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The discussion revolves around a political quiz hosted on a website, with participants sharing their experiences and interpretations of the quiz results. The conversation touches on themes of political identity, emotional reasoning, and the implications of the quiz's content, including its perceived biases and the nature of its questions.
Participants generally do not agree on the quiz's validity or the implications of their scores. Multiple competing views are expressed regarding the quiz's content, tone, and the nature of the political beliefs it attempts to measure.
Participants note limitations in the quiz's questions and the assumptions behind them, particularly regarding the interpretation of complex concepts like the Singularity and genetic modifications. There is also a noted lack of clarity in some of the quiz's phrasing.
MEMETIC SHOCK LEVEL 01 (0-4): average. More than a few candles short of Enlightenment. The sheepish, conformist, intellectually lazy masses reign supreme here. Hell's overcrowded livingroom.
Dooga Blackrazor said:MEMETIC SHOCK LEVEL 03 (0-4): borderline Enlightened. Purgatory; the countercultural realm. The more interesting Atheists, Libertarians, Transhumanists, and Modern Satanists dwell here, together with other freethinking and politically incorrect types. Congratulations, you're just a couple candles short of Enlightenment! Keep honing those clearly present rational, taboo-smashing instincts, and one day you too might become an Enlightened Transtopian Master.
Dooga Blackrazor said:MEMETIC SHOCK LEVEL 03 (0-4): borderline Enlightened. Purgatory; the countercultural realm. The more interesting Atheists, Libertarians, Transhumanists, and Modern Satanists dwell here, together with other freethinking and politically incorrect types. Congratulations, you're just a couple candles short of Enlightenment! Keep honing those clearly present rational, taboo-smashing instincts, and one day you too might become an Enlightened Transtopian Master.
Math Is Hard said:Was I looking at the right test? I had to stop right here when it said
"XVIII. The best way to survive and benefit from the Singularity is by personally becoming (part of) the (group of) Superintelligence(s) that will trigger it..."
because I had NO IDEA what that meant!