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[miss_squiddy]

According to this test, I probably have autism or something. I scored 36. Fear my spock-like logic!

I need to test this test now. Tell me your score. It will either decide that we're all a bit wrong-headed or show that it's just me and I'll have to go away and write lists and arrange things neatly.

Edit: Oooh yeah... Tell me what your job/degree/whatever is so we can compare what the test says about you being systematic (working in engineering or science - high scores) or empathizing (working with people (or on Star Trek) - low scores) with what you actually chose to do...

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[nicnac.livejournal.com]

Errr - I scored 5.

[miss_squiddy]

Oh. Oh dear.

[veeski.livejournal.com]

I got 17

[miss_squiddy]

I am doomed!

[squiddity.livejournal.com]

I got 4. Least autistic person ever!

Which is reasonable, as I have been tested for aspergers and came up strongly negative. It turns out that in fact I have quite strong OCD and some other related (largely beneficial) neurological disorders, which looked like they could have been autism related, which is why I got tested.

[squiddity.livejournal.com]

To answer the edit, I am a professional gamer. I write computer games for a living, I have a degree in AI/neuroscience, I am studying for a second degree in philosophy, I really enjoy programming and AI and logic and gaming. I also study Game Theory (a branch of mathematics).

Can't think why they though I might be autistic. Wierdos.

[recursived.livejournal.com]

28 for me, although I wasn't thinking too hard on my answers (and I know a bunch of them are superficially contradictory). Reference info: Uni. Admin/Amateur Academic/Philosophy/Sociology/Mild Geekish Tendencies. Note of trivia: Simon Baron-Cohen is the cousin of Sacha Baron-Cohen, aka Ali G.

[miss_squiddy]

i thought that might be the case... There couldn't be too many baron-Cohen's in the world.

Interesting that you got such a high score with so many peopley subjects too. Perhaps it's the role-playing?

[dunk-pierced.livejournal.com]

17 for me!

Careful, jeopardy is on soon..

DuNkx

[miss_squiddy]

??? I know nothing of this daytime television of which you speak.

[bored-bored.livejournal.com]

I got 26...

My degree is English Lit and I work as a sales assistant. It's important to empathise with the customers need to buy coffee....

[miss_squiddy]

I bet the easiest way to sell coffee is to drink loads of coffee. People would be walking out of the shop with bags and bags of stuff before they'd even realised what happened...

[lucien-dark.livejournal.com]

8, yay.

[lucien-dark.livejournal.com]

Actually boo, how's that supposed to help me with a science degree?

[sicfuk.livejournal.com]

21

[guiltless-sin.livejournal.com]

I got 27 - eek!

My degree is maths and stats, and I work as an assistant analyst in the stats section of HEFCW.

[miss_squiddy]

Hooray! At last, some results that do exactly what they are suposed to!

[thepaintedone.livejournal.com]

26, but I found it to be a frustrating test (as these sorts of forced opinion tests often are).

I am an IT Manager, I do all branches of IT stuff, but I'm particularly good at business and data analysis, database design and logical contruction of systems.

I failed my degree (1 yr Mech Eng, then 1 yr Electrical Eng) because I was too lazy to go to lectures. I nearly failed my A-Levels as I was too lazy to work for them. I did reasonably well in my GCSE's (considering I did little or no work and revision) as while I was very lazy, I have enough inate talent with logical, mathematical and scientific things that I could wing it. It was years of winging it which set me up to fail at A-Level and University.

My best subjects were things like Applied Mathematics (force diagrams and motion), the similar things in Physics, Engineering, electronics, computer programming, that sort of thing.

I was appalling at languages, and was very frustated by them. I have a very good command of English, but with no structure, so my spelling and grammar are terrible. I think my frustration at languages was due to being very good at expressing myself in English, so I hated not being able to express myself properly in French.

[tals.livejournal.com]

15. Surprising, given my obsessive-compulsiveness and certain other problems.

[teadaemon.livejournal.com]

I got 32 and I'm a computer sysadmin with a strong liking for UNIX and similar complicated things (though actually once you learn all the details it becomes really simple and obvious).

[miss_squiddy]

I'm starting to think I should have gone and done something sciency or technical. But I never found it much of a challenge at school and because I got bored of waiting for people to catch up I decided to do arts subjects instead.

Stupid. I could be earning millions by now!

[tals.livejournal.com]

Doh! Also, I'm a polymath, with interests in astronomy, astrophysics, quantum mechanics, electrical engineering, but actually academically I went through art college and got a degree in English and I is of course a musician!

So I reckon I am pretty much normally abnormal.

[gommog.livejournal.com]

18, decidedly average as per usual with all these types of things.

[cyberpunkgrrl.livejournal.com]

37...
which isn't surprising as I'm dyspraxic :)

And I'm a University student studing a business degree in Music and Media Management, though I'm much prefer my social science classes atm!

[miss_squiddy]

Makes sense.

As far as I know, I don't have anything which would make me end up with such a high score... Not that I've noticed anyway. Hrmmm. Perhaps I should find out?

On the other hand, I'm not really that bothered.

[silent-olie.livejournal.com]

30 - though I can be a bit schitzo; sometimes I can see strong autistic traits, sometimes I don't.

[dj-pooka.livejournal.com]

25

Is that good? Bad? Indifferent?

Do I really care?

Did I just do this test to avoid trying to figure out how to setup php and mySQL on a computer to build a phpNuke website?

[miss_squiddy]

If you scored 25, then setting up a thingy to build the other thingy sounds like it ought to be a distinctly pleasurable task for you!

[tintintin.livejournal.com]

25. Working in press cuttings and meedja.

[ahura-mazda.livejournal.com]

I scored 18. What does this mean? I'm guessing not much, other than my mediocre, half arsed, and somewhat layed back attitude generally dictates.

I want to be special too dammit!

[miss_squiddy]

It means you're more girly than blokey and better at interacting with people than building flat-pack furniture.

[faggy-no-oats.livejournal.com]

12! you are special!

[miss_squiddy]

What kind of special???

[ogresalert.livejournal.com]

19

Lowish compared to what i was expecting; as i'm dyspraxic and have been tested for autism. My degrees english literature and i think i scored quite low cos of the imaginative things; i have a very overactive imagination!

[satsumagirl]

I scored 11. I'm a nurse as you know doing a law degree.

[jaxvor.livejournal.com]

I got 9 so not very autistic. Seeing as I work in the exciting world of car insurance I should be prety good at dealing with people.

Oh yeah, my degree was in Journalism so obviously I'm using that well at the moment. :)

[ishkhara.livejournal.com]

My score was 13.

(Oops, I nearly typed 143 there! *lol*)

[thepussykat.livejournal.com]

14

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