Philosophy Test

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The problem with this type of test, to me at least, is that I don’t usually reaaaally know if I do agree with what I answer or if I’m actually answering that to be okay with myself.
 
edibleBulimia said:
The problem with this type of test, to me at least, is that I don’t usually reaaaally know if I do agree with what I answer or if I’m actually answering that to be okay with myself.
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It's kind of important to be honest with yourself. Being honest with other people is always optional, sometimes highly recommended though, depends. I tend to prefer saying "nunya" over lying. Lies get hard to keep track of after a while.
DDBCAE CBAADCBE said:
Yeah, but this one was just annoying. I felt the questions were very rigid. It made me think that perhaps the test was made by some eye rolling psuedo-intellectual.
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That's pretty much all of them. With the possible exception of the tests on yourmorals.org, and that depends on how high an esteem you hold various professors and such in.
 
Sprig of Parsley said:
It's kind of important to be honest with yourself. Being honest with other people is always optional, sometimes highly recommended though, depends. I tend to prefer saying "nunya" over lying. Lies get hard to keep track of after a while.

That's pretty much all of them. With the possible exception of the tests on yourmorals.org, and that depends on how high an esteem you hold various professors and such in.
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That’s the catch. Sometimes I lie to myself just to think that I’m a moral person. I’m kinda aware of how I really am but I just don’t really wanna know myself yet. Kinda weird, idk.


DDBCAE CBAADCBE said:
Yeah, but this one was just annoying. I felt the questions were very rigid. It made me think that perhaps the test was made by some eye rolling psuedo-intellectual.
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That was the same impression that I got. I didn’t strongly agree/disagree with anything, I answered “I don’t know” in so many of them.
 
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I didn't get a little symbol at the bottom, wah.
 
Sprig of Parsley said:
Internet tests usually are. But they're sort of fun sometimes.
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This one was annoying because I personally think people should seek personal pleasure as opposed to being an altruistic saint, but I also don't believe you should treat people like fodder or stepping stones to reach your goals. So what am I supposed to answer to questions like "Would you let people's personal goals stop you from achieving your own goals?" or something like that.

I am thinking to myself "Well who is this person to me, how much "stopping" are we talking about, how bad is their personal situation vs mine, what are they trying to do?" it was really weird to answer anything except neutral because I can't apply anything to such a vague question. The issue is most the time "neutral" answers go nowhere or don't count in tests like these so I don't feel it can properly judge you without some kind of context so just answering neutral does nothing.
 
Zeke Von Genbu said:
This one was annoying because I personally think people should seek personal pleasure as opposed to being an altruistic saint, but I also don't believe you should treat people like fodder or stepping stones to reach your goals. So what am I supposed to answer to questions like "Would you let people's personal goals stop you from achieving your own goals?" or something like that.

I am thinking to myself "Well who is this person to me, how much "stopping" are we talking about, how bad is their personal situation vs mine, what are they trying to do?" it was really weird to answer anything except neutral because I can't apply anything to such a vague question. The issue is most the time "neutral" answers go nowhere or don't count in tests like these so I don't feel it can properly judge you without some kind of context so just answering neutral does nothing.
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Oh, absolutely. A lot of tests are incapable of "Yes, but..." or much in the way of nuance or context.
 
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