The same dimension-crunching analysis can be performed on the questions. This would perhaps shed some light on what it means to inhabit a particular quadrant. I find that negative numbers in both columns seem to what are conventionally thought of as conservative propositions, but I don’t see any pattern of social conservatism and economic conservatism tending negative in a particular column. Readers’ insights on what patterns, if any, are seen here, are of course appreciated in the form of comments.
Left to their own devices, human beings will slaughter each other. | -4.238131 | -1.657324 |
Self interest is an inherent feature of human nature. | 6.154499 | -0.856880 |
Self interest could be realized against others’ freedom. | 1.782389 | -5.145892 |
There are no inherent features of human nature, i.e. there are as many types of human nature as there are humans. | 2.203405 | 5.795296 |
Territorialism is a component of human nature. | 0.056574 | -4.125712 |
There is more Power in government than there is in business. | 0.388351 | 3.044662 |
That which is not 100% coerced is 100% voluntary, and vice versa, i.e. there is no in-between—every action is one or the other. | -7.212530 | 2.826638 |
Human social groups are inherently hierarchical. | -3.180041 | -3.761055 |
Authority is the ultimately the last line of defense against Power.” | -5.544665 | 0.772516 |
There is no such thing as legitimate authority. | 1.776962 | 6.054097 |
Legitimate authority is a matter of expertise—the bootmaker is an authority concerning boots.” | 7.138992 | -1.164071 |
The potential wants of individuals for economic goods are limitless.” | -2.940659 | -2.346574 |
The Economic Calculation Argument of Ludwig Von Mises is accurate.” | -1.079324 | -1.388942 |
All economic actors (including the government) are price takers—there is no such thing as a price maker“ | 0.497257 | 2.818315 |
All private entities are price takers. | 0.778487 | 2.768530 |
Economics is a human invention. | 5.112607 | -0.627342 |
Some parts of human experience are outside economics. | 8.409726 | -2.932633 |
There are some contexts in which fair competition between humyns of differing sexes is impossible. | 4.597572 | 1.593614 |
The phenomenon called biological sex imposes hard constraints on knowledge and experience. | 1.238296 | 5.030633 |
Dunbar’s number is a hard constraint on the size of consensus groups.” | -3.338856 | -0.907458 |
The Law of Fives is correct.” | -3.065437 | -1.494311 |
People from underprivileged minorities need to be offered advantages to compensate for their underprivileged status. | -2.271988 | -1.621332 |
Without widespread belief in the truth of some religion, life would be very unsafe. | -6.811569 | 1.756815 |
There are aspects of reality that are truly transcendent. | -0.378157 | -5.135026 |
Some childhood imprints are so deep as to be immutable. | 0.184625 | -2.766380 |
At least in the eyes of the larger society, the transition from childhood to adulthood should be instantaneous. | -5.352111 | 1.159263 |
It takes a village to raise a child. | 5.093726 | 2.310554 |