The World's Most Retarded Political Quiz

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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.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express skepticism about the quiz's ability to accurately assess political beliefs, suggesting it lacks consideration for emotional reasoning and human nature.
  • Several participants report receiving a "borderline Enlightened" score, indicating a sense of validation in their views compared to the quiz's framing.
  • Others describe their results as "average," expressing dissatisfaction with the quiz's tone and content, particularly regarding questions about human genetic modifications.
  • A participant questions the clarity of a specific quiz question related to the Singularity, expressing confusion about its meaning and implications.
  • Some participants share concerns about the quiz's perceived authoritarian undertones and its potential to label individuals based on their responses.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

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.

Contextual Notes

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.

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I agree...somewhat.
 
It seems like the test doesn't take enough considering into the logical analysis of emotion. It rather logically creates results, without considering the embracing of surroundings and certain traits associated with human nature.

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.
 
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.

In case anyone thought I was some kind of libertarian...

I could imagine the guys who made that "quiz" being rather authoritarian, which is funny.
 
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.

Got the same thing. Whoever wrote the test made me feel sane by comparison. Not a good sign for them.
 
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.

Got the same score. This test is idiotic and has nothing to do with Libertarianism.
 
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.

Apparently I am an intellectually lazy bum. woo.

Honestly I disagreed with most of the things on there. Especially the human genetic modifications. That'll just make people even more shallow and materialistic.

Doesnt help that the entire tone of the quiz seemed to be rather arrogant and close-minded.
 
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I got a 3 also. But, yipes, there were some weird questions on there! I would be seriously worried about the sanity of someone who got a 4 and agreed to EVERYTHING on that quiz. I was starting to doubt my own sanity to get a 3!
 
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!
 
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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!

Im not much into Star Trek, but that seems like the classic Borg concept to me. Universal domination strategy perhaps?

I chose no on that question... what event am I trying to survive? And why do I need to join a cult (?) to do so?
 

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