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    Default Are You Gullible ?

    Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary defines the word gullible as "easily deceived or cheated."

    This test was authored by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, primary author at NewsTarget.com. This test is offered for entertainment purposes only.

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    Learner. Went through the questions honestly and winged it in a couple minutes. I feel good

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    My GF score is 73.
    "take it from me, to be a stripper, all you need to have is no talent!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by likewow View Post
    I answered all the questions correctly because I knew what answers the test was looking for. The irony is that if you're really a "free thinker" you won't get 100% because you don't buy into all the conspiracy theories, either.
    So, likewow, within the realm of quizzes for entertainment, are YOU a "free thinker" or not?

    P.S. My GF was 85 ("free thinker")

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    Quote Originally Posted by likewow View Post
    I answered all the questions correctly because I knew what answers the test was looking for. The irony is that if you're really a "free thinker" you won't get 100% because you don't buy into all the conspiracy theories, either.
    Well said.

    The test is not a real test of gullibility. They are only pushing your own agenda and attempting to call you gullible if you don't agree.

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    Lol, I got a 67, it said I was a learner and everything else it said about being a "learner" is true for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zabrina View Post
    The test is not a real test of gullibility. They are only pushing your own agenda and attempting to call you gullible if you don't agree.
    Given the subterfuge Z's describing, wouldn't the simple act of taking the test automatically render me gullibile?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Budai View Post
    Given the subterfuge Z's describing, wouldn't the simple act of taking the test automatically render me gullibile?
    I think you just tore a hole in the universe.
    "take it from me, to be a stripper, all you need to have is no talent!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Budai View Post
    Given the subterfuge Z's describing, wouldn't the simple act of taking the test automatically render me gullibile?
    I think assuming this test is an acurate measure of your gullibility is a measure of your gullibility.

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    Your GF score is 76.
    (Out of a range of 0 - 100, where 0 = mind slave, and 100 = free thinker.)

    Free Thinker




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    70
    Learner
    As a Learner, you're smart enough to know better, yet you're still not fully informed about reality.


    Nice:
    There is no cure for cancer.
    FALSE. There are, in fact, many proven cures for cancer used all around the world with excellent results. Nearly every indigenous culture has at least one cure for cancer, including the American Indians, Australian Aboriginees, Peruvian natives, and so on. The U.S. cancer industry simply doesn't want anyone to know cures exist because it profits from the management of cancer (i.e. dependence on drugs, chemo, radiation, etc.). Promotion of alternative cures would deprive the U.S. cancer establishment of its power and profits. This is also why today's cancer industry virtually ignores genuine cancer prevention and, instead, focuses on treatment (drugs and surgery). To learn the real story, read Dr. Samuel Epstein's new book Cancer-Gate, or visit the cancer page on NewsTarget.com.

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    I didn't even make it through the whole test . I got about halfway through and they are all false. My ADD kicked in

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    Quote Originally Posted by Svelt View Post
    I think assuming this test is an acurate measure of your gullibility is a measure of your gullibility.
    "We ourselves are not an illusory part of Reality; rather are we Reality itself illusorily conceived."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Budai View Post
    "We ourselves are not an illusory part of Reality; rather are we Reality itself illusorily conceived."

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    I had to laugh at some of those questions.

    I got 85 "Free Thinker"

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    Quote Originally Posted by twisterinAZ View Post
    I didn't even make it through the whole test . I got about halfway through and they are all false. My ADD kicked in
    Shoulda read the last question! LOL

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    That's my old siggy! Are you down with Wei Wu Wei?

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    i got learner, but sorta stumbled on those american based questions....

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    Quote Originally Posted by AudreyLeigh View Post
    Shoulda read the last question! LOL

    I did !

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    Wow. I guess I'm pretty damn gullible!








    Sheeple
    Your score indicates you are relatively easy to manipulate and don't know much about how the real world operates (even though you think you do). But you're in good company: a full 30% of the people in the U.S. are also sheeple. You tend to think life is unfair and doesn't give you an opportunity to shine as an individual, yet you consistently follow the crowd and do what they do. During the dot-com boom, if you were over the age of 25, you were probably invested in technology stocks (and lost a wad of money doing it, too). You believe doctors, drug company ads, and the FDA. You think authority figures should be listened to and believed. Interestingly, you tend to be happier than most people, but that's largely because ignorance is bliss.

    If you were in The Matrix, you would probably take the blue pill. In real life, you remain plugged in to a propaganda machine that shapes your reality, even while you think you're in control.

    Your architects: The architects of your world are Big Business (food companies, media companies, etc.) and Big Government. You are strongly influenced by advertising, even though you think you're not.

    Action steps: You need a complete belief system overhaul and a new perspective on line. Start by unplugging yourself from television. Next, start reading independent information sites on the 'net. Educate yourself to be a critical thinker, then question your old, outdated belief systems.

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    Fuck no.... but I'll take the test to see what comes up.
    "We all must suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons. In order to achieve what others don't, you have to do what others won't."


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    What can I say? I thought it was interesting, but I disagree on a few of the 'answers'. For instance, inflation occurs whenever people decide that a particular good is no longer worth their labor or when they value it highly. It ends up either pushing the labor value up or the exchange rate fo other things for the desired good (like a Wii). U.S. money enters the economy by the government issueing treasury bonds, which banks and individuals then buy and liquidate the value of their stored labor, but if the economy is producing more goods than the dollar increase, there will still be too many goods and too few dollars, resulting in a lower price (because the dollars are scarcer). However, the exchange of labor for goods may be in exactly the opposite direction. If there are too few dollars around, and the dollar price for something goes down, if you still value the good, you may be exchanging more of your labor, which also would still have a reduced price number, than you dd before the price shift, in order to get the desired good.

    If you work for two hours to get $10, and $10 can buy you a cheap MP3 player, if the supply of dollars decreases to where your labor for two hours is not giving you only $8, it does not follow that the MP3 player's price must also fall to $8. It could remain at $10, because demand for it increased.

    All of that is to say, inflation is not always a money-supply conspiracy.

    As for Vitamin E, any substance in too large a quantity or concentration can be a problem for a human. Even water. Just because it is mostly safe doesn't mean that it can't hurt you.

    I can't rememebr what else I disagreed about.

    Anyhow, it's not a good test for gullibility. Throw me some con artist examples, and that will make for a good test.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Budai View Post
    That's my old siggy! Are you down with Wei Wu Wei?
    Philosophy is my favorite form of

    I did a search based on your quote, looked for a comparable quote to what I was feeling, and went with it. So not really, but yeah if you understand where I am coming from...

    It was fun

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    I'm going to pass on this test because most of the questions are leading, conspiratorial type questions, not sufficiently specified to discuss, or sufficiently open ended to be argued either way.

    p.s. I'd say a certain amount of gullibility (cough "a lot") is required to accept this test as having any validity

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    Quote Originally Posted by xdamage View Post
    p.s. I'd say a certain amount of gullibility (cough "a lot") is required to accept this test as having any validity
    Excerpt from OP:
    This test was authored by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, primary author at NewsTarget.com. This test is offered for entertainment purposes only.

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