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.
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:
That poll had a numeric scale from −5 to +5 which I decided was not suitable for the LW poll format.
That poll was done with all of them together, so they heard each others answers.
I skipped the intelligence and benevolence questions for self rating explaining that a) talking about ones intelligence is often problematic and b) that everyone is the here of their own story.
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.
I didn’t mean this to be about what is ‘required’ but how the environment overall is perceived to be. When I discussed this with my boys (who also have different environments—school, friends, at home—I left the specific environment open too. I talked more like how they see ‘the world’ around them.
Yeah, I’m not sure how to answer this. I would do one set of answers for my personal social environment and a completely different set of answers for my work environment, to such a degree that trying to just average them wouldn’t work. I could pick one or the other.
I would average. After all even in one environment there are very many samples I guess, even if they cluster. But don’t worry too much. It’s just an LW poll :-)
I didn’t find this terribly easy to understand. I think I participate in many different environments, with different distributions along these axes. Further, many of my environments (and my preferences) are multimodal, so averages don’t really tell the right story.
Could you take some kind of average? Normally I try to provide some kind of “Other/See results” option, but it’s difficult with these kind of graded polls.
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]
.
.
Pause here
.
.
.
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:
That poll had a numeric scale from −5 to +5 which I decided was not suitable for the LW poll format.
That poll was done with all of them together, so they heard each others answers.
I skipped the intelligence and benevolence questions for self rating explaining that a) talking about ones intelligence is often problematic and b) that everyone is the here of their own story.
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?
I didn’t mean this to be about what is ‘required’ but how the environment overall is perceived to be. When I discussed this with my boys (who also have different environments—school, friends, at home—I left the specific environment open too. I talked more like how they see ‘the world’ around them.
Makes sense. Although I would still think my environment is mostly direct and mostly easygoing:)
Yeah, I’m not sure how to answer this. I would do one set of answers for my personal social environment and a completely different set of answers for my work environment, to such a degree that trying to just average them wouldn’t work. I could pick one or the other.
Reference: I teach in an urban high school.
I would average. After all even in one environment there are very many samples I guess, even if they cluster. But don’t worry too much. It’s just an LW poll :-)
I didn’t find this terribly easy to understand. I think I participate in many different environments, with different distributions along these axes. Further, many of my environments (and my preferences) are multimodal, so averages don’t really tell the right story.
Could you take some kind of average? Normally I try to provide some kind of “Other/See results” option, but it’s difficult with these kind of graded polls.