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Correlations

Time travel: metaphysically possible

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Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.36
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 168 113
Reject 78 180
n: 539
p < 0.0001
r: -0.33
Temporal ontology: presentism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 33 248
Reject 78 180
n: 539
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Time: A-theory
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 72 224
Reject 110 177
n: 583
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Mind uploading: survival
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 138 185
Reject 70 287
n: 680
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Other minds: future AI systems
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 177 162
Reject 135 268
n: 742
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Humean
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 108 140
Reject 82 244
n: 574
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Teletransporter: survival
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 176 165
Reject 129 259
n: 729
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Free will: libertarianism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 61 322
Reject 124 330
n: 837
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 135 159
Reject 99 217
n: 610
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Units of selection: genes
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 112 81
Reject 99 143
n: 435
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Law: legal positivism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 95 99
Reject 80 153
n: 427
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 251 65
Reject 240 135
n: 691
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 105 207
Reject 156 205
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Causation: primitive
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 55 236
Reject 94 219
n: 604
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 66 145
Reject 25 176
n: 412
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 87 160
Reject 157 169
n: 573
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Belief or credence: credence
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 109 156
Reject 75 208
n: 548
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Mind: physicalism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 243 133
Reject 225 207
n: 808
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Chinese room: understands
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 80 235
Reject 56 310
n: 681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Free will: compatibilism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 263 121
Reject 262 194
n: 840
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Belief or credence: belief
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 72 193
Reject 114 169
n: 548
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Personal identity: psychological view
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 188 133
Reject 170 210
n: 701
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 264 118
Reject 275 178
n: 835
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Material composition: restrictivism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 79 133
Reject 89 95
n: 396
p: 0.0016
r: 0.15
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 189 193
Reject 174 279
n: 835
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Aesthetic experience: perception
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 68 122
Reject 71 184
n: 445
p: 0.0011
r: -0.15
Temporal ontology: growing block
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 50 231
Reject 48 208
n: 537
p: 0.0004
r: 0.15
Material composition: universalism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 88 124
Reject 47 137
n: 396
p: 0.0025
r: -0.15
Gender: biological
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 97 239
Reject 157 252
n: 745
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 148 208
Reject 125 287
n: 768
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 63 215
Reject 40 258
n: 576
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 192 124
Reject 197 187
n: 700
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 123 235
Reject 201 212
n: 771
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Footbridge: push
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 112 257
Reject 87 333
n: 789
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Spacetime: relationism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 102 136
Reject 118 103
n: 459
p: 0.0023
r: 0.14
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 262 120
Reject 260 193
n: 835
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Morality: expressivism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 39 278
Reject 33 335
n: 685
p: 0.0003
r: -0.14
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 70 120
Reject 117 137
n: 444
p: 0.0035
r: 0.14
Consciousness: functionalism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 133 180
Reject 114 234
n: 661
p: 0.0005
r: -0.13
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 101 256
Reject 177 264
n: 798
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Propositional attitudes: representational
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 146 113
Reject 139 151
n: 549
p: 0.003
r: 0.12
Race: social
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 248 89
Reject 285 142
n: 764
p: 0.0005
r: -0.12
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 18 193
Reject 37 163
n: 411
p: 0.0127
r: 0.12
Truth: deflationary
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 116 241
Reject 93 319
n: 769
p: 0.0009
r: -0.12
Gender: psychological
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 63 271
Reject 119 294
n: 747
p: 0.0016
r: 0.11
Gender: social
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 249 88
Reject 277 138
n: 752
p: 0.0021
r: -0.11
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 90 242
Reject 133 256
n: 721
p: 0.0028
r: 0.11
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 31 196
Reject 19 229
n: 475
p: 0.019
r: -0.11
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 74 222
Reject 100 222
n: 618
p: 0.0075
r: -0.11
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 261 121
Reject 328 119
n: 829
p: 0.0021
r: -0.11
Aesthetic value: objective
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 167 181
Reject 228 198
n: 774
p: 0.0034
r: 0.1
Possible worlds: concrete
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 24 309
Reject 16 373
n: 722
p: 0.0058
r: 0.1
Interlevel metaphysics: identity
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 42 202
Reject 29 229
n: 502
p: 0.0222
r: 0.1
Possible worlds: abstract
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 207 126
Reject 227 162
n: 722
p: 0.0066
r: 0.1
Abortion: permissible
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 290 54
Reject 316 86
n: 746
p: 0.007
r: -0.1
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 189 185
Reject 251 205
n: 830
p: 0.0048
r: 0.1
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 132 250
Reject 146 307
n: 835
p: 0.0048
r: 0.1
Knowledge: empiricism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 180 135
Reject 192 177
n: 684
p: 0.0109
r: 0.1
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 146 139
Reject 155 183
n: 623
p: 0.0153
r: -0.1
Meaning of life: objective
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 115 202
Reject 178 216
n: 711
p: 0.0104
r: 0.1
Concepts: nativism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 99 151
Reject 93 207
n: 550
p: 0.0244
r: 0.1
Race categories: revise
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 103 162
Reject 118 217
n: 600
p: 0.0193
r: -0.1
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 50 239
Reject 75 249
n: 613
p: 0.0184
r: -0.09
Philosophical progress: none
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 9 378
Reject 19 439
n: 845
p: 0.0057
r: -0.09
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 77 263
Reject 105 261
n: 706
p: 0.012
r: 0.09
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 37 189
Reject 40 211
n: 477
p: 0.04
r: -0.09
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 58 196
Reject 84 203
n: 541
p: 0.0301
r: -0.09
Well-being: objective list
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 149 124
Reject 210 120
n: 603
p: 0.0221
r: -0.09
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 10 305
Reject 22 323
n: 660
p: 0.0169
r: -0.09
Race: unreal
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 45 284
Reject 79 336
n: 744
p: 0.0117
r: -0.09
Consciousness: panpsychism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 16 297
Reject 41 307
n: 661
p: 0.0184
r: 0.09
Other minds: current AI systems
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 13 326
Reject 12 391
n: 742
p: 0.014
r: -0.09
Race categories: eliminate
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 114 151
Reject 155 179
n: 599
p: 0.0273
r: -0.09
Hume: skeptic
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 91 162
Reject 147 184
n: 584
p: 0.0306
r: 0.09
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 83 291
Reject 78 376
n: 828
p: 0.0101
r: 0.09
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 160 94
Reject 141 146
n: 541
p: 0.0399
r: 0.09
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 64 210
Reject 62 268
n: 604
p: 0.0299
r: 0.09
Propositions: sets
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 37 223
Reject 22 264
n: 546
p: 0.0395
r: -0.09
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 276 97
Reject 333 101
n: 807
p: 0.0126
r: 0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 96 182
Reject 81 217
n: 576
p: 0.0363
r: 0.09
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 122 231
Reject 109 305
n: 767
p: 0.0162
r: -0.09
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 39 243
Reject 66 270
n: 618
p: 0.0313
r: 0.09
Philosophical progress: a lot
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 205 182
Reject 197 262
n: 846
p: 0.012
r: -0.08
Propositions: acts
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 15 245
Reject 32 254
n: 546
p: 0.0476
r: -0.08
Personal identity: further-fact view
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 56 261
Reject 86 292
n: 695
p: 0.0262
r: 0.08
Vagueness: semantic
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 221 132
Reject 192 194
n: 739
p: 0.0235
r: 0.08
Other minds: cats
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 323 16
Reject 361 42
n: 742
p: 0.0237
r: -0.08
Proper names: Fregean
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 122 178
Reject 127 175
n: 602
p: 0.0435
r: 0.08
Arguments for theism: design
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 82 215
Reject 62 259
n: 618
p: 0.0463
r: -0.08
Personal identity: biological view
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 75 246
Reject 99 281
n: 701
p: 0.0398
r: 0.08
A priori knowledge: yes
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 324 62
Reject 353 112
n: 851
p: 0.0238
r: 0.08
Laws of nature: Humean
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 121 242
Reject 127 298
n: 788
p: 0.0303
r: -0.08
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 84 221
Reject 135 241
n: 681
p: 0.0442
r: 0.08
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 76 240
Reject 75 315
n: 706
p: 0.0424
r: 0.08
Philosophical knowledge: a lot
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 221 121
Reject 217 170
n: 729
p: 0.0402

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.2
Philosopher: Lewis
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 59 243
Reject 24 356
n: 682
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Other demographics: YOB
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 203 170
Reject 182 264
n: 819
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Aquinas
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 8 294
Reject 32 348
n: 682
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Tradition: Analytic
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 359 28
Reject 392 78
n: 857
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Tradition: Other tradition
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 18 369
Reject 53 417
n: 857
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
AOS: Metaphysics
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 134 257
Reject 112 368
n: 871
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Aristotle
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 47 255
Reject 89 291
n: 682
p: 0.001
r: 0.13
AOS: Decision Theory
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 19 372
Reject 4 476
n: 871
p: 0.0002
r: -0.12
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 19 283
Reject 43 337
n: 682
p: 0.0016
r: -0.12
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 8 383
Reject 24 456
n: 871
p: 0.0004
r: 0.12
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 63 328
Reject 41 439
n: 871
p: 0.0006
r: -0.11
Region of nationality: Canada
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 18 355
Reject 44 409
n: 826
p: 0.0016
r: 0.11
Region of PhD: Oceania
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 24 293
Reject 8 319
n: 644
p: 0.0056
r: -0.11
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 15 376
Reject 33 447
n: 871
p: 0.0013
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Anscombe
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 5 297
Reject 17 363
n: 682
p: 0.0067
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Carnap
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 28 274
Reject 16 364
n: 682
p: 0.0077
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Quine
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 40 262
Reject 27 353
n: 682
p: 0.0082
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Hume
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 62 240
Reject 55 325
n: 682
p: 0.0156
r: -0.09
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 6 385
Reject 23 457
n: 871
p: 0.0106
r: -0.09
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 39 352
Reject 76 404
n: 871
p: 0.0108
r: -0.09
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 8 383
Reject 26 454
n: 871
p: 0.0115
r: -0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 20 371
Reject 44 436
n: 871
p: 0.0126
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Kant
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 36 266
Reject 59 321
n: 682
p: 0.0304
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 23 368
Reject 13 467
n: 871
p: 0.0163
r: -0.08
AOS: Normative Ethics
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 71 320
Reject 115 365
n: 871
p: 0.0205
r: 0.08
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 54 337
Reject 33 447
n: 871
p: 0.0216
r: -0.08
Tradition: Continental
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 10 377
Reject 25 445
n: 857
p: 0.0239
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Plato
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 17 285
Reject 26 354
n: 682
p: 0.0462
r: 0.07
Region of nationality: Oceania
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 29 344
Reject 18 435
n: 826
p: 0.0328
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Law
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 7 384
Reject 16 464
n: 871
p: 0.0417
r: -0.07
Region of affiliation: Canada
Time travel: metaphysically possible Yes No
Accept 17 379
Reject 39 449
n: 884
p: 0.0493