Well so my goal is more to characterize differences between different kinds of rationalists than to characterize differences between rationalists and non-rationalists/โanswer who the rationalists are. ๐
Anyway. I think your sample will be contaminated by people who are not rationalists in spirit, but for some reason they like to hang out with rationalists, and may identify as such. So, those would be one subgroup.
It seems like half of people at LW meetups are STEM oriented, and another half is not. That might be interesting.
Generally, if any trait is stereotypically overrepresented among rationalists, it may be interesting to study those who do not have this trait.
I feel like there might be an important difference between people who are trying to change themselves, and people who are just studying the outside world without trying to change themselves. Self-help vs science, kind of.
Well so my goal is more to characterize differences between different kinds of rationalists than to characterize differences between rationalists and non-rationalists/โanswer who the rationalists are. ๐
Ah, ok.
Anyway. I think your sample will be contaminated by people who are not rationalists in spirit, but for some reason they like to hang out with rationalists, and may identify as such. So, those would be one subgroup.
It seems like half of people at LW meetups are STEM oriented, and another half is not. That might be interesting.
Generally, if any trait is stereotypically overrepresented among rationalists, it may be interesting to study those who do not have this trait.
I feel like there might be an important difference between people who are trying to change themselves, and people who are just studying the outside world without trying to change themselves. Self-help vs science, kind of.