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[AFTT47]

I guess I'm the only one who is pissed that the link asks for an email address AFTER you have taken the test - and that the OP didn't mention that little detail.

I don't give out my email address like that so I'll never know my results.

[TheRealJoeFish]

Skeptic, approx. 61% 

Said I'm bad at quantitative reasoning though rtsrfrtsr... top 10 in the state in math in high school... got all the number questions rights... mrrrf hsssss grrrr  

Ok, that being said, I think it was because I have absolutely no concept of what my time's worth (and the whatsit told me as much).  If that's quantitative reasoning, well... mmkay, yeah, I'm pretty bad at that.  Maybe we'll call it "auto-quantitative reasoning?"

[Pyrrho]

I guess I'm the only one who is pissed that the link asks for an email address AFTER you have taken the test - and that the OP didn't mention that little detail.

I don't give out my email address like that so I'll never know my results.

You can click on the box to proceed without supplying your email and you get your results.  That is what I did.  Maybe that is part of the test...

[SteelCurtain]

I don't give out my email address like that so I'll never know my results.

Ah. That's why you get a gmail address, and you can add '+spam' before the @gmail.com, and then set up a sort so that any email that comes to that address immediately gets deleted or sent to your spam folder.

The sorting options for gmail (and their new "Inbox") are the best things evah.

[Jenny A]

Skeptic, approx. 61% 

Said I'm bad at quantitative reasoning though rtsrfrtsr... top 10 in the state in math in high school... got all the number questions rights... mrrrf hsssss grrrr  

Ok, that being said, I think it was because I have absolutely no concept of what my time's worth (and the whatsit told me as much).  If that's quantitative reasoning, well... mmkay, yeah, I'm pretty bad at that.  Maybe we'll call it "auto-quantitative reasoning?"

It doesn't work that way. It asks you two questions about what you think your money's worth that ought to have the same answer regardless of what your time's worth. Otherwise you are valuing your time irrationally. The right answer is that they should match. Unfortunately when I hit the second question I saw through the test so I was really just testing my short term memory.

[shannonamyj]

Your quantitative reasoning score: 66.67%
Your future-based reasoning score: 75%
Your evidence evaluation score: 75%
Your cognitive awareness score: 56.25%

Considering the fact it's 4:25am I don't think I scored too poorly *shrugs*

[KUSA]

It says that I am an executive. I scored 68.42% of the highest possible score and 80% better than past users.

[Jenny A]

I just made my husband take this test. It was very funny watching him do it. At least in terms of reasoning we are NOT a case of opposites attract. He answered all the questions the same as I did right down to how much money would you pay for the faster train with one exception.

[Jackalope]

It doesn't work that way.  It asks you two questions about what you think your money's worth that ought to have the same answer regardless of what your time's worth.  Otherwise you are valuing your time irrationally. The right answer is that they should match.  Unfortunately when I hit the second question I saw through the test so I was really just testing my short term memory.

Not necessarily. The circumstances are different in a way that *could* lead someone to value an hour of time differently. In the first question, you were to imagine you were in a distant city, traveling for some reason, presumably for vacation or perhaps even business. The second carried no such implication.

I can conclude that in the first scenario, I'm going to value that hour higher - vacation hours are in shorter supply, and therefore more highly valued than non-vacation hours. If instead, I'm on business, of course I'm going to take the faster mode of travel and expense it to my employer so in effect it costs me nothing (and the price I might be willing to pay is going to depend on how generous my employer is with my travel budget).

So if you're willing to over-think the question a bit, you could rationally come up with two different answers.

[Silver]

Most Journalists are open to new experiences and enjoy learning about others. They also have a skeptical streak that makes them difficult to trick or manipulate. Their combination of openness and skepticism make them fine judges of character. Approximately 13% of the populace are Journalists.


You are Intuitive: You tend to trust your intuitions — you size up situations quickly and stick with your judgments once you’ve made them. This tendency can be useful when you need to think on your feet, or when you’re using a skill that you’ve already honed to perfection.

You are Subjective: People and stories interest you more than facts and figures do; you focus on the essence of ideas over the details. Your mind is more qualitative than quantitative. This trait lets you focus on the big picture over the nitty-gritty.

You are Carefree: You tend to live in the moment. You don’t waste a lot of emotional energy fretting about the future. Instead, you focus on getting the most out of life right now.

You are Skeptical: You treat new information and ideas with caution and skepticism. Spurious arguments rarely fool or confuse you, and your beliefs are based on foundations of hard logic. You possess a fine-tuned BS detector.


You racked up 55.26% of the highest possible rationality score!

Your total rationality score (out of 100%)


You scored better than 40% of past users!