In order of frequency, we include 366 computer scientists (32.6%), 174 people in the hard sciences (16%) 80 people in finance (7.3%), 63 people in the social sciences (5.8%), 43 people involved in AI (3.9%), 39 philosophers (3.6%), 15 mathematicians (1.5%), 14 statisticians (1.3%), 15 people involved in law (1.5%) and 5 people in medicine (.5%).
b: One dozen to several hundred
Of those people willing to admit the time they spent on Less Wrong… the mean was 21 minutes and the median was 15 minutes. There were at least a dozen people in the two to three hour range, and the winner (well, except the 40579 guy) was someone who says he spends five hours a day.
c: Probably 10%-90% (rough guess)
d: Probably 1-20% (again, a rough guess)
Lower bound:
10 with free time*60% mathematically adept*10% think it’s a good idea*1% willing to work for free = .006 LWers
Upper bound:
300 with free time*60% mathematically adept*90% think it’s a good idea*20% willing to work for free = 32 LWers
Anyone want to do a more detailed analysis, this didn’t yield a definite result.
Time available to spend on LW is not the same as time available to commit to a project. People can’t be productive 100% of the time, and unless you’re one of a handful of people, LW time is your time off from being productive.
a: around 650 of 1050, or about 60%
b: One dozen to several hundred
c: Probably 10%-90% (rough guess)
d: Probably 1-20% (again, a rough guess)
Lower bound:
10 with free time*60% mathematically adept*10% think it’s a good idea*1% willing to work for free = .006 LWers
Upper bound:
300 with free time*60% mathematically adept*90% think it’s a good idea*20% willing to work for free = 32 LWers
Anyone want to do a more detailed analysis, this didn’t yield a definite result.
Time available to spend on LW is not the same as time available to commit to a project. People can’t be productive 100% of the time, and unless you’re one of a handful of people, LW time is your time off from being productive.
Are your “” being turned into italics? (I think putting a backslash before each will stop this.)
That worked, thanks.