danbri: Formerly ESW Wiki
danbri: EU websites, ... oh the horror
danbri: e.g. "If you want to know... 'Do my date and I have the same politics?', ask 'Do you prefer the people in your life to be simple or complex?'; complexity: 2:1 liberal; simplicity: 2:1 conservative."
danbri: See also hunch.com of course
danbri: "We were very surprised to find that this one question very strongly predicts a person's ideas on these divisive issues... 'Should burning your country's flag be illegal?', 'Should the death penalty be abolished?' "
danbri: " ...'Should gay marriage be legal?', 'Should Evolution and Creationism be taught side-by-side in schools?'"
danbri: "In each case, complexity-preferrers are 65-70% likely to give the Liberal answer. And those who prefer simplicity in others are 65-70% likely to give the Conservative one."
danbri: "This correlation is for a nationwide dataset; it won't be as useful in places where one ideology is much more prevelant than the other. For example, in New York City there are lots of people who like simplicity and yet have Liberal politics."
danbri: See also hunch.com of course
danbri: "We were very surprised to find that this one question very strongly predicts a person's ideas on these divisive issues... 'Should burning your country's flag be illegal?', 'Should the death penalty be abolished?' "
danbri: " ...'Should gay marriage be legal?', 'Should Evolution and Creationism be taught side-by-side in schools?'"
danbri: "In each case, complexity-preferrers are 65-70% likely to give the Liberal answer. And those who prefer simplicity in others are 65-70% likely to give the Conservative one."
danbri: "This correlation is for a nationwide dataset; it won't be as useful in places where one ideology is much more prevelant than the other. For example, in New York City there are lots of people who like simplicity and yet have Liberal politics."