[Sohcahtoa82]

> 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...

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]

> […] I would imagine the constant is closer to 15-20% these days.

On what basis?

[wafflemaker]

On 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]

So 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]

In fairness, Wafflemaker's gut feeling probably has a better track record.

[Tijdreiziger]

I doubt 4chan is representative for the entire Internet.

[vntok]

An online survey administered via Survey Monkey, of course.

[AlecSchueler]

Don't you know this is HN? A hand wave here is worth more than any methodical research.

[Sohcahtoa82]

Based on what I learned from this video: https://youtu.be/r7l0Rq9E8MY?t=2