[ ] Wow, these people are smart. [ ] Wow, these people are dumb. [ ] Wow, these people are freaky. [ ] That’s a good way of putting it, I’ll remember that.
(For me, it’s all of the above. “Insight porn” is probably the biggest, but it doesn’t dominate.)
This definitely belongs on the next survey!
Why do you read LessWrong? [ ] Rationality improvement [ ] Insight Porn [ ] Geek Social Fuzzies [ ] Self-Help Fuzzies [ ] Self-Help Utilons [ ] I enjoy reading the posts
And then check if the “rationality improvement” people do better on calibration. (I’m guessing they don’t.)
[ ] Wow, these people are smart. [ ] Wow, these people are dumb. [ ] Wow, these people are freaky. [ ] That’s a good way of putting it, I’ll remember that.
(For me, it’s all of the above. “Insight porn” is probably the biggest, but it doesn’t dominate.)
[x] All of the above