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> I find it hard to believe that you can get actually get good data from self-reporting in surveys. Especially when you consider the Lizardman's Constant of 4%
by Sohcahtoa82 1y ago
> I find it hard to believe that you can get actually get good data from self-reporting in surveys.
Especially when you consider the Lizardman's Constant of 4%
https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and-reptilian-muslim-climatologists-from-mars/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and...
This article was written in 2013. The Internet has become a significantly more toxic place since then, and I would imagine the constant is closer to 15-20% these days.
- Tijdreiziger 1y ago> […] I would imagine the constant is closer to 15-20% these days. On what basis?
- vntok 1y agoAn online survey administered via Survey Monkey, of course.
- wafflemaker 1y agoOn basis of spending a lot of my teenage time browsing 4chan, I'd say it's not 15%, but closer to 69% or even whole 420%. You just loose faith in humanity from spending too much time on the internet.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoSo we're writing off the methodologies of the entire field of psychology on the basis of numbers pulled out of your--on the basis of your gut feeling?
- kbelder 1y agoIn fairness, Wafflemaker's gut feeling probably has a better track record.
- Tijdreiziger 1y agoI doubt 4chan is representative for the entire Internet.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoDon't you know this is HN? A hand wave here is worth more than any methodical research.
- Sohcahtoa82 1y agoBased on what I learned from this video: https://youtu.be/r7l0Rq9E8MY?t=2 https://youtu.be/r7l0Rq9E8MY?t=2