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Let's take a personality disorder test
Matthew Leverton
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January 1999
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I got a 30 on the Asperger test. These tests (including the original personality one) probably have zero false negatives, but are ripe with false positives.

Jonny Cook
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November 2003

I got 24 on the Asperger test. Guess that means I'm a geek. :P And while I kind of am, usually when I tell people I'm into computers they are a little surprised.

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FMC
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March 2004
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I got a 20, pretty average.

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le_y_mistar
Member #8,251
January 2007
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heh, i expected a much higher score for paranoid

Paranoid    ||||||||||    34%    49%
Schizoid   ||||||||||||   42%   53%
Schizotypal   ||||||||||   34%   53%
Antisocial   ||||||||||   38%   47%
Borderline   ||||||           30%   47%
Histrionic   ||||||           26%   43%
Narcissistic   ||||||||||   34%   41%
Avoidant   ||||||           26%   39%
Dependent   ||||||           26%   37%
Obsessive-Compulsive   ||   10%   40%

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Richard Phipps
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November 2001
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Y: Every one of your scores is weaker than average. Have you been doing Gentoo?

bamccaig
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July 2006
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Jonny Cook
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November 2003

Well, tests are only accurate if you can relate to the questions. On some of the questions neither answer seemed right, but on most of them it was a definite yes or a definite no. That has a big effect on whether or not the result will fit or not.

The list of careers it gave were just careers which would be a good match with your personality and skills, not careers that you'd actually want to do. I suppose you could think that usually if someone's good at something they'd enjoy doing it, but that's not always the case.

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Hehe, apparently you didn't want people to read that. I guess it's a good thing I didn't quote you then. ;)

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bamccaig
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July 2006
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I too got 30 on the Asperger test.

Jonny Cook said:

Hehe, apparently you didn't want people to read that. I guess it's a good thing I didn't quote you then. ;)

Sorry for editing. :) If I knew you were replying to it I wouldn't have. :-[ At first I was OK with posting it, but it slowly became apparent that the personality type didn't fit me (IMO) and I didn't want to be associated with it. ;D I guess I don't mind if people know what I scored (INFJ). I think the test was biased though and in this particular case didn't match it's user very well. In particular, I like to help people when the opportunity presents itself (and when the help is something I'm comfortable with), but I don't seek opportunities to help people and I despise the career suggestions. Helping people doesn't seem to define me...

Slartibartfast
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bamccaig
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Jonny Cook
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November 2003

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Sorry for editing. :) If I knew you were replying to it I wouldn't have.

No worries. I didn't mind, I mostly found it amusing.

The careers it gave me were (if I can recall correctly) philosophy, writing, humanities, web development (I was surprised by this one... since it's not something I would have associated my personality with but I still like to do it), and archeology. Now, I can't imagine myself doing any of those (except for web development) as an actual career, but they're all things that when I do end up doing, it comes pretty easily (I don't know about archeology).

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Neil Black
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October 2006
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I got a 30 on the Asperger test.

I got a 20. I think they mixed up our results. :-/

piccolo
Member #3,163
January 2003
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The questions could use a little more indirectness to them.

Paranoid    ||||||||||||||||||    78%    49%
Schizoid   ||||||||||||||||   70%   53%
Schizotypal   ||||||||||||   42%   53%
Antisocial   ||||||||||||   50%   47%
Borderline   ||   10%   47%
Histrionic   ||||   14%   43%
Narcissistic   ||||||||||||   42%   41%
Avoidant   ||||   18%   39%
Dependent   ||   10%   37%
Obsessive-Compulsive   ||||||||||||||||   66%   40%

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William Labbett
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March 2004
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You should all be on medication like me. 7.5 mg olanzapine before bed, 20mg citalopram in the morning. The olanzapine is an anti-psychotic which supposedly stops me from going postal but I put it down to the mere fact that I'm not armed. The other is meant to stop me getting depressed but really just makes me feel like a zombie with slightly above average mood.

piccolo
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January 2003
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my read out is about the same as Edgar Reynaldo's there are no passing grades.

edit: so it must be a normal reading:D

Edit2 i would love to see their formal so i could see how close it comes to my study

Edit3: NOtce how almost every on with high Obsessive-Comp rating formated their data nicely those with the higher ones ever went as far to change the name so things would look better.

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Dennis
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July 2003
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Tomasu said:

Its not the actual behaviour that's seen as a sign, but the degree of seriousness.. Being a little shy or a little outspoken is fine, being a lot of ANYTHING can be a bad thing.

Well, but not socializing with people is a good thing, because it gives you time to get stuff done/to practice your skills.

Matthew said:

I agree that in general that "disorder" is too harsh of a word. But all of them can negatively impact your life, so they cannot be completely ignored.

And one should never use some label as an excuse for any negative actions. If your disorder is "causing" you to do bad things, then you should check yourself in somewhere.

I guess you're right.

I scored 32 on that Asperger Test.
That does not make me feel bad though, I think I handle the boring everyday life stuff just fine (by ignoring most of it and doing only the bare necessities (eat/sleep/work)).

Bob Keane
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June 2006

23 on the Asperger's test. Although I am not sure what the difference between slightly agree and slightly disagree would be. The borderline definition is close to me, except I was never molested as a child. Near miss, a pedophilic priest came to my house looking for my younger brothers once.

[edit] Would matching white socks be considered obsessive-compulsive?

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Erikster
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February 2008
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Am I the only one who's noticed that the schizoid levels are fairly high among us?

EDIT: Well, mostly above average now that I think about it.

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piccolo
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January 2003
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Am I the only one who's noticed that the schizoid levels are fairly high among us?

maybe thats what it takes to be a programmer. its a side affect of being able to grasp abstract thinking

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Matthew Leverton
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January 1999
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maybe thats what it takes to be a programmer. its a side affect of being able to grasp abstract thinking

Piccolo says something with which I partially agree, let alone understand? :o

Programming tends to be a solitary task, especially if you're self taught. A lot of us probably spent our younger / teenage years behind computers as opposed to socializing with our peers. While that doesn't answer the question of whether or not we were "predisposed" to a schizoid-like personality, I think the relationship is there.

alethiophile
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December 2007
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Slatibartfast said:

It's a conspiracy.

How would that work? Make people think that they aren't paranoid, so they take their thoughts about conspiracy seriously? Some incompetent conspiracy. ;D

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LennyLen
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December 2004
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I got a 30 on the Asperger test. These tests (including the original personality one) probably have zero false negatives, but are ripe with false positives.

I'd also expect a lot of false positives for an Asperger's test on a programming forum. It's also known as "Geek Syndrome" after all.

I scored a 42, which is less than usual.

Paul whoknows
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September 2004
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I got a 29 on the Asperger test, not sure what does that mean, but it seems average.

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Kibiz0r
Member #6,203
September 2005
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Wow, you guys suck at not having Asperger's.



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