I disliked the moral philosophy question. I felt comfortable putting down “consequentialist,” but I can see how someone might feel none of the answers suited them well. I would have made the fourth option simply “other,” and maybe added a moral realism vs. anti-realism question.
See the Phil Papers survey. On the normative ethics question, “other” beat out the three “standard” moral philosophies, and there’s no indication that everyone in that category is a moral anti-realist.
Also, for the Newton question:
My answer: friragrra bu svir
Correct answer: fvkgrra rvtugl frira
Now I feel dumb for putting such a high confidence in my answer. Should I feel dumb?
I guess if I had thought about it more, I would have realized that my confidence that my 30 year range was not too low exceeded my confidence that it was not too high, and adjusted my answer downwards a few years, accordingly.
I disliked the moral philosophy question. I felt comfortable putting down “consequentialist,” but I can see how someone might feel none of the answers suited them well. I would have made the fourth option simply “other,” and maybe added a moral realism vs. anti-realism question.
See the Phil Papers survey. On the normative ethics question, “other” beat out the three “standard” moral philosophies, and there’s no indication that everyone in that category is a moral anti-realist.
Also, for the Newton question:
My answer: friragrra bu svir
Correct answer: fvkgrra rvtugl frira
Now I feel dumb for putting such a high confidence in my answer. Should I feel dumb?
I guess if I had thought about it more, I would have realized that my confidence that my 30 year range was not too low exceeded my confidence that it was not too high, and adjusted my answer downwards a few years, accordingly.
I would recommend writing out both your guess and the correct answer in words and in rot13, to avoid acting as a spoiler for others.
Edit: That is: “friragrra bu svir” for your guess and “fvkgrra rvtugl frira” for the answer.