> From: d.brin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >David, > Would you be so kind as to entertain us by taking the test (takes > only a few minutes) and tell us the result? Inquiring Brin-L minds > would like to know. > > >> > > Stefan Jones posted this link on another board to which I subscribe: > >> > > > >> > > http://gning.org/skiffy.html > > > I went ahead and took this 'test', even though the biases of the test > designer are obvious right from the start. For example, about a > dozen 'sweet' answers give you Ursula LeGuin, some of them > contradictory, but none of them featuring bigoted narrowmindedness. > > I tried to answer for myself, but find I want to punch several > answers at once. The assumption is that people slot into interests > and a major trait of the BEST sf authors will be -- as soon as you > find yourself slotted -- to try something else for a while. > > My first set of answers got me labeled as ROBERT A HEINLEIN. > > When I switched my asnwer to #1 from 'individuality vs tyranny" to > "Exploration and discovery" I instantly became ISAAC ASIMOV. These > two results do not displease me of course. Though anyone who thinks > Isaac was an archetype of an exploratory author has a weird tak on > things. > > When I then switched my answer to #2 from "sociology" to "genetics" I > became ALFRED BESTER. Again, I ain't offended! Switching this again > to "astrophysics" turned me back into Isaac. > > Being unwilling to suffer fools gladly turned me into Arthur C Clarke. > > I finally got one of the killer bees by not suffering fools, not > letting others talk, having theories and considering the glass twice > as full as it oughta be. Even though it appears that Greg Benford > (much to his surprise) voted for Al Gore. > > I was unable to find Greg Bear or KS Robinson or myself. > > Someone let me know if you do. > > But honestly folks. Ain't it too silly for lifespan?
The reason we ask, is for comments about things like these, they are valuable. So what is your take on things like the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) test? I think it's absolute BS that people use to classify each other and pigeonhole people with. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
