Survey Results

Correlations

Note: For philosophical questions with only two main suggested answers, only one answer (randomly selected) can be looked up for correlations.

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Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.13
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Philosopher: Sidgwick Accept Reject
Yes 5 2
No 185 353
n: 545
p: 0.0021
r: 0.13
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: Sidgwick Accept Reject
Yes 7 0
No 366 723
n: 1096
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Moral principles: moral generalism
Philosopher: Sidgwick Accept Reject
Yes 7 0
No 392 295
n: 694
p: 0.0015
r: 0.08
Other minds: future AI systems
Philosopher: Sidgwick Accept Reject
Yes 5 2
No 317 464
n: 788
p: 0.018
r: 0.08
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Philosopher: Sidgwick Accept Reject
Yes 5 2
No 279 729
n: 1015
p: 0.0084
r: 0.08
Footbridge: push
Philosopher: Sidgwick Accept Reject
Yes 5 2
No 253 801
n: 1061
p: 0.0072
r: 0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosopher: Sidgwick Accept Reject
Yes 6 1
No 501 231
n: 739
p: 0.0386
r: 0.07
Trolley problem: switch
Philosopher: Sidgwick Accept Reject
Yes 7 0
No 751 266
n: 1024
p: 0.0317
r: 0.07
Science: scientific realism
Philosopher: Sidgwick Accept Reject
Yes 6 0
No 851 247
n: 1104
p: 0.0297

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.15
AOS: Normative Ethics
Philosopher: Sidgwick Yes No
Yes 7 0
No 249 1001
n: 1257
p < 0.0001