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Akrasia poll
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As a kid, how much trouble did you have with procrastination?
Huge amounts more trouble (outside the normal range)
More than most kids at the same ages
About the same
Less than most kids at the same ages
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How much trouble do you have now with procrastination?
Huge amounts more trouble (outside the normal range)
More than most people
About the same
Less than most people
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Have you had any bills go to a collection agency in the last six months?
Yes
No
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When was your kitchen floor most recently cleaned?
Within the last week
Between 1 week ago and 1 month ago
More than 1 month ago
I live in a dorm, or somewhere else where I don't have responsibility for a kitchen.
Clear selection
How many times have you exercised in the last 7 days?
zero times
once
twice
3-5 times
More than 5 times
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When you go grocery shopping, how often do you think carefully about which product to buy, vs. just grabbing something and putting it in your cart?
Almost never
A few times per shopping trip
On about a tenth of my purchases
On about a third of my purchases
On most of my purchases
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When you sit down to do work, how often do you think carefully about what subtasks to do and/or how to do them, vs. just doing things?
Almost never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost always
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How has your akrasia level changed since you found LW?
It's gotten much worse
A little worse
About the same
A bit better
Much better now.
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Let t be the time since you found Less Wrong (e.g., "two years", if you found LW two years ago). How did your akrasia change in the t years *before* you found LW (e.g., if you found LW 2 years ago, how did your akrasia change between 4 years ago and 2 years ago)?
It got much worse
A little worse
About the same
It got bit better
It got much better
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For how many months have you been reading LessWrong or Overcoming Bias?
If you don't know, take your best guess. So that I can machine-process these, please answer with a simple number, e.g. "10" if you've been reading it about 10 months.
Your answer
How many hours of sleep do you get each night, on average?
If you don't know, take your best guess. So that I can machine-process these, please answer with a simple number, e.g. "8" if you get about 8 hours of sleep.
Your answer
Do you have coffee/tea/caffeine most days?
Yes
No
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Zero to ten, how happy are you on average?
Please enter a number between 0 (if you're absolutely miserable) and 10 (if you're absolutely blissful).
Your answer
Zero to ten, how anxious are you on average?
Please enter a number between 0 (if you're never ever at all anxious) and 10 (if you're constantly paralyzed with anxiety).
Your answer
How old are you?
So that I can machine-process these, please answer with a simple number, e.g. "30" if you are 30 years old.
Your answer
What was your college GPA?
Take your best guess if you don't remember. And please enter a simple number, e.g. "3.7", so I can machine-process these.
Your answer
What was your high school GPA?
Take your best guess if you don't remember. And please enter a simple number, e.g. "3.7", so I can machine-process these. If you didn't go to college or went somewhere with a different GPA system, leave this blank.
Your answer
What's your present income, in dollars per year?
Take your best guess, converting currencies if need be. And please enter a simple number, so I can machine-process these.
Your answer
Are you currently a student?
No
Yes, part-time
Yes, full-time.
Clear selection
What's your highest IQ score on a real IQ test (not an internet test)?
Take your best guess if you don't remember. And please enter a simple number, e.g. "135", so I can machine-process these. If you've never taken an IQ test, leave it blank.
Your answer
Which of the following, if any, have you ever had an official diagnosis of?
Depression
Bipolar
Autism / Asperger's
ADD / ADHD
OCD
Other:
Anne is looking at Bob, and Bob is looking at Carol. Anne is married; Carol is unmarried. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person?
Yes
No
Can't be determined from the information given.
Clear selection
What anti-akrasia strategies have helped you?
(Optional)
Your answer
Write anything else you wanted to say here.
Most folks should leave this blank; but it's a blank space for clarifying answers to the above or anything else.
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