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Scott announces the annual ACX reader survey for 2025, offering free subscriptions to random participants and highlighting interesting findings from previous years.
Scott Alexander addresses feedback on his post about bisexuality and Long COVID, discussing alternative explanations and defending his methodology.
Scott Alexander addresses reactions to his claim that media rarely lies, exploring different interpretations of 'lying' and examining specific cases of alleged media deception.
Scott Alexander investigates whether non-religious people are more prone to believing conspiracy theories, finding a U-shaped relationship between religiosity and skepticism.
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.
Scott Alexander explains discrepancies in animal moral value surveys, highlighting how methodology affects results, and emphasizes the importance of clear research procedures.
Scott Alexander announces the results of the 2019 Slate Star Codex survey, providing links to the questions, results, and downloadable public datasets.
Scott announces an upcoming SSC survey and invites reader suggestions, while warning that most won't be implemented.
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.
Scott Alexander announces the 2017 SSC survey and requests readers to provide simple, machine-readable answers for easier processing.
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.
Scott is preparing the 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey and asks for feedback on the draft survey and suggestions for additional questions to include.
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.
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.
Scott Alexander analyzes the results of his utility and QALY survey, discussing interesting findings and the challenges of utility measurement.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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