11-15-2005, 01:35 AM
Well, it's pretty clear that the test was designed with you Yankees (or Gringos, from the other side) in mind.
Lots of those questions were obvious for me, and yet, where I live, I'm fairly radical, but certainly not scale-tipping.
The economic questions were absolute garbage, and a more sophisticated system would show me to be more market-oriented than how I appeared on that test.
The social libertarian end was accurate, though. Those are much easier to test, because there's no annoying feedback. A free market that helps the rich can also help the poor, and a socialized market that gives the poor money to spend can also help the rich. But someone who believes morality derives from god is not likely to be confused with a moral relativist.
Some day, someone will come up with one of these that's actually half decent. Then we'll compare results, and see where we really stand. :D
-Jester
Lots of those questions were obvious for me, and yet, where I live, I'm fairly radical, but certainly not scale-tipping.
The economic questions were absolute garbage, and a more sophisticated system would show me to be more market-oriented than how I appeared on that test.
The social libertarian end was accurate, though. Those are much easier to test, because there's no annoying feedback. A free market that helps the rich can also help the poor, and a socialized market that gives the poor money to spend can also help the rich. But someone who believes morality derives from god is not likely to be confused with a moral relativist.
Some day, someone will come up with one of these that's actually half decent. Then we'll compare results, and see where we really stand. :D
-Jester