Just for fun: how autistic are you?
12-07-20, 05:49 PM
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27. Almost all my answers were in the middle 2 rows, I kind of knew what they were getting at, but I do not have strong feelings/traits in those directions.
12-07-20, 09:13 PM
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29. Then after an hour, 32. I changed several answers in opposite directions. Does that mean I'm indecisive? I can't make up my mind.
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12-07-20, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob Ross
18 out of 50
So disappointed that I couldn't get diagnosed via an internet quiz!
So disappointed that I couldn't get diagnosed via an internet quiz!
The scary part it was created by one of the UK's top specialists, at Cambridge Univ.
12-07-20, 10:03 PM
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I HATE quizzes that don't give a neutral option!
e.g.
I would rather go to the theater than to a museum.
I don't go to either, so how can I answer?
e.g.
I would rather go to the theater than to a museum.
I don't go to either, so how can I answer?
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12-07-20, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Juan Foote
...This felt a whole lot like those tests that (some) places will give, pre employment. I always love when they ask the same question again to see if you change your answer.
12-07-20, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Shimagnolo
I HATE quizzes that don't give a neutral option!
e.g.
I would rather go to the theater than to a museum.
I don't go to either, how how can I answer?
e.g.
I would rather go to the theater than to a museum.
I don't go to either, how how can I answer?
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12-07-20, 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ahsposo
You often concentrate to the point you forget to breathe.
When wronged by a colleague you never seek revenge.
You approach having sex like any physics problem.
When wronged by a colleague you never seek revenge.
You approach having sex like any physics problem.
12-07-20, 10:47 PM
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This reminds me of when I read the Michael Lewis book "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine", (on which the film "The Big Short" was based). One of the principle characters was Michael Burry (played by Christian Bale). He had a small child who had been diagnosed as possibly autistic, and his wife acquired some books on the topic to read. One day he picked one up and started reading it. Instead of recognizing his child in the descriptions, he recognized himself!
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12-08-20, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Shimagnolo
When hell freezes over. 
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Vote for trump.
Y'all can't even help yourselves can you? Shoo, back to PnR, get outta Foo with that ****.
12-08-20, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by RubeRad
This comedian's wife 'has a little bit of the autism. A skosh of the tizzie' (The whole set is worth watching, I think this guy's great)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0MaW2dNb2M&t=2030s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0MaW2dNb2M&t=2030s
If you get tested for autism as an adult, you better hope the diagnosis comes back positive. Otherwise what's the doctor gonna tell you? "Sorry, turns out you're just weird and awkward FOR NO REASON AT ALL"
12-09-20, 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Juan Foote
Y'all can't even help yourselves can you? Shoo, back to PnR, get outta Foo with that ****.
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12-09-20, 04:33 PM
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These sorts of quizzes bother me. There is another one that is fairly popular called Myers–Briggs Personality Type Indicator. Basically, it lumps you into one of 16 possible personalities, which seems dubious already. But it doesn't seem to account at all for nuances, such as differences between an introvert and an extrovert. For example, I am completely comfortable in front of large audiences (hundreds or more), but I am much less comfortable in front of one or two other people.
These kind of assessments seem too blunt to accurately characterize human behavior and personality, so it makes me very worried when they are used to diagnose a psycho-pathology.
These kind of assessments seem too blunt to accurately characterize human behavior and personality, so it makes me very worried when they are used to diagnose a psycho-pathology.
12-09-20, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by wgscott
These sorts of quizzes bother me. There is another one that is fairly popular called Myers–Briggs Personality Type Indicator. Basically, it lumps you into one of 16 possible personalities, which seems dubious already. But it doesn't seem to account at all for nuances, such as differences between an introvert and an extrovert. For example, I am completely comfortable in front of large audiences (hundreds or more), but I am much less comfortable in front of one or two other people
Check out the excellent book about introversion, Quiet, by Susan Cain.
12-09-20, 05:26 PM
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People can also train to 'improve' traits as (if?) they develop and gain better self awareness. Certainly being in many types of work environments require this.
