between human populations and that therefore ideas generally considered racist, such as different races having different average intelligence or personality traits, are in fact scientifically justified
| Question | Very unfavorable (Count) | Very unfavorable (Percent) | Unfavorable (Count) | Unfavorable (Percent) | No strong opinion (Count) | No strong opinion (Percent) | Favorable (Count) | Favorable (Percent) | Very favorable (Count) | Very favorable (Percent) |
| Human Biodiversity | 228 | 13.785% | 381 | 23.035% | 517 | 31.258% | 399 | 24.123% | 129 | 7.799% |
How would you describe your opinion of a Basic Income Guarantee in your country? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Income_Guarantee for more information.
| Question | Strongly oppose (Count) | Strongly oppose (Percent) | Oppose (Count) | Oppose (Percent) | No strong opinion (Count) | No strong opinion (Percent) | Support (Count) | Support (Percent) | Strongly support (Count) | Strongly support (Percent) |
| Basic Income | 63 | 3.759% | 110 | 6.563% | 260 | 15.513% | 624 | 37.232% | 619 | 36.933% |
Do you believe we are currently in or entering a "Great Stagnation", as proposed by Tyler Cowen and Peter Thiel, during which technological growth slows drastically? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Stagnation for more information
| Question | Strongly doubt (Count) | Strongly doubt (Percent) | Doubt (Count) | Doubt (Percent) | No strong opinion (Count) | No strong opinion (Percent) | Believe (Count) | Believe (Percent) | Strongly believe (Count) | Strongly believe (Percent) |
| Great Stagnation | 269 | 16.382% | 635 | 38.672% | 553 | 33.678% | 157 | 9.562% | 28 | 1.705% |
Do you understand the instructions above?
Yes, I understand I should answer in percentages between 0 and 100: 1639 (97.4%)
No, I don't read instructions and am going to ruin the survey results for everyone: 43 (2.6%)
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| Question | Sum | Mean | Median | Mode | Stdev |
| Please give the obvious answer to this question, so I can automatically throw away all surveys that don't follow the rules: What is the probability of a fair coin coming up heads? | 79913.9989998995 | 49.82169513709445 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 3.0335516853602247 |
| What is the probability that the Many Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is more or less correct? | 57667.2765532332 | 44.59959516878051 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 29.19375920063312 |
| What is the probability that non-human, non-Earthly intelligent life exists in the observable universe? | 108971.29058158398 | 75.72709560916192 | 90.0 | 99.0 | 31.89339696930562 |
| ...in the Milky Way galaxy? | 62974.32026926869 | 45.966657130853065 | 50.0 | 10.0 | 38.39586433271989 |
| What is the probability that supernatural events (including God, ghosts, magic, etc) have occurred since the beginning of the universe? | 12584.604712170929 | 13.575625363722654 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 27.57620837269749 |
| What is the probability that there is a god, defined as a supernatural intelligent entity who created the universe? | 15505.547953131427 | 15.47459875562016 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 27.891434891369965 |
| What is the probability that any of humankind's revealed religions is more or less correct? | 8573.60632673673 | 10.624047492858365 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 26.257350238788074 |
| What is the probability that an average person cryonically frozen today will be successfully restored to life at some future time, conditional on no global catastrophe destroying civilization before then? | 29397.64525290689 | 21.225736644698124 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 26.782993912650962 |
| What is the probability that at least one person living at this moment will reach an age of one thousand years, conditional on no global catastrophe destroying civilization in that time? | 34307.58545244187 | 25.26331771166561 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 30.5106781146967 |
| What is the probability that our universe is a simulation? | 30383.535304433874 | 25.25647157475802 | 10.0 | 50.0 | 28.404941122960626 |
| What is the probability that significant global warming is occurring or will soon occur, and is primarily caused by human actions? | 121545.09299969983 | 83.30712337196704 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 23.167415441959694 |
| What is the probability that the human race will make it to 2100 without any catastrophe that wipes out more than 90% of humanity? | 111031.97345414276 | 76.3106346763868 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 22.93312595923684 |
Cryonics (Section Header)
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Are you signed up for cryonics?
Yes - signed up or just finishing up paperwork: 48 (2.9%)
No - would like to sign up but unavailable in my area: 104 (6.3%)
No - would like to sign up but haven't gotten around to it: 180 (10.9%)
No - would like to sign up but can't afford it: 229 (13.8%)
No - still considering it: 557 (33.7%)
No - and do not want to sign up for cryonics: 468 (28.3%)
Never thought about it / don't understand: 68 (4.1%)
Do you think cryonics, as currently practiced by Alcor/Cryonics Institute will work?
Yes: 106 (6.6%)
Maybe: 1041 (64.4%)
No: 470 (29.1%)
Do you think cryonics works in principle?
Yes: 802 (49.3%)
Maybe: 701 (43.1%)
No: 125 (7.7%)
Singularity (Section Header)
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By what year do you think the Singularity will occur? Answer such that you think, conditional on the Singularity occurring, there is an even chance of the Singularity falling before or after this year. If you think a singularity is so unlikely you don't even want to condition on it, leave this question blank.
Sum: 1.0000000000590109e+20
Mean: 8.110300081581755e+16
Median: 2080.0
Mode: 2100.0
Stdev: 2.847858859055733e+18
Have you ever made any kind of personal health change with the goal of living to see the singularity? (If multiple please separate with commas.)
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Superbabies (Section Header)
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Would you ever consider having your child genetically modified for any reason?
Yes: 1552 (95.921%)
No: 66 (4.079%)
Would you be willing to have your child genetically modified to prevent them from getting an inheritable disease?
Yes: 1387 (85.5%)
Depends on the disease: 207 (12.8%)
No: 28 (1.7%)
Would you be willing to have your child genetically modified for improvement purposes? (eg. To heighten their intelligence or reduce their risk of schizophrenia.)
Yes : 0 (0.0%)
Maybe a little: 176 (10.9%)
Depends on the strength of the improvements: 262 (16.2%)
No: 84 (5.2%)
Would you be willing to have your child genetically modified for cosmetic reasons? (eg. To make them taller or have a certain eye color.)
Yes: 500 (31.0%)
Maybe a little: 381 (23.6%)
Depends on the strength of the improvements: 277 (17.2%)
No: 455 (28.2%)
What's your overall opinion of other people genetically modifying their children for disease prevention purposes?
Positive: 1177 (71.7%)
Mostly Positive: 311 (19.0%)
No strong opinion: 112 (6.8%)
Mostly Negative: 29 (1.8%)
Negative: 12 (0.7%)
What's your overall opinion of other people genetically modifying their children for improvement purposes?
Positive: 737 (44.9%)
Mostly Positive: 482 (29.4%)
No strong opinion: 273 (16.6%)
Mostly Negative: 111 (6.8%)
Negative: 38 (2.3%)
What's your overall opinion of other people genetically modifying their children for cosmetic reasons?
Positive: 291 (17.7%)
Mostly Positive: 290 (17.7%)
No strong opinion: 576 (35.1%)
Mostly Negative: 328 (20.0%)
Negative: 157 (9.6%)
Do you think the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite_fallacy#The_Luddite_fallacy">Luddite's Fallacy</a> is an actual fallacy?
Yes: 443 (30.936%)
No: 989 (69.064%)
By what year do you think the majority of people in your country will have trouble finding employment for automation related reasons? If you think this is something that will never happen leave this question blank.
Sum: 2203914.0
Mean: 2102.9713740458014
Median: 2050.0
Mode: 2050.0
Stdev: 1180.2342850727339
Do you think the "end of work" would be a good thing?
Yes: 1238 (81.287%)
No: 285 (18.713%)
If machines end all or almost all employment, what are your biggest worries? Pick two.
| Question | Count | Percent |
| People will just idle about in destructive ways | 513 | 16.71% |
| People need work to be fulfilled and if we eliminate work we'll all feel deep existential angst | 543 | 17.687% |
| The rich are going to take all the resources for themselves and leave the rest of us to starve or live in poverty | 1066 | 34.723% |
| The machines won't need us, and we'll starve to death or be otherwise liquidated | 416 | 13.55% |
| Other | 0 | 0.0% |
The next question isn't exactly related to technological unemployment, but making a part three for one question seemed impractical.
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Which disaster do you think is most likely to wipe out greater than 90% of humanity before the year 2100?
Nuclear war: 326 (20.6%)
Asteroid strike: 64 (4.1%)
Unfriendly AI: 271 (17.2%)
Nanotech / grey goo: 18 (1.1%)
Pandemic (natural): 120 (7.6%)
Pandemic (bioengineered): 355 (22.5%)
Environmental collapse (including global warming): 252 (16.0%)
Economic / political collapse: 136 (8.6%)
Other: 35 (2.217%)
What is your approximate annual income in US dollars (non-Americans: convert at www.xe.com)? Obviously you don't need to answer this question if you don't want to. Please don't include commas or dollar signs.
Sum: 66054140.47384
Mean: 64569.052271593355
Median: 40000.0
Mode: 30000.0
Stdev: 107297.53606321265
How much money, in number of dollars, have you donated to charity over the past year? (non-Americans: convert to dollars at http://www.xe.com/ ). Please don't include commas or dollar signs in your answer. For example, 4000
Sum: 2389900.6530000004
Mean: 2914.5129914634144
Median: 353.0
Mode: 100.0
Stdev: 9471.962766896671
How much money have you donated to charities aiming to reduce existential risk (other than MIRI/CFAR) in the past year?
Sum: 169300.89
Mean: 1991.7751764705883
Median: 200.0
Mode: 100.0
Stdev: 9219.941506342007
How much have you donated in US dollars to the following charities in the past year? (Non-americans: convert to dollars at http://www.xe.com/) Please don't include commas or dollar signs in your answer. Options starting with "any" aren't the name of a charity but a category of charity.
| Question | Sum | Mean | Median | Mode | Stdev |
| Against Malaria Foundation | 483935.027 | 1905.2560118110237 | 300.0 | None | 7216.020221941659 |
| Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | 47908.0 | 840.4912280701755 | 200.0 | 1000.0 | 1618.7858558941969 |
| Deworm the World Initiative | 28820.0 | 565.0980392156863 | 150.0 | 500.0 | 1432.7121867968033 |
| GiveDirectly | 154410.177 | 1429.723861111111 | 450.0 | 50.0 | 3472.082406463215 |
| Any kind of animal rights charity | 83130.47 | 1093.8219736842104 | 154.235 | 500.0 | 2313.493213799438 |
| Any kind of bug rights charity | 1083.0 | 270.75 | 157.5 | None | 353.39626011980755 |
| Machine Intelligence Research Institute | 141792.5 | 1417.925 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5370.485697132622 |
| Any charity combating nuclear existential risk | 491.0 | 81.83333333333333 | 75.0 | 100.0 | 68.06002252913723 |
| Any charity combating global warming | 13012.0 | 245.50943396226415 | 100.0 | 10.0 | 365.5429903498414 |
| Center For Applied Rationality | 127101.0 | 3177.525 | 150.0 | 100.0 | 12969.096587929758 |
| Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence Research Foundation | 9429.0 | 554.6470588235294 | 100.0 | 20.0 | 1156.431847385335 |
| Wikipedia | 12765.5 | 53.18958333333333 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 126.4443520242066 |
| Internet Archive | 2975.04 | 80.40648648648649 | 30.0 | 50.0 | 173.7911012971898 |
| Any campaign for political office | 38443.99 | 366.1332380952381 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 1374.3058277660477 |
| Other | 564890.46 | 1661.4425294117648 | 200.0 | 100.0 | 4670.805041609166 |
Do you follow any dietary restrictions related to animal products?
Yes, I am vegan: 54 (3.4%)
Yes, I am vegetarian: 158 (10.0%)
Yes, I restrict meat some other way (pescetarian, flexitarian, try to only eat ethically sourced meat): 375 (23.7%)
No: 996 (62.9%)
Have you taken a previous LessWrong Survey?
Yes: 770 (46.951%)
No: 870 (53.049%)
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