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Take The 2025 ACX Survey

Scott announces the annual ACX reader survey for 2025, offering free subscriptions to random participants and highlighting interesting findings from previous years.

acx
Dec 20, 2024 222 words 105 likes 576 comments Read Read

Highlights From The Comments On Long COVID And Bisexuality

Scott Alexander addresses feedback on his post about bisexuality and Long COVID, discussing alternative explanations and defending his methodology.

acx
May 11, 2023 7,069 words 59 likes 101 comments Listen · 38 min Read Read

Highlights From The Comments On The Media Very Rarely Lying

Scott Alexander addresses reactions to his claim that media rarely lies, exploring different interpretations of 'lying' and examining specific cases of alleged media deception.

acx
Jan 11, 2023 7,391 words 139 likes 426 comments Listen · 42 min Read Read

Will Nonbelievers Really Believe Anything?

Scott Alexander investigates whether non-religious people are more prone to believing conspiracy theories, finding a U-shaped relationship between religiosity and skepticism.

acx
Aug 11, 2022 1,270 words 179 likes 796 comments Listen · 15 min Read Read

Bush Did North Dakota

Scott Alexander introduces the 'North Dakota Constant' to explain why about 33% of people tend to believe in conspiracy theories in surveys, regardless of evidence.

ssc
May 28, 2020 1,316 words 0 likes 371 comments Listen · 11 min Read Read

Update To Partial Retraction Of Animal Value And Neuron Number

Scott Alexander explains discrepancies in animal moral value surveys, highlighting how methodology affects results, and emphasizes the importance of clear research procedures.

ssc
May 1, 2019 523 words 0 likes 56 comments Listen · 8 min Read Read

SSC Survey Results 2019

Scott Alexander announces the results of the 2019 Slate Star Codex survey, providing links to the questions, results, and downloadable public datasets.

ssc
Jan 13, 2019 161 words 0 likes 347 comments Listen · 3 min Read Read

Impending Survey Discussion Thread

Scott announces an upcoming SSC survey and invites reader suggestions, while warning that most won't be implemented.

ssc
Nov 21, 2018 80 words 0 likes 294 comments Read Read

SSC Survey Results 2018

Scott Alexander shares the results and data from the 2018 SSC Survey, which received over 8,000 responses, and invites readers to explore the findings.

ssc
Jan 3, 2018 293 words 0 likes 438 comments Read Read

SSC Survey 2017

Scott Alexander announces the 2017 SSC survey and requests readers to provide simple, machine-readable answers for easier processing.

ssc
Jan 22, 2017 132 words 0 likes 480 comments Read Read

2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey

Scott announces the 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey, encouraging all community members including lurkers to participate in the main survey and optional extra credit questions, with a monetary reward available.

lw
Oct 26, 2014 420 words 115 likes 728 comments Read Read

2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Call For Critiques/Questions

Scott is preparing the 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey and asks for feedback on the draft survey and suggestions for additional questions to include.

lw
Oct 11, 2014 286 words 29 likes 274 comments Read Read

2013 Less Wrong Census/Survey

Scott announces the 2013 Less Wrong Census/Survey, urging all readers to participate in the main survey (10-15 minutes) plus optional extra credit questions, with clear instructions for standardized responses and a deadline of December 31st, 2013.

lw
Nov 22, 2013 473 words 112 likes 620 comments Read Read

2013 Census/Survey: call for changes and additions

Scott announces the 2013 LessWrong Census/Survey and requests community input for minor changes, particularly seeking better IQ and Big Five tests and asking CFAR about their previous questions.

lw
Nov 5, 2013 201 words 47 likes 155 comments Read Read

Utility Weight Results

Scott Alexander analyzes the results of his utility and QALY survey, discussing interesting findings and the challenges of utility measurement.

ssc
Apr 30, 2013 1,010 words 0 likes 28 comments Read Read

2012 Survey Results

Scott presents comprehensive results from the 2012 Less Wrong Survey of 1195 respondents, covering demographics, beliefs, IQ measures, and a concerning calibration test showing poor performance at avoiding overconfidence bias.

lw
Dec 7, 2012 5,419 words 120 likes 653 comments Read Read

2012 Less Wrong Census Survey: Call For Critiques/Questions

Scott announces the draft of the 2012 Less Wrong Census/Survey and requests community feedback on question clarity, suggestions for additional questions, and recommendations for an internet IQ test before the official launch.

lw
Oct 19, 2012 263 words 35 likes 481 comments Read Read

2011 Less Wrong Census / Survey

Scott announces a new Less Wrong census and survey to replace the outdated 2009 version, maintaining its structure for comparison while fixing problems and updating questions.

lw
Nov 1, 2011 260 words 101 likes 699 comments Read Read

Excuse me, would you like to take a survey?

Scott proposes a LessWrong community survey to gather demographics and opinions, shares a draft, and asks readers to suggest additional questions and weigh in on privacy concerns about releasing raw data.

lw
Apr 26, 2009 336 words 14 likes 132 comments Read Read
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