----- Original Message ----- From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 7:18 PM Subject: Re: brin: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
> > 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. > LOL.....my psycho ex-wife used to want me to take the M-B test on a regular basis. Just so *she* could pigeonhole me I suppose! <G> xponent New Fax Machine Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
