Done. Seemed like a pretty good survey overall. Like others, I was confused by some questions though. Didn’t know how to answer family religion, especially since I wasn’t sure how far back I was supposed to look. Also, how exactly would it be determined when the singularity occurs? The moment human-level ai is reached? Seems to me that it would be more of a gradual (though still relatively sudden, all things considered) process.
The probability questions were interesting. I guess the questions about Newton and IQ relative to the average were there to account for less wrong over/underconfidence? Either way, since I didn’t have an IQ score handy there was only one question, which I could have gotten right by accident. Would have liked to see a few more along those lines. (Heck, I would really like to see a “judge your own rationality” test on Less Wrong, period. Anyone done this yet?)
Agreed. Some people who are highly courageous suffer deeply from akrasia. Other people do not even understand what is meant by the concept of Akrasia when it is explained to them. I do not think that means they have a large amount of willpower; akrasia is simply not an issue for them.
I remember reading about how performing tasks that require a great deal of mental concentration seems to drain an internal reserve of mental energy. As a result, your performance on other tasks that require mental focus also lapses, until you’ve had time to rest and restore your energy. I would refer to this mental energy reserve as willpower. I think this fits very well with people’s experience in fighting akrasia: attempts to use willpower in order to (for example) go on a diet works for a little bit, until all your willpower is expended and you revert to your usual habits.