RE: How rational are you really? Take the test
July 6, 2015 at 10:15 am
(This post was last modified: July 6, 2015 at 10:26 am by Napoléon.)
(July 6, 2015 at 10:09 am)Faith No More Wrote: Mediator 47.37%
"Meditators often combine two features that are rarely seen together — a relaxed, big-picture worldview and a strong propensity to question their own judgments. This mixture inclines Meditators to ponder life's big questions, which they can consider in great depth if they choose. Approximately 6% of the populace are Meditators."
Reflective, subjective, carefree, open.
The test seems quite flawed to me given its use of ambiguous questions and a heavy reliance on self-observation. It's a neat little exercise, but this is how it describes "open"...
"You are Open: You're not an aggressive skeptic or naysayer. You tend to consider information without immediately disputing it unless given clear reason to do so. Proving people wrong is not a high priority for you."
Anyone that knows me in meatspace would laugh at someone trying to describe me like that.
Maybe it's using a different definition to open than what it originally meant. When I saw your other descriptors, I actually agreed with the 'open' bit until I saw how it defined it. I thought the mediator description was pretty good.
Like you say though, all of these kinds of tests are flawed IMO due to the fact it relies on you answering both honestly and with some degree of realistic self-observation. It also has a touch of the barnum effect going on.
