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17 May 2006, 18:33
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1up on you
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Location: Birmingham, UK
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How gullible are you?
This test is quite interesting. I got 7/10 and in all fairness the questions are quite difficult.
On a personal level I dont think im actually that gullible. The problem I have is people think im taking the mick when I say stats or interesting info, as im supposedly sarcastic. For example I told my girlfriend that if we kiss for 30 minutes it will reduce her hayfever. She just thought I wanted a snog. I then had to print off the bbc news story to show her.
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17 May 2006, 18:41
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overtired
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Re: How gullible are you?
I scored 8 (failed on the turtle and monkey questions)
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17 May 2006, 18:52
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Bored
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Re: How gullible are you?
8/10
failed turtle and cockroach question.
Although the use of the 'never' in the turtle question is dodgy.
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17 May 2006, 18:54
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Re: How gullible are you?
6/10
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17 May 2006, 18:56
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Re: How gullible are you?
7/10 failed the cockroach, shark and monkey questions.
Intresting stuff there.
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17 May 2006, 18:59
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: How gullible are you?
The test is flawed.
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17 May 2006, 19:17
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overtired
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Re: How gullible are you?
hey! someone's opening a university for dogs!
link on bbc news
Counter-claims dog university row
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17 May 2006, 19:18
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1up on you
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Re: How gullible are you?
I clicked on it, half believing you. ;/
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17 May 2006, 19:18
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Re: How gullible are you?
9/10 though i agree with jakiri, im not sure what the hell its meant to be testing (maybe in an lolironylol manner the test is itself only for the gullible)
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Using common sense and whatever you happen to know about the subjects, you've got to decide which statements are true and which are false before the paper goes out to print.
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Use widely held perceptions to test propositions that could be counter intuitive to those without knowledge of the subject
What?
I fail to see why this is anything significantly more than a 'general knowledge' test.
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17 May 2006, 19:21
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Re: How gullible are you?
Clicked no to all of them because no credible sources were cited as evidence for any of the claims
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17 May 2006, 19:21
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Re: How gullible are you?
It said I got 7/10 but then 4 of the questions said "incorrect" next to them.
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17 May 2006, 19:26
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Re: How gullible are you?
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Originally Posted by idimmu
5/10
I don't think it's a question of gullability though, it's not like someone told me something that was false and I believed it. It's just some questions I don't really know the answers too that I'm having to draw conclusions from things I do know in order to answer.
i.e. pap
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While most of the questions have nothing to do with guillability, I'd say they were a couple of them which were related in the sense that its blatently obvious to anyone who thinks about it for over 2 seconds that they have to be false (the ducks quack one and the '100 years lifespan' for instance)
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17 May 2006, 19:32
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Re: How gullible are you?
10/10 :/
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17 May 2006, 20:02
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Insanity Prawn Boy!
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Re: How gullible are you?
7/10
Failed the Monkey, Turtle and Frozen Light questions. The whole freezing light thing seems fascinating
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18 May 2006, 00:22
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Re: How gullible are you?
6 out of 10
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18 May 2006, 01:08
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Registered User
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Re: How gullible are you?
Internet gullibility test in probably not testing gullibility shocker! Internet community incensed to provide reasons...
I find it amazing that theres people out there who seemingly have more time on their hands than me...
(6 out of 10, though I agree, I'm still not buying the use of the word 'never' in the turtle question).
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18 May 2006, 02:26
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WANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAW
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Re: How gullible are you?
You Scored 10 out of 10
Erm, that's not because I'm smart or stupidly intelligent, just that I happen to know each of the 10 facts this quiz was based on.
Stupid!
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18 May 2006, 08:35
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Re: How gullible are you?
I got 9 - bloody turtles!
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18 May 2006, 08:45
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: How gullible are you?
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Originally Posted by Demon Dave
Failed the Monkey, Turtle and Frozen Light questions. The whole freezing light thing seems fascinating
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I don't know if it tells you in the quiz, but it's in something called a Bose-Einstein Condensate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose-Einstein_condensate
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18 May 2006, 09:09
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Registered User
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Re: How gullible are you?
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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
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Are there any videos of that in motion?
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18 May 2006, 13:05
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cynic
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Re: How gullible are you?
7/10
and yeah, its pretty much general knowledge, there is nothing about gullability in it, as you arent being told that the claims are true, rather you are being asked if they are true or false
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