Poll: Do you generally answer Polls truthfully?

[MacRumors]

Vote: Poll: Do you generally answer Polls truthfully? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=368)

[Powerbook G5]

So what is the point in this poll if those who generally don't answer truthfully answer "yes" to it?

[Brock]

haha, why cant more people be rebels and say no? its paradoxical and fun!

[Nermal]

You could also put "no, I always choose the bottom option" at the top, and "no, I always choose the top option" at the bottom, and see what happens :)

[mms]

Originally posted by Nermal
You could also put "no, I always choose the bottom option" at the top, and "no, I always choose the top option" at the bottom, and see what happens :)
lol

Wow, two hundred something people have voted and this is the fourth post... Anyways, I voted yes, since I usually (key word: usually) answer truthfully.

This poll doesn't make much sense. If you voted no, that would mean that you don't answer truthfully, which means you lied when you said "no" but then that would mean the real answer is "yes" which contradicts your previous statement making this a whole big loop. Aaargh I confused myself saying that. Maybe someone else could explain it better.

[Mr.Hey]

Of course you silly fools. ;) Why would I waste my time answering the poll if I wasn't going to be honest. Sounds like something a PC user would do. :D

[ColoJohnBoy]

What's the plural of paradox? Paradoxi? Paradoxes? It's very baffling.

Actually, it probably isn't, but I'd like to think that it is.

[ZildjianKX]

Originally posted by ColoJohnBoy
What's the plural of paradox? Paradoxi? Paradoxes? It's very baffling.

Actually, it probably isn't, but I'd like to think that it is.

Paradoxes

[vniow]

This poll is false.

[edesignuk]

No, actually I'm a dirty rotten liar! :eek:

[simX]

This statement is either false or paradoxical.

(Untangle THAT one. :P )

[MoparShaha]

My head hurts....:(

[Doctor Q]

Let's see. If you always answer polls truthfully, you say Yes to this one. If you always answer polls falsely, you say Yes to this one. That's how it should work if people are consistent about this and the poll says "always". Instead, people are inconsistent and the poll says "generally", spoiling all the paradoxical fun.

Interrogator: Have you stopped clubbing baby seals for sport?

Witness: I, um, er...

Interrogator: It's a simple question. Answer yes or no!

[virividox]

i take the 5th

[Linkster82]

no one has seemed to comment that this poll has nothing to do with macs. I find the name macpolls to be paradoxical.

[johnnyjibbs]

Dotor Q is right. The answer should be 100% yes, whether people have lied or not! It is a pradoxical question, or would have been if the question asked "always" instead of "generally".

I guess the "No's" are from people who sometimes lie but not in this instance! :D :p

[mac15]

I'm not sure what I vote for..... I can't read ;)

[slowtreme]

Wow I voted no, I figured everyone would for the joke factor. Although I normally do vote the option that is "CLOSEST" to my answer.

not enough think different people :D

[whooleytoo]

Oh yeah? What about users outside the US???

Sorry, wrong thread... :D

For the next poll, how about:

What's your favourite colour?

A) True.
B) False.
C) All of the above.

[eyelikeart]

this is too damned funny...

I have a hard time understanding why anyone would lie on a poll...

:eek: :D ;)

[jkojima]

I'm reminded of that Star Trek episode where Kirk makes those robots explode with such paradoxical thoughts.

[mactastic]

Originally posted by johnnyjibbs
I guess the "No's" are from people who sometimes lie but not in this instance! :D :p

You got it! I answer these polls here truthfully because there is really no bearing on my life due to decisions made based on this information. However I always lie to political pollsters, market surveyers etc. My thinking, particularly with the political ones, is that if enough people start lying to them that the polls aren't accurate anymore, they might go back to making their decisions the old-fashioned way. On some kind of principle rather than sticking their finger in the air and checking to see which way the wind is blowing. I'd suggest we all do the same. Spread the word.

[zed]

ive never lied on a poll....

until today :cool:

[macFanDave]

Originally posted by johnnyjibbs
I guess the "No's" are from people who sometimes lie but not in this instance! :D :p

It gets even worse! Some of the 'yes' votes are lies, so how do we know which of the "yes's" are from truthful people and how manyy are from liars. On the other hand, some of the "no's" could be from typical liars who are telling the truth this time, but some could be from almost perfectly honest people who stray this time.

Maybe we ought to call the Dept. of Homeland Security to straighten this out. Or maybe not!

| Ceci n'est pas une pipe!

-a 21st century homage to Rene Magritte

[JDar]

Originally posted by Macrumors
Vote: Poll: Do you generally answer Polls truthfully? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=368)

Yes, I answer polls truthfully, except maybe this one, but if I didn't, I wouldn't say.

Prior to answering a poll we should be sworn in on a stack of manuals--Apple manuals for sure--they are thinner and lighter.

[michaelrjohnson]

I would say this thread is off-topic... but.. .but... its actually ON topic! ...and that makes it bizarre.

[Krizoitz]

Originally posted by virividox
i take the 5th

Hah! You are located in England, how can you take the fifth ;)

[mrsebastian]

the mac rumors poll strikes again! i think the random polls like this one are my favorite ;)

[pimentoLoaf]

The reason for answering polls around here is to comment afterward to eventually build up enough posts to show our artistic skills at creating an avatar.

:D

[mrsebastian]

Originally posted by pimentoLoaf
The reason for answering polls around here is to comment afterward to eventually build up enough posts to show our artistic skills at creating an avatar.

:D

i want my avatar too :(

[kettle]

How much will you pay me to tell the truth?

P.S.

you can keep the fifth, I'll be issuing the 2nd, commonly known as the "bird"

location: England, Great Britain.

[bousozoku]

Where is the "I always lie." post? :D

[Doctor Q]

I have given an incorrect answer on some of the polls. When the question has the form "Are you going to buy..." about some newly announced product, I often think I'm going to buy one (swept up in the hype of announcements), but then find it's not the best option for me after I research the facts.

The most recent case was the "Will you change your Pepsi buying habits in February?" poll. I thought I would, but I have yet to find a yellow cap Pepsi in the 9 stores I've been to, and the prices on the 20oz size have been unreasonably high. If the question had been "Do you PLAN to change your habits?" my YES answer would have been truthful. But since it was "WILL YOU change your habits?", my YES answer was not truthful in hindsight.

[DStaal]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
Interrogator: Have you stopped clubbing baby seals for sport?

Witness: I, um, er...

Interrogator: It's a simple question. Answer yes or no!
Mu.

(The canonical geek 'third choice' to a yes/no question. Supposed meaning: Question does not pertain to reality.)

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by DStaal
Mu.

(The canonical geek 'third choice' to a yes/no question. Supposed meaning: Question does not pertain to reality.) have you been reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance?

[Doctor Q]

Don't Mac geeks say Muuf instead?

http://www.pete.gontier.org/bio/apple/clarus_bigger.jpg

[danbirchall]

All my answers are untruthful, including this one.

*waits patiently for the universe to collapse in on itself*

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by danbirchall
All my answers are untruthful, including this one.601! 601! 601!
(I've gotta go rent the Andromeda Strain again. Or read the book.)

[~Shard~]

I always answer truthfully - otherwise, what's the point? Who would I really be fooling, other than myself? ;)

[wdlove]

I'm another one that answers truthfully! ;)

[DStaal]

Originally posted by shadowfax
have you been reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance?
Nope. Been meaning too...

But I have been reading the Jargon File (http://www.jargon.8hz.com/html/M/mu.html).

[Photorun]

Most people don't even answer the FORUMS honestly, let alone the polls!

[Paramedic]

Originally posted by pimentoLoaf
The reason for answering polls around here is to comment afterward to eventually build up enough posts to show our artistic skills at creating an avatar.

:D

I agree whole-heartedly, as you can see from my post count! And yes, I usually an=swer polls honestly.

[lind0834]

I do generally answer Polls truthfully, but today I decided to not answer truthfully.

[mms]

Wow, only 8.6% are rebels who say no. I thought there'd be more of those type of people.

[Sun Baked]

Is this one of those twisted questions where nobody can really answer NO and stay true to their nature?

Since all the truthful people should answer YES...

And every lying sack can't answer NO without being truthful.

Now my head hurts.

http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?postid=158599

[Macmaniac]

I can neither confirm or deny the existence of correct or incorrect answers in the polls.............

[~Shard~]

Originally posted by mms
Wow, only 8.6% are rebels who say no. I thought there'd be more of those type of people.

But don't you realize the paradox that if people never answer polls thruthfully, they would have to have answered this poll by saying YES? :cool:

[jesuisme]

Yeah, it is an interesting paradox ;) . But as far as answering the poll, yes, I answer truthfully. Otherwise, what's the point in answering it? Also, I realize that you can really screw the poll for folks who care about the results. Bad karma, man...