are you a free thinker or a mindless sheep?

[Apotheosis]

http://www.newstarget.com/gullibility.html

:D enjoy.

[Andreal]

Free Thinker
Welcome to the top 5%. You're a true free thinker and a person who is well informed about the reality in which you live. Although you may have been easily manipulated earlier in life, you eventually gained lucidity and developed a healthy sense of skepticism that you now automatically apply to your observations and experiences. You are endlessly curious about human behavior and the nature of the universe, and you have one or more lifestyle habits that most people would consider odd or unusual. You are not only of very high intelligence, you are also extremely creative in one or more areas (music, art, software development, inventing, etc.)
If you were in The Matrix, you would have taken the red pill, completed the combat training, and started fighting (and beating) agents from day one.

Your architects: You have cast off reality distortions taught to you by your parents, schooling, corporate advertising and government propaganda. You create your own beliefs based on what serves you best, without much regard for what the rest of the crowd is doing. You are guided by your own internal code of ethics (which may or may not agree with politically-correct ethical codes) rather than any pre-set system of ethics (such as from any one religion).



Okay..

I scored a 76

[Showal]

Your GF score is 76.
(Out of a range of 0 - 100, where 0 = mind slave, and 100 = free thinker.)

Mind slave Free thinker
0 (You) 100
Free Thinker
Welcome to the top 5%. You're a true free thinker and a person who is well informed about the reality in which you live. Although you may have been easily manipulated earlier in life, you eventually gained lucidity and developed a healthy sense of skepticism that you now automatically apply to your observations and experiences. You are endlessly curious about human behavior and the nature of the universe, and you have one or more lifestyle habits that most people would consider odd or unusual. You are not only of very high intelligence, you are also extremely creative in one or more areas (music, art, software development, inventing, etc.)

If you were in The Matrix, you would have taken the red pill, completed the combat training, and started fighting (and beating) agents from day one.

Your architects: You have cast off reality distortions taught to you by your parents, schooling, corporate advertising and government propaganda. You create your own beliefs based on what serves you best, without much regard for what the rest of the crowd is doing. You are guided by your own internal code of ethics (which may or may not agree with politically-correct ethical codes) rather than any pre-set system of ethics (such as from any one religion).

[Showal]

same here

[Apotheosis]

yes, it's a funny test, and what I percieve as a sick joke on the person taking it.

[ElanthianSiren]

Your GF score is 76.
(Out of a range of 0 - 100, where 0 = mind slave, and 100 = free thinker.)
Mind slave Free thinker
0 (You) 100


Free Thinker
Welcome to the top 5%. You're a true free thinker and a person who is well informed about the reality in which you live. Although you may have been easily manipulated earlier in life, you eventually gained lucidity and developed a healthy sense of skepticism that you now automatically apply to your observations and experiences. You are endlessly curious about human behavior and the nature of the universe, and you have one or more lifestyle habits that most people would consider odd or unusual. You are not only of very high intelligence, you are also extremely creative in one or more areas (music, art, software development, inventing, etc.)
If you were in The Matrix, you would have taken the red pill, completed the combat training, and started fighting (and beating) agents from day one.

Your architects: You have cast off reality distortions taught to you by your parents, schooling, corporate advertising and government propaganda. You create your own beliefs based on what serves you best, without much regard for what the rest of the crowd is doing. You are guided by your own internal code of ethics (which may or may not agree with politically-correct ethical codes) rather than any pre-set system of ethics (such as from any one religion).


-M

[ElanthianSiren]

yay for free thinkers. RHAR!!!

-M

[OreoElf]

Your GF score is 91.
(Out of a range of 0 - 100, where 0 = mind slave, and 100 = free thinker.)
Mind slave Free thinker
0 (You) 100


Free Thinker
Welcome to the top 5%. You're a true free thinker and a person who is well informed about the reality in which you live. Although you may have been easily manipulated earlier in life, you eventually gained lucidity and developed a healthy sense of skepticism that you now automatically apply to your observations and experiences. You are endlessly curious about human behavior and the nature of the universe, and you have one or more lifestyle habits that most people would consider odd or unusual. You are not only of very high intelligence, you are also extremely creative in one or more areas (music, art, software development, inventing, etc.)
If you were in The Matrix, you would have taken the red pill, completed the combat training, and started fighting (and beating) agents from day one.

[Alfster]

Your GF score is 88.
(Out of a range of 0 - 100, where 0 = mind slave, and 100 = free thinker.)

Mind slave Free thinker
0 (You) 100
Free Thinker
Welcome to the top 5%. You're a true free thinker and a person who is well informed about the reality in which you live. Although you may have been easily manipulated earlier in life, you eventually gained lucidity and developed a healthy sense of skepticism that you now automatically apply to your observations and experiences. You are endlessly curious about human behavior and the nature of the universe, and you have one or more lifestyle habits that most people would consider odd or unusual. You are not only of very high intelligence, you are also extremely creative in one or more areas (music, art, software development, inventing, etc.)

If you were in The Matrix, you would have taken the red pill, completed the combat training, and started fighting (and beating) agents from day one.

Your architects: You have cast off reality distortions taught to you by your parents, schooling, corporate advertising and government propaganda. You create your own beliefs based on what serves you best, without much regard for what the rest of the crowd is doing. You are guided by your own internal code of ethics (which may or may not agree with politically-correct ethical codes) rather than any pre-set system of ethics (such as from any one religion).

[Drew]

The test maker sounds like he has a lot of issues to think about in all his free time inbetween classes.

[Detri]

Uh.

Noone is going to get anything but free thinker.

:cold:

[Andreal]

No, I then did it and got a 13. I was a mind slave.

Your GF score is 13.



Mind slave
You are a total mind slave, utterly controlled by corporate and government interests. Even though you think you are a free person living in a free society, all your beliefs, decisions and behaviors have been decided for you. You are easily to manipulate and represent the "ideal consumer" desired by Big Business and organized medicine. Government likes you, too, as you will always do what you are told and rarely question the reality constructed for you by authority figures.
If you were in The Matrix, you would definitely take the blue pill. In fact, you are much like all coppertops: you think you're living in the real world, but you're actually plugged in to a propaganda machine that shapes your reality for you.

Your architects: The architects of your world are marketing companies, the mainstream media, your peers and government propaganda. Had you been a German citizen in 1939, you would have made a loyal Nazi.

Action steps: If you ever truly wish to be a free individual, you are in desperate need of a belief system overhaul. Disconnect your cable television, stop hanging out with socialite, brain-numbed friends, and start getting your information from independent sources like NewsTarget or other sites mentioned in the explanation below.


[Edited on 9-12-2005 by Andreal]

[Warriorbird]

Your GF score is 85.
(Out of a range of 0 - 100, where 0 = mind slave, and 100 = free thinker.)

Welcome to the top 5%. You're a true free thinker and a person who is well informed about the reality in which you live. Although you may have been easily manipulated earlier in life, you eventually gained lucidity and developed a healthy sense of skepticism that you now automatically apply to your observations and experiences. You are endlessly curious about human behavior and the nature of the universe, and you have one or more lifestyle habits that most people would consider odd or unusual. You are not only of very high intelligence, you are also extremely creative in one or more areas (music, art, software development, inventing, etc.)

If you were in The Matrix, you would have taken the red pill, completed the combat training, and started fighting (and beating) agents from day one.

Your architects: You have cast off reality distortions taught to you by your parents, schooling, corporate advertising and government propaganda. You create your own beliefs based on what serves you best, without much regard for what the rest of the crowd is doing. You are guided by your own internal code of ethics (which may or may not agree with politically-correct ethical codes) rather than any pre-set system of ethics (such as from any one religion).

[Andreal]

Top 5%? How come everyone so far is in the top 5%? Are PC posters all free thinkers?

Plus, look at what it says for action steps... READ OUR NEWS BECAUSE ITS REAL.

Hmm... Mind slave indeed.

[Warriorbird]

I don't think anybody's scoring higher than 70s or 80s because some of his conclusions are wacko.

[The Cat In The Hat]

Free Thinker
Welcome to the top 5%. You're a true free thinker and a person who is well informed about the reality in which you live. Although you may have been easily manipulated earlier in life, you eventually gained lucidity and developed a healthy sense of skepticism that you now automatically apply to your observations and experiences. You are endlessly curious about human behavior and the nature of the universe, and you have one or more lifestyle habits that most people would consider odd or unusual. You are not only of very high intelligence, you are also extremely creative in one or more areas (music, art, software development, inventing, etc.)
If you were in The Matrix, you would have taken the red pill, completed the combat training, and started fighting (and beating) agents from day one.

[Brattt8525]

I am in the minority :shrug: I am a Learner according to this.

[Kitsun]

Top 5% here too.

This is beginning to make me believe that we're all brainwashed by another source. Creepy.

[Hips]

Your GF score is 67.

Learner
As a Learner, you're smart enough to know better, yet you're still not fully informed about reality. Around 15% of the population are Learners. You have the critical thinking skills to be a truly free individual, but you haven't exercised them enough yet. From time to time, you're still manipulated by the powers that be, although you frequently learn from those mistakes and refuse to be exploited again. You buy things because they are practical, not because they're cool.
If you were in The Matrix, you would have taken the red pill, but you would still be in a state of mild disbelief about the nature of reality. You are essentially unplugged, but still untrained. With more knowledge, you could become a true free thinker.

Your architects: You have always been an independent thinker. You rebelled against your parents, schoolteachers and always chose to hang out with smart friends who weren't necessarily that popular to the "in" crowd. Increasingly, you shape your own world by deciding what actions to take based on your own internal drive rather than what society tells you is right.

Action steps: Learn more. Educate yourself through alternative media and cutting-edge books. Read the answers below to get started.

[Jonty]

79 here.

[Anailea]

I am a learner as well.

Anailea

[Apotheosis]

I scored a 96 on the test, but that's because, upon looking at the questions, I knew exactly where this person was headed..

Andreal understands what the point of this test is : action steps.

I'll go into it more later.

[ElanthianSiren]

IMO, there are some things about that test that are very very true (like mercury fillings being very dangerous, which is why most places do not use them anymore as standard procedure), but other things are up to interperitation.

Some of the questions are very lead end questions too. Back to the mercury one -- I think it's phrased something like "cuz our dentists would never put anything BAD in our mouths, right?!" Well obviously, if you're a sarcastic, distrusting person, (me -- what a shock), the way that question is asked will likely slant your answer even if you don't know the right answer.

Milk helps you lose weight? Think about it... probably NOT if you know the basics of nutrition and calorie expenditure and why diets like atkins work (lean meat actually takes more energy to burn than it provides, so if you do atkins eating chicken, you are starving your body -- perks of having diabetes, I guess). Many people will answer NO to tha question because most are aware that the only true way to lose lasting weight is to work out, not sit on your ass drinking milk all the time. :shrug:

For a true representation of what people know vs. believing, IMO, the questions should be reworded.

-M

[DeV]

Free thinker... surprise surprise.

[Sean of the Thread]

Pretty slanted piece of crap test. It is basically a common sense quiz with some very obscure questions.

I still pwned it at 94 however. MUAHAHAH.

[Jenisi]

I got 82. woo.

[Latrinsorm]

Well I got learner, but I had rather gotten mind slave with some of the stuff this guy says.

"Everyone who watches advertising is persuaded by it"
"If television advertising didn't work, advertisers would have stopped using it long ago."
"American history, as taught to American schoolchildren, is more a collection of lies and distortions than actual history."
"Gambling is only outlawed when the government doesn't get a cut from the activity."
"Inflation is not natural"
"universities no longer dominate the world's technical learning institutions."
And my personal favorite:
"This explanation, of course, remains highly debatable"

[Sean of the Thread]

Yes like I said it is a fucktard site with very slanted opinions.

[CrystalTears]

I got learner too (69.. how ironic). Some of it, I felt, was open to interpretation too. Wasn't too jazzed with some of their explanations. This reminded me of those psychological tests that some companies administer, with questions such as "Do you still beat your mother?".

[Terminator X]

I got bored of reading them all and made myself into a mind slave, here:

Mind slave --

You are a total mind slave, utterly controlled by corporate and government interests. Even though you think you are a free person living in a free society, all your beliefs, decisions and behaviors have been decided for you. You are easily to manipulate and represent the "ideal consumer" desired by Big Business and organized medicine. Government likes you, too, as you will always do what you are told and rarely question the reality constructed for you by authority figures :thumbsup:

"MISSSTER ANDERSON..."

[Anebriated]

85, free thinker here

[Andreal]

Honestly, I think the best way to get unbiased news, or even history, is to look at three different news sources. Two opposite ones, like maybe Fox and CNN, and then a foreign one. Lets face it, they all have political agendas.

[Shonison]

I got the learner ranking at 73.

[Apotheosis]

So now, we have only two real results at the end of the quiz:

The guy slams you, tells you that you are a "slave", thereby inciting a negative reaction of varying degrees. You go to his website to find out more.

The guy rewards you with a positive response if you agree with his "opinion". You go to his website to find out more.

Both results of the quiz incite an emotional response, and an impulsive response (to check out the quiz).

His goal of bringing traffic to the site has now been met. Remember, audience share is measured in terms of how many people are paying attention to your message, not on whether they agree with it or not.

[Snapp]

70, I'm a learner.

[Jayvn]

Your GF score is 76. damn mediocrety... I didn't know anything about hydrogen crystals either..but of course the government lies to us.... it's to 'protect' us... heh...

[The Ponzzz]

Whoa, I got a 97, I didn't know about the hydrogen... I suck at life...

[Zentoph]

I was a learner, but thats because I felt bad about "aceing" the test when it was so clear what direction he was headed in.. This guy is trying too hard to promote whatever news he's with.