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Correlations

Human genetic engineering: permissible

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Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: -0.38
God: theism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 79 551
Reject 108 166
n: 904
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Other minds: future AI systems
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 296 273
Reject 48 181
n: 798
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Abortion: permissible
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 539 47
Reject 159 81
n: 826
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 47 383
Reject 56 103
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Mind: physicalism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 408 206
Reject 107 149
n: 870
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Units of selection: genes
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 190 149
Reject 44 82
n: 465
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 358 189
Reject 95 134
n: 776
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Mind uploading: survival
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 200 319
Reject 29 169
n: 717
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Free will: libertarianism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 85 550
Reject 92 177
n: 904
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 154 338
Reject 101 98
n: 691
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Trolley problem: switch
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 491 106
Reject 141 82
n: 820
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 189 199
Reject 47 106
n: 541
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Meaning of life: objective
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 181 360
Reject 130 105
n: 776
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 268 323
Reject 62 197
n: 850
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 204 384
Reject 146 117
n: 851
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Footbridge: push
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 191 416
Reject 35 212
n: 854
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Time: A-theory
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 110 302
Reject 72 101
n: 585
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Practical reason: Humean
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 172 262
Reject 37 153
n: 624
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Arguments for theism: moral
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 34 429
Reject 37 160
n: 660
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 157 276
Reject 103 87
n: 623
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 251 240
Reject 65 135
n: 691
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Personal identity: further-fact view
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 77 456
Reject 60 153
n: 746
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Law: legal positivism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 156 174
Reject 40 97
n: 467
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Temporal ontology: presentism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 63 324
Reject 49 105
n: 541
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Belief or credence: belief
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 115 290
Reject 73 80
n: 558
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Consciousness: dualism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 104 402
Reject 65 120
n: 691
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Teletransporter: survival
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 261 297
Reject 60 164
n: 782
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 133 391
Reject 94 129
n: 747
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Well-being: objective list
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 268 221
Reject 125 59
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Theory of reference: descriptive
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 94 346
Reject 61 105
n: 606
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Belief or credence: credence
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 156 249
Reject 32 121
n: 558
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 136 401
Reject 29 203
n: 769
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Aesthetic value: objective
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 259 326
Reject 149 95
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosophical progress: none
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 19 631
Reject 17 245
n: 912
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosophical progress: a lot
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 344 307
Reject 95 167
n: 913
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Theory of reference: causal
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 247 193
Reject 69 97
n: 606
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Chinese room: understands
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 126 391
Reject 27 173
n: 717
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 437 207
Reject 161 113
n: 918
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 237 230
Reject 68 125
n: 660
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 122 368
Reject 23 162
n: 675
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Free will: compatibilism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 433 204
Reject 152 117
n: 906
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Morality: non-naturalism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 122 412
Reject 75 132
n: 741
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Gender: biological
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 179 392
Reject 102 142
n: 815
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 115 153
Reject 29 55
n: 352
p: 0.0079
r: 0.14
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 245 399
Reject 78 196
n: 918
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Experience machine: yes
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 102 521
Reject 21 228
n: 872
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 105 360
Reject 60 138
n: 663
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Consciousness: functionalism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 221 286
Reject 49 137
n: 693
p: 0.0005
r: -0.13
Propositions: acts
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 26 376
Reject 29 131
n: 562
p: 0.0018
r: 0.13
Personal identity: psychological view
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 302 234
Reject 92 125
n: 753
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Free will: no free will
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 97 540
Reject 15 254
n: 906
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Material composition: restrictivism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 104 172
Reject 54 56
n: 386
p: 0.0111
r: -0.13
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 21 472
Reject 13 178
n: 684
p: 0.001
r: 0.12
True contradictions: impossible
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 378 115
Reject 136 55
n: 684
p: 0.0011
r: -0.12
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 130 402
Reject 66 139
n: 737
p: 0.0008
r: -0.12
Arguments for theism: ontological
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 46 415
Reject 31 165
n: 657
p: 0.002
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 459 185
Reject 233 41
n: 918
p: 0.0003
r: 0.12
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 163 267
Reject 41 117
n: 588
p: 0.0041
r: 0.12
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 284 242
Reject 92 131
n: 749
p: 0.0014
r: -0.12
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 113 250
Reject 55 86
n: 504
p: 0.0097
r: -0.11
Vagueness: epistemic
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 141 421
Reject 66 148
n: 776
p: 0.0016
r: -0.11
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 127 196
Reject 78 75
n: 476
p: 0.0143
r: 0.11
Properties: nonexistent
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 47 327
Reject 11 147
n: 532
p: 0.0105
r: 0.11
Philosophical knowledge: a lot
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 360 196
Reject 121 104
n: 781
p: 0.002
r: -0.11
Proper names: Fregean
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 177 286
Reject 83 103
n: 649
p: 0.0049
r: 0.11
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 83 347
Reject 15 144
n: 589
p: 0.0082
r: 0.11
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 120 311
Reject 25 133
n: 589
p: 0.0085
r: -0.11
Consciousness: panpsychism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 36 470
Reject 22 164
n: 692
p: 0.0045
r: 0.11
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 75 239
Reject 15 90
n: 419
p: 0.0291
r: -0.11
Philosophical progress: a little
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 287 364
Reject 141 121
n: 913
p: 0.0013
r: -0.11
Temporal ontology: growing block
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 69 318
Reject 31 121
n: 539
p: 0.0145
r: 0.1
Morality: expressivism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 71 467
Reject 17 191
n: 746
p: 0.0041
r: -0.1
Hume: skeptic
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 159 289
Reject 81 105
n: 634
p: 0.0089
r: 0.1
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 139 506
Reject 40 230
n: 915
p: 0.0018
r: -0.1
Gender categories: preserve
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 93 398
Reject 62 146
n: 699
p: 0.0074
r: 0.1
Material composition: universalism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 104 172
Reject 28 82
n: 386
p: 0.049
r: -0.1
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 184 407
Reject 117 154
n: 862
p: 0.0033
r: -0.1
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 421 217
Reject 180 78
n: 896
p: 0.003
r: 0.1
Other minds: cats
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 530 39
Reject 206 23
n: 798
p: 0.0053
r: -0.1
Justification: infinitism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 8 457
Reject 4 178
n: 647
p: 0.0129
r: -0.1
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 74 390
Reject 54 138
n: 656
p: 0.0128
r: 0.1
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 197 270
Reject 59 120
n: 646
p: 0.0135
r: 0.1
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 389 255
Reject 165 109
n: 918
p: 0.0035
r: -0.1
External world: idealism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 31 611
Reject 25 245
n: 912
p: 0.0037
r: 0.09
Gender: social
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 412 164
Reject 152 92
n: 820
p: 0.0067
r: 0.09
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 55 270
Reject 20 133
n: 478
p: 0.0412
r: -0.09
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 138 455
Reject 86 179
n: 858
p: 0.0065
r: -0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 111 367
Reject 62 129
n: 669
p: 0.0164
r: 0.09
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 297 347
Reject 113 161
n: 918
p: 0.0057
r: -0.09
Philosophical knowledge: none
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 14 541
Reject 10 214
n: 779
p: 0.0123
r: 0.09
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 147 217
Reject 45 100
n: 509
p: 0.0432
r: 0.09
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 310 301
Reject 119 156
n: 886
p: 0.0076
r: 0.09
Interlevel metaphysics: identity
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 61 301
Reject 10 128
n: 500
p: 0.0469
r: -0.09
Philosophical knowledge: a little
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 180 376
Reject 89 136
n: 781
p: 0.0138
r: 0.09
Other minds: current AI systems
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 23 546
Reject 6 223
n: 798
p: 0.0129
r: -0.09
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 73 388
Reject 44 150
n: 655
p: 0.0252
r: 0.09
Propositional attitudes: representational
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 229 198
Reject 72 86
n: 585
p: 0.0356
r: 0.09
Science: scientific realism
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 508 111
Reject 192 65
n: 876
p: 0.0103
r: -0.09
True contradictions: actual
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 63 430
Reject 29 162
n: 684
p: 0.0239
r: -0.09
Normative concepts: ought
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 61 358
Reject 39 145
n: 603
p: 0.0351

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.2
Tradition: Analytic
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 604 58
Reject 216 64
n: 942
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Philosopher: Hume
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 117 390
Reject 20 212
n: 739
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Philosopher: Aquinas
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 13 494
Reject 23 209
n: 739
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Tradition: Other tradition
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 38 624
Reject 42 238
n: 942
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Region of affiliation: Europe
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 87 582
Reject 57 234
n: 960
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Lewis
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 67 440
Reject 10 222
n: 739
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 45 626
Reject 40 245
n: 956
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Region of nationality: Europe
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 103 533
Reject 71 206
n: 913
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 36 471
Reject 29 203
n: 739
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Leibniz
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 10 497
Reject 16 216
n: 739
p: 0.0006
r: -0.11
Gender: female
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 89 568
Reject 74 213
n: 944
p: 0.0005
r: -0.11
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 13 658
Reject 17 268
n: 956
p: 0.0005
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Anscombe
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 9 498
Reject 15 217
n: 739
p: 0.0026
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Augustine
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 5 502
Reject 11 221
n: 739
p: 0.0026
r: 0.11
Gender: male
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 566 91
Reject 213 74
n: 944
p: 0.0009
r: 0.1
AOS: Decision Theory
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 28 643
Reject 5 280
n: 956
p: 0.0015
r: -0.1
Tradition: Continental
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 20 642
Reject 22 258
n: 942
p: 0.0017
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Quine
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 61 446
Reject 9 223
n: 739
p: 0.0059
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Hobbes
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 12 495
Reject 1 231
n: 739
p: 0.0063
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Aristotle
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 88 419
Reject 56 176
n: 739
p: 0.008
r: -0.1
Region of PhD: Europe
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 43 473
Reject 25 167
n: 708
p: 0.011
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Sartre
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 5 502
Reject 0 232
n: 739
p: 0.0107
r: 0.09
Region of affiliation: United States
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 404 265
Reject 145 146
n: 960
p: 0.0038
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Mill
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 34 473
Reject 6 226
n: 739
p: 0.0124
r: -0.09
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 23 648
Reject 19 266
n: 956
p: 0.0066
r: -0.08
Region of PhD: Canada
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 17 499
Reject 12 180
n: 708
p: 0.0244
r: 0.08
Region of nationality: United States
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 358 278
Reject 130 147
n: 913
p: 0.0121
r: 0.08
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 96 575
Reject 24 261
n: 956
p: 0.0113
r: 0.08
AOS: Epistemology
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 175 496
Reject 59 226
n: 956
p: 0.0121
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Husserl
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 8 499
Reject 8 224
n: 739
p: 0.0306
r: -0.08
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 38 633
Reject 25 260
n: 956
p: 0.0155
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Spinoza
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 18 489
Reject 2 230
n: 739
p: 0.0339
r: 0.08
Region of PhD: United States
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 364 152
Reject 124 68
n: 708
p: 0.0403
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Sidgwick
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 6 501
Reject 1 231
n: 739
p: 0.0386
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Parfit
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 26 481
Reject 3 229
n: 739
p: 0.049
r: 0.07
AOS: Applied Ethics
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 101 570
Reject 24 261
n: 956
p: 0.0274
r: -0.07
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 61 610
Reject 37 248
n: 956
p: 0.0284
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 156 515
Reject 47 238
n: 956
p: 0.0326
r: -0.07
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 19 652
Reject 16 269
n: 956
p: 0.0357
r: -0.06
Region of affiliation: Latin America
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 8 661
Reject 9 282
n: 960
p: 0.0445