I’m kind of surprised at how much better I feel like I’ve gotten about reasoning about these really fuzzy estimates. One of my big goals last year was “get better at reasoning about really fuzzy things” and I feel like I’ve actually made big progress on that?
I’m really excited to see what the survey results look like this year. I’m hoping we’ve gotten better at overconfidence!
The gender default thing took me by surprise. I’m guessing that a lot of people answer yes to having a strong gender identity?
The gender default thing took me by surprise. I’m guessing that a lot of people answer yes to having a strong gender identity?
This has seen a lot of discussion over at Slate Star Codex. Judging from the anecdotes I’ve seen in the comments there, there doesn’t seem to be an obviously dominant answer, although of course there are self-selection issues in that context; I’ll be interested to see what the survey turns up.
I definitely don’t have a strong identity in this sense; like, I suspect I’d be pretty okay if an alien teenager swooped by and pushed the “swap sex!” button on me, and the result was substantially functional and not horrible to the eye. Like, obviously I’d be upset about having been abused by an outside force, but I don’t think the result itself is inherently distasteful or anything like that.
I’m really curious to see how this and related stuff (male/female traits, fingers) relate.
Survey complete!
I’m kind of surprised at how much better I feel like I’ve gotten about reasoning about these really fuzzy estimates. One of my big goals last year was “get better at reasoning about really fuzzy things” and I feel like I’ve actually made big progress on that?
I’m really excited to see what the survey results look like this year. I’m hoping we’ve gotten better at overconfidence!
The gender default thing took me by surprise. I’m guessing that a lot of people answer yes to having a strong gender identity?
This has seen a lot of discussion over at Slate Star Codex. Judging from the anecdotes I’ve seen in the comments there, there doesn’t seem to be an obviously dominant answer, although of course there are self-selection issues in that context; I’ll be interested to see what the survey turns up.
I definitely don’t have a strong identity in this sense; like, I suspect I’d be pretty okay if an alien teenager swooped by and pushed the “swap sex!” button on me, and the result was substantially functional and not horrible to the eye. Like, obviously I’d be upset about having been abused by an outside force, but I don’t think the result itself is inherently distasteful or anything like that.
I’m really curious to see how this and related stuff (male/female traits, fingers) relate.