Survey Results

Correlations

Experience machine: yes

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: -0.34
Well-being: objective list
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 35 78
Reject 449 224
n: 786
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 39 75
Reject 63 608
n: 785
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Meaning of life: objective
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 30 148
Reject 469 579
n: 1226
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Footbridge: push
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 82 105
Reject 256 900
n: 1343
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 100 88
Reject 926 269
n: 1383
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
External world: skepticism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 34 169
Reject 51 1185
n: 1439
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 97 96
Reject 867 349
n: 1409
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Practical reason: Humean
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 66 51
Reject 184 433
n: 734
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Metaontology: anti-realism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 21 57
Reject 48 424
n: 550
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 104 86
Reject 364 784
n: 1338
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Laws of nature: Humean
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 104 86
Reject 317 789
n: 1296
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Consciousness: dualism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 11 112
Reject 189 500
n: 812
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 5 89
Reject 124 462
n: 680
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Knowledge: empiricism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 136 43
Reject 517 461
n: 1157
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Abstract objects: Platonism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 54 138
Reject 507 584
n: 1283
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Aesthetic value: objective
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 63 121
Reject 598 541
n: 1323
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Morality: non-naturalism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 14 103
Reject 234 512
n: 863
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Spacetime: relationism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 55 21
Reject 195 250
n: 521
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
True contradictions: impossible
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 55 38
Reject 545 143
n: 781
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Chinese room: understands
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 38 82
Reject 128 599
n: 847
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 128 46
Reject 555 455
n: 1184
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
External world: non-skeptical realism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 152 50
Reject 1085 149
n: 1436
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 76 136
Reject 692 522
n: 1426
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Properties: transcendent universals
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 9 74
Reject 134 399
n: 616
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Mind uploading: survival
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 59 55
Reject 199 510
n: 823
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 30 87
Reject 273 344
n: 734
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 59 119
Reject 180 854
n: 1212
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Morality: error theory
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 18 99
Reject 35 712
n: 864
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 22 56
Reject 225 250
n: 553
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
True contradictions: actual
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 24 69
Reject 71 617
n: 781
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Causation: primitive
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 17 98
Reject 152 462
n: 729
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Other minds: current AI systems
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 7 116
Reject 24 780
n: 927
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Mind: physicalism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 138 53
Reject 665 520
n: 1376
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Material composition: restrictivism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 15 40
Reject 168 216
n: 439
p: 0.0005
r: 0.16
Free will: no free will
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 50 151
Reject 120 1128
n: 1449
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Propositions: nonexistent
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 32 63
Reject 71 469
n: 635
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 24 68
Reject 56 381
n: 529
p: 0.0003
r: -0.16
God: theism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 23 189
Reject 273 962
n: 1447
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 34 80
Reject 127 547
n: 788
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Teletransporter: survival
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 94 80
Reject 412 643
n: 1229
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Material composition: nihilism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 11 44
Reject 29 355
n: 439
p: 0.0015
r: 0.15
Abortion: permissible
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 132 6
Reject 688 142
n: 968
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
A priori knowledge: yes
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 136 71
Reject 993 243
n: 1443
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 72 58
Reject 490 244
n: 864
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Race categories: preserve
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 6 112
Reject 66 568
n: 752
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Other minds: adult humans
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 121 2
Reject 795 9
n: 927
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Normative ethics: deontology
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 45 145
Reject 453 695
n: 1338
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 102 21
Reject 521 228
n: 872
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Other minds: future AI systems
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 66 57
Reject 322 482
n: 927
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Plato: knowledge only of forms
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 59 19
Reject 241 188
n: 507
p: 0.0029
r: 0.13
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 8 85
Reject 30 658
n: 781
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Consciousness: identity theory
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 29 94
Reject 88 600
n: 811
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Other minds: newborn babies
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 101 22
Reject 715 89
n: 927
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 20 62
Reject 185 316
n: 583
p: 0.0021
r: -0.13
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 20 82
Reject 195 465
n: 762
p: 0.0005
r: -0.13
Other minds: cats
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 108 15
Reject 751 53
n: 927
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Free will: libertarianism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 18 182
Reject 265 983
n: 1448
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Concepts: nativism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 25 76
Reject 195 357
n: 653
p: 0.003
r: 0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 42 68
Reject 144 508
n: 762
p: 0.0016
r: 0.11
Properties: classes
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 20 63
Reject 55 478
n: 616
p: 0.0046
r: 0.11
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 25 41
Reject 70 318
n: 454
p: 0.0156
r: -0.11
Propositions: structured entities
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 35 60
Reject 243 299
n: 637
p: 0.0046
r: 0.11
Meaning of life: subjective
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 98 81
Reject 404 645
n: 1228
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Law: legal positivism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 44 31
Reject 184 277
n: 536
p: 0.01
r: -0.11
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 17 140
Reject 171 703
n: 1031
p: 0.0004
r: 0.11
Race categories: eliminate
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 70 47
Reject 259 377
n: 753
p: 0.0026
r: 0.11
External world: idealism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 16 187
Reject 85 1152
n: 1440
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Gender: unreal
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 17 156
Reject 47 1002
n: 1222
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 91 121
Reject 412 802
n: 1426
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Properties: immanent universals
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 15 68
Reject 131 402
n: 616
p: 0.0078
r: -0.11
Consciousness: panpsychism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 5 118
Reject 65 625
n: 813
p: 0.0023
r: -0.11
Propositions: acts
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 5 90
Reject 55 486
n: 636
p: 0.0073
r: -0.11
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 36 140
Reject 317 716
n: 1209
p: 0.0002
r: 0.11
Extended mind: yes
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 82 41
Reject 350 327
n: 800
p: 0.0027
r: -0.1
Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 29 84
Reject 258 478
n: 849
p: 0.0027
r: 0.1
Mental content: internalism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 61 113
Reject 290 758
n: 1222
p: 0.0003
r: -0.1
Propositions: simple entities
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 6 89
Reject 46 496
n: 637
p: 0.01
r: -0.1
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 110 91
Reject 823 377
n: 1401
p: 0.0002
r: -0.1
Science: scientific realism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 150 53
Reject 945 216
n: 1364
p: 0.0003
r: 0.1
Justification: reliabilism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 47 56
Reject 242 419
n: 764
p: 0.0076
r: 0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 32 62
Reject 126 457
n: 677
p: 0.0121
r: -0.1
Personal identity: further-fact view
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 22 148
Reject 199 826
n: 1195
p: 0.0009
r: 0.1
Gender categories: eliminate
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 34 96
Reject 107 580
n: 817
p: 0.0063
r: 0.09
Other minds: plants
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 14 109
Reject 57 747
n: 927
p: 0.0047
r: 0.09
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 121 56
Reject 575 460
n: 1212
p: 0.0013
r: 0.09
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 51 77
Reject 228 538
n: 894
p: 0.0061
r: -0.09
Time: A-theory
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 29 88
Reject 249 518
n: 884
p: 0.0067
r: -0.09
Possible worlds: abstract
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 66 63
Reject 464 301
n: 894
p: 0.0067
r: 0.09
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 155 57
Reject 760 454
n: 1426
p: 0.0007
r: -0.09
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 33 59
Reject 196 239
n: 527
p: 0.0463
r: 0.09
Causation: nonexistent
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 15 101
Reject 17 596
n: 729
p: 0.0192
r: 0.09
Morality: expressivism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 18 98
Reject 86 664
n: 866
p: 0.0115
r: -0.09
Temporal ontology: presentism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 13 61
Reject 109 416
n: 599
p: 0.0374
r: -0.08
Gender categories: preserve
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 18 112
Reject 163 520
n: 813
p: 0.0175
r: -0.08
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 57 138
Reject 426 740
n: 1361
p: 0.0021
r: -0.08
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 65 124
Reject 501 649
n: 1339
p: 0.0024
r: -0.08
Politics: capitalism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 38 82
Reject 254 443
n: 817
p: 0.0192
r: 0.08
Morality: constructivism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 32 84
Reject 156 596
n: 868
p: 0.019
r: 0.08
Moral motivation: internalism
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 86 78
Reject 441 563
n: 1168
p: 0.0066
r: -0.08
Vagueness: metaphysical
Experience machine: yes Accept Reject
Accept 29 139
Reject 237 780
n: 1185
p: 0.0065

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.15
Philosopher: Hume
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 50 112
Reject 152 782
n: 1096
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
AOS: Normative Ethics
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 32 185
Reject 305 977
n: 1499
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Aristotle
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 20 142
Reject 196 738
n: 1096
p: 0.0003
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Carnap
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 17 145
Reject 49 885
n: 1096
p: 0.0003
r: 0.11
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 34 183
Reject 127 1155
n: 1499
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Region of nationality: United States
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 89 118
Reject 668 544
n: 1419
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Du Bois
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 5 157
Reject 6 928
n: 1096
p: 0.0012
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Dewey
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 12 150
Reject 26 908
n: 1096
p: 0.0016
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Kant
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 15 147
Reject 151 783
n: 1096
p: 0.0023
r: -0.09
Tradition: Analytic
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 172 41
Reject 1117 153
n: 1483
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
Region of affiliation: United States
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 101 114
Reject 780 534
n: 1529
p: 0.0006
r: 0.09
Region of affiliation: Latin America
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 6 209
Reject 7 1307
n: 1529
p: 0.0006
r: -0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 8 209
Reject 115 1167
n: 1499
p: 0.0008
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Popper
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 5 157
Reject 8 926
n: 1096
p: 0.0044
r: 0.08
Tradition: Continental
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 18 195
Reject 58 1212
n: 1483
p: 0.0012
r: 0.08
Region of nationality: Canada
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 26 181
Reject 81 1131
n: 1419
p: 0.0017
r: 0.08
Region of affiliation: Europe
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 45 170
Reject 177 1137
n: 1529
p: 0.0012
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 32 185
Reject 119 1163
n: 1499
p: 0.0028
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Beauvoir
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 7 155
Reject 15 919
n: 1096
p: 0.0121
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Hobbes
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 7 155
Reject 9 925
n: 1096
p: 0.0129
r: -0.07
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 21 196
Reject 199 1083
n: 1499
p: 0.0049
r: 0.07
Region of PhD: Canada
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 10 143
Reject 29 898
n: 1080
p: 0.0177
r: 0.07
Region of nationality: Europe
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 49 158
Reject 217 995
n: 1419
p: 0.0069
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 11 206
Reject 43 1239
n: 1499
p: 0.0092
r: 0.07
Region of PhD: Oceania
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 11 142
Reject 38 889
n: 1080
p: 0.0319
r: 0.06
Region of PhD: Europe
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 19 134
Reject 76 851
n: 1080
p: 0.0351
r: 0.06
Region of nationality: Latin America
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 6 201
Reject 14 1198
n: 1419
p: 0.0167
r: -0.06
AOS: Epistemology
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 38 179
Reject 317 965
n: 1499
p: 0.0149
r: -0.06
AOS: Metaphysics
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 35 182
Reject 293 989
n: 1499
p: 0.0177
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 13 204
Reject 35 1247
n: 1499
p: 0.0178
r: 0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 9 208
Reject 34 1248
n: 1499
p: 0.0342
r: 0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 7 210
Reject 27 1255
n: 1499
p: 0.0343
r: -0.05
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 32 185
Reject 230 1052
n: 1499
p: 0.0418
r: 0.05
AOS: Decision Theory
Experience machine: yes Yes No
Accept 13 204
Reject 32 1250
n: 1499
p: 0.0459