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Esoteric
06-03-04, 12:52 PM
http://www.iop.harvard.edu/programs/other/natlsurvey/personality_test.php


You are a Secular Centrist. Secular centrists like you tend to be:

Strongly supportive of gay rights.
Believe strongly in the separation of church and state.
Less supportive of affirmative action than most college students.
Less likely to be concerned about the environment than most college students.
Less likely to believe in basic health insurance as a right than most college students.

I put a 5 on #3 and 4 on #7, a bit flawed on the last 2 results. The rest are right on point.

15ofthe19
06-03-04, 02:26 PM
I answered that I was strongly against religion in govt and the stupid thing still pigeonholed me as a religious conservative. 11 question tests that try to compartmentalize everybody are pretty suspect imho.

eddymrsci
06-03-04, 02:53 PM
You are a Traditional Liberal. Traditional liberals like you tend to be:

Against pre-emptive strikes as a policy.
Strongly supportive of gay rights.
Of the belief that immigration has been good for this country.
Supportive of affirmative-action.
Oppose tax cuts as an economic policy.
Of the belief that basic health insurance is a right.

I am a Traditional Liberal, hmm... I am going to say that's a fairly accurate description of me
I am

Undecided
06-03-04, 02:55 PM
Should this come as a shock?

You are a Traditional Liberal. Traditional liberals like you tend to be:

Against pre-emptive strikes as a policy.
Strongly supportive of gay rights.
Of the belief that immigration has been good for this country.
Supportive of affirmative-action.
Oppose tax cuts as an economic policy.
Of the belief that basic health insurance is a right.

aw3524
06-03-04, 09:52 PM
You are a Secular Centrist. Secular centrists like you tend to be:

Strongly supportive of gay rights.
Believe strongly in the separation of church and state.
Less supportive of affirmative action than most college students.
Less likely to be concerned about the environment than most college students.
Less likely to believe in basic health insurance as a right than most college students.

James R
06-04-04, 02:57 AM
Traditional liberal. Tell me something I don't know!

Baal Zebul
06-04-04, 03:15 AM
what a chock, i am a Traditional Conservative :)

You are a Traditional Conservative. Traditional conservatives like you tend to be:

Supportive of pre-emptive strikes.
Of the belief that gay relationships are morally wrong.
In support of religion playing a more important role in government.
Opposed to affirmative action.
Of the belief that tax cuts tend to stimulate the economy.

Yeah, that is me. I would support attacks of countries even without any real reason.

Homosexuals should not be married, nor should they live together.

Sure, religion could play a greater role if it is the Christian religion and not Islam or something.

Political correctness is not my best side :) Just because you are a minority does not mean that you should have greater chances than if you were from a majority. But, it should not mean that you should have lesser chances either. Equal chances, that is my motto. Equal education, health care, police protection and so on. But of course if you are rich then you should be able to put your kids through a Elite school.

Tax cuts could stimulate economy for sure.

Lemming3k
06-04-04, 03:20 AM
You are a Secular Centrist. Secular centrists like you tend to be:
Strongly supportive of gay rights.
Believe strongly in the separation of church and state.
Less supportive of affirmative action than most college students.
Less likely to be concerned about the environment than most college students.
Less likely to believe in basic health insurance as a right than most college students.

Depite answering opposites to this on some questions it comes up with this, i dont think you can catagorise people, especially not with only four catagories.

cosmictraveler
06-04-04, 07:54 AM
You are a Secular Centrist. Secular centrists like you tend to be:

* Strongly supportive of gay rights.
* Believe strongly in the separation of church and state.
* Less supportive of affirmative action than most college students.
* Likely to be concerned about the environment than most college students.
* Less likely to believe in basic health insurance as a right than most college students.

vodooeconomist
06-04-04, 10:17 AM
You are a Secular Centrist. Secular centrists like you tend to be:

Strongly supportive of gay rights.
Believe strongly in the separation of church and state.
Less supportive of affirmative action than most college students.
Less likely to be concerned about the environment than most college students.
Less likely to believe in basic health insurance as a right than most college students.

Not hard to believe since I am (or at least I consider myself) a Civil Libertarian. Economics has corrupted me. ;)

sideshowbob
06-04-04, 12:36 PM
Traditional Liberal.
I expected to be a "Commie Bolshevik Pinko", especially on an American test.
I must be getting old.

Captain_Crunch
06-04-04, 03:11 PM
You are a Traditional Liberal.

I'm indifferent.

Working Class Hero
06-04-04, 03:44 PM
Secular Centrist. Not a centrist!

SaPhZ
06-05-04, 11:06 AM
what a chock, i am a Traditional Conservative :)
Homosexuals should not be married, nor should they live together.
Tax cuts could stimulate economy for sure.

My god.. You are saying homosexuals shouldn't have any rights? Marriage is one thing, but come on.. You would ban them from living together? What the hell is that? Oh, you two are homosexual, one of you has to move or else. You would actually prohibit them living together? What the hell business is it of yours?

Hastein
06-05-04, 04:06 PM
This test is a hoax. Just keep going back and altering factors. For example, I picked 5 for the environmental question and it stated that I cared little for the environment in my profile (Secular Centrist). Then I went back and clicked 1 for the environmental question, I came back as a Traditional Conservative that wanted more religion in the government. Notice that I didn't change my position on religion at all, which I was strongly against, but by altering the environmental question it stated that I was strongly religious and opposed to gay rights.

Hastein
06-05-04, 04:09 PM
I think their concept is too flawed to begin with: they assume that there is only a left and right spectrum without taking into account third parties. Harvard is for the mentally retarded.