[Vexed]

The Gullibility Test

I scored 91 out of 100.

My Score meant: If you were in The Matrix, you would have taken the red pill, completed the combat training, and started fighting (and beating) agents from day one.

But I want to argue with one of their answers:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')ll the clean hydrogen we need to power the world is already contained in crystals at the bottom of the ocean called gas hydrates.

[julianj]

Hi Vexed,

What fun.

I got 94, though I also disagree with them about the gas hydrates, and I note that is one of the few items that were not hotlinked to a reference.

[rogerhb]

88.

It said welcome to the top 5%, presumably that's out of the population, not score.

[turmoil]

You can tell by the first 3 questions that anything considered common knowledge is false and anything that most people would not believe is true.

97

...thought vitamin E really was dangerous, lol.

[OilsNotWell]

I got a 97.

No lie, no cheating.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')our GF score is 97.
(Out of a range of 0 - 100, where 0 = mind slave, and 100 = free thinker.)

Mind slave Free thinker
0 (You) 100
Free Thinker
Welcome to the top 5%. You're a true free thinker and a person who is well informed about the reality in which you live. Although you may have been easily manipulated earlier in life, you eventually gained lucidity and developed a healthy sense of skepticism that you now automatically apply to your observations and experiences. You are endlessly curious about human behavior and the nature of the universe, and you have one or more lifestyle habits that most people would consider odd or unusual. You are not only of very high intelligence, you are also extremely creative in one or more areas (music, art, software development, inventing, etc.)

If you were in The Matrix, you would have taken the red pill, completed the combat training, and started fighting (and beating) agents from day one.

Your architects: You have cast off reality distortions taught to you by your parents, schooling, corporate advertising and government propaganda. You create your own beliefs based on what serves you best, without much regard for what the rest of the crowd is doing. You are guided by your own internal code of ethics (which may or may not agree with politically-correct ethical codes) rather than any pre-set system of ethics (such as from any one religion).

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Vexed', '[')url=http://www.newstarget.com/gullibility.html]The Gullibility Test[/url]

I scored 91 out of 100.

My Score meant: If you were in The Matrix, you would have taken the red pill, completed the combat training, and started fighting (and beating) agents from day one.

[Doly]

I am a learner, according to these guys. But they are learners, according to me. There were 8 statements I disagree with. (The others I didn't know about).

My disagreements:

Pharmaceuticals. According to these guys, people in the pharmaceutical industry are essentially profiteering. This ignores 1) that medical research does cost a lot of money (I know people involved in it) and 2) that there is competition among pharmaceutical companies (which makes it harder to artificially drive prices up).

Gambling. That governments forbid it out of wanting to help people stay out of it is partially true. The problem, as I see it, is mostly with lots of money going in unexpected directions (not necessarily that the government doesn't get a cut, the government doesn't get a cut on lots of things). Gambling could be an easy way of laundering money.

Inflation. Partially correct. Inflation is a natural effect of a growing economy under the current economic system. It's quite doubtful that this is healthy in the long term, as we are often discussing in the forums. The explanation that the Fed controls the money supply is oversimplified. I give the guys of the website 1 gullibility point for their explanation, actually.

The United States is a democracy. Correct. If they call their system a democracy, nobody stops them from using that word. There is a general consensus on what a democracy is, and it includes forms of government such as the one in the United States. It's not anybody's fault if some people's opinion on what a democracy should be is different.

Gas hydrates. They have been discussed in these forums, so I don't need to tell anybody that they aren't as great as these guys think. I give them 1 gullibility point for that one.

Babies are patent violations. I don't doubt that, should the question arise, the judge would favour the parents in their opinion that they weren't violating any patent.

All foods and drinks are safe in moderation. Certainly. Of course, what "moderation" is might be a very small amount. There is always a threshold below which anything is safe to ingest, even the most toxic poisons.

ADHD. You can't have it both ways. Either you claim that it doesn't exist, or you claim that it's caused by food allergies.

[TITAN]

only an 85; but still top 5%...

[presidentsherrill]

Is it possible to get a perfect score?

I got 94 my first try and went back over the course of 30 minutes and changed certain answers and got up to 97... but I have not been able to get to 100%

[oowolf]

88. and many of the statements are vacuous. I deliberately answered wrong on the atom bomb, gene patent, and ADHD statements just to be contentious. 100% cynicism leads to closed-mindedness. And yeah, the milk and no sun statements are really stupid.

How about retaking the test to see if you can get the "most gullible" score?

[smallpoxgirl]

I got a 91, though I think this test might be better termed the "Do you agree with my particular set of conspiracy theories?" test. Many of the "facts" he's testing are in fact more opinions and subjective assesments.

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', 'I') got a 91, though I think this test might be better termed the "Do you agree with my particular set of conspiracy theories?" test. Many of the "facts" he's testing are in fact more opinions and subjective assesments.

[turmoil]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('presidentsherrill', 'I')s it possible to get a perfect score?

I got 94 my first try and went back over the course of 30 minutes and changed certain answers and got up to 97... but I have not been able to get to 100%

[duke3522]

A 91 here.

But the one about the atomic bomb and Japan are just nonsense. Not only did the nuking of Japan show the USSR how serious we were about protecting the West, but the bombings also saved the lives of at least a million US GIs and 10's of millions of Japanese.

BTW, I agree completely about the false US history taught in schools here in the US. But you should see some of the crap that is being taught to religious homeschoolers. When I home schooled my son I started out using a highly recommended course sold by the Christian school corporation ‘School of Tomorrow‘, because, at the time, there were no good sectarian home school courses available.. The math course was excellent, and the English course wasn’t to bad. But the science and history courses were just off the wall. You would have to read this stuff to believe the nonsense they teach in these courses.



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[presidentsherrill]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('duke3522', 'A') 91 here.

But the one about the atomic bomb and Japan are just nonsense. Not only did the nuking of Japan show the USSR how serious we were about protecting the West, but the bombings also saved the lives of at least a million US GIs and 10's of millions of Japanese.

BTW, I agree completely about the false US history taught in schools here in the US. But you should see some of the crap that is being taught to religious homeschoolers. When I home schooled my son I started out using a highly recommended course sold by the Christian school corporation ‘School of Tomorrow‘, because, at the time, there were no good sectarian home school courses available.. The math course was excellent, and the English course wasn’t to bad. But the science and history courses were just off the wall. You would have to read this stuff to believe the nonsense they teach in these courses.



School Of Tomorrow