Are you Enlightened?

Jorghnassen · 11th July 2006, 09:04 AM

Take the quiz and find out!

Don't you just love the transtopian definition of enlightenment?

JamesDillon · 11th July 2006, 09:22 AM

Wow, talk about a push poll.

Jorghnassen · 11th July 2006, 09:27 AM

I should post my results:

Quote:

MEMETIC SHOCK LEVEL 01 (0-4): average. More than a few candles short of Enlightenment. The sheepish, conformist, intellectually lazy masses reign supreme here. Hell's overcrowded livingroom.

And I thought regular transhumanists were crazy.

Anacoluthon64 · 11th July 2006, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by JamesDillon

Wow, talk about a push poll.

What? Not a bit of it!

Originally Posted by Jorghnassen

Don't you just love the transtopian definition of enlightenment?

Absoloodle! But even here scepticism enters:

Quote:

MEMETIC SHOCK LEVEL 04 (0-4): the pinnacle. Transtopian, or pretty close to it. Progressive and hardcore with very few taboos. Looks like we have a WINNER here (either that or a major CHEAT)!

'Luthon64

Piscivore · 11th July 2006, 09:46 AM

I'm not interested in Transtopia. I like my penis.

Jorghnassen · 11th July 2006, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Piscivore

I'm not interested in Transtopia. I like my penis.

You are wrong to think that. It's an ingrained taboo. You should cast off your penis (with the rest of your body) and join the Enlightened!

JamesDillon · 11th July 2006, 10:08 AM

Anyone ever read Geek Love? I had mixed feelings about the novel, but part of the story involved a cult that viewed amputation as the path to enlightenment, with the devoted having progressively more and more of their limbs removed as they continued along the path. It was pretty damn creepy.

sackett · 11th July 2006, 10:30 AM

As always (well, most of the time, if I can muster the patience), I took the thing twice. The first time, I answered honestly and was scored 02, above average on whatever dibshid scale they have. Then I took it again, changing my yeses to noes (it only took a minute) and switching my few maybes to match what I assumed they wanted to hear. Funny thing, I got the same score. Who ARE these people?

Jorghnassen · 11th July 2006, 11:43 AM

They're transtopians ("evolved transhumanists"). If you say "Yes" to everything, you get the desired closest to Enlightened result. If you're in the middle range, switching your answers around will give you the same kind of score as you had before.

Polaris · 11th July 2006, 09:28 PM

"MEMETIC SHOCK LEVEL 03 (0-4): borderline Enlightened. Purgatory; the countercultural realm. The more interesting Atheists, Libertarians, Transhumanists, and Modern Satanists dwell here, together with other freethinking and politically incorrect types. Congratulations, you're just a couple candles short of Enlightenment! Keep honing those clearly present rational, taboo-smashing instincts, and one day you too might become an Enlightened Transtopian Master."

Well, I guess that's pretty good considering my first thought upon reading the title of the OP was "nope!"

dglas · 11th July 2006, 09:52 PM

Whatever. The latest toy from the Sociopaths-R-Us shelves.

11th July 2006, 09:04 AM	#1
Jorghnassen Illuminator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The realm of ideas Posts: 3,881	Are you Enlightened? Take the quiz and find out! Don't you just love the transtopian definition of enlightenment?
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11th July 2006, 09:22 AM	#2
JamesDillon Master Poster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Berkeley, CA Posts: 2,631	Wow, talk about a push poll.
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11th July 2006, 09:27 AM	#3
Jorghnassen Illuminator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The realm of ideas Posts: 3,881	I should post my results: Quote: MEMETIC SHOCK LEVEL 01 (0-4): average. More than a few candles short of Enlightenment. The sheepish, conformist, intellectually lazy masses reign supreme here. Hell's overcrowded livingroom. And I thought regular transhumanists were crazy.
	__________________ "Help control the local pet population: teach your dog abstinence." -Stephen Colbert "My dad believed laughter is the best medicine. Which is why several of us died of tuberculosis."- Unknown source, heard from Grey Delisle on Rob Paulsen's podcast

11th July 2006, 09:30 AM	#4
Anacoluthon64 Defollyant Iconoclast Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sceptylvania Posts: 1,026	Originally Posted by JamesDillon Wow, talk about a push poll. What? Not a bit of it! Originally Posted by Jorghnassen Don't you just love the transtopian definition of enlightenment? Absoloodle! But even here scepticism enters: Quote: MEMETIC SHOCK LEVEL 04 (0-4): the pinnacle. Transtopian, or pretty close to it. Progressive and hardcore with very few taboos. Looks like we have a WINNER here (either that or a major CHEAT)! 'Luthon64
	__________________ "The cynics were watchdogs terrifying malefactors. They tried to expose falseness and conceit. That's why their name is still spoken with a snarl." — Petr Skrabanek, In Defence of Destructive Criticism.

11th July 2006, 09:46 AM	#5
Piscivore Smelling fishy Join Date: May 2004 Location: Home is wherever I'm with you Posts: 26,484	I'm not interested in Transtopia. I like my penis.
	__________________ Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he's lucky just to be alive, and he'll figure out how to catch another one for you to take tomorrow. "...untrustworthy obnoxious twerp." - CFLarsen

11th July 2006, 09:54 AM	#6
Jorghnassen Illuminator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The realm of ideas Posts: 3,881	Originally Posted by Piscivore I'm not interested in Transtopia. I like my penis. You are wrong to think that. It's an ingrained taboo. You should cast off your penis (with the rest of your body) and join the Enlightened!
	__________________ "Help control the local pet population: teach your dog abstinence." -Stephen Colbert "My dad believed laughter is the best medicine. Which is why several of us died of tuberculosis."- Unknown source, heard from Grey Delisle on Rob Paulsen's podcast

11th July 2006, 10:08 AM	#7
JamesDillon Master Poster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Berkeley, CA Posts: 2,631	Anyone ever read Geek Love? I had mixed feelings about the novel, but part of the story involved a cult that viewed amputation as the path to enlightenment, with the devoted having progressively more and more of their limbs removed as they continued along the path. It was pretty damn creepy.
	__________________ "To read the bible without horror, we must undo every thing that is tender, sympathising, and benevolent in the heart of man." --Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

11th July 2006, 10:30 AM	#8
sackett Illuminator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Detroit Posts: 3,622	Wasted time, never to be regained As always (well, most of the time, if I can muster the patience), I took the thing twice. The first time, I answered honestly and was scored 02, above average on whatever dibshid scale they have. Then I took it again, changing my yeses to noes (it only took a minute) and switching my few maybes to match what I assumed they wanted to hear. Funny thing, I got the same score. Who ARE these people?
	__________________ Dyslexic and prond!

11th July 2006, 11:43 AM	#9
Jorghnassen Illuminator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The realm of ideas Posts: 3,881	They're transtopians ("evolved transhumanists"). If you say "Yes" to everything, you get the desired closest to Enlightened result. If you're in the middle range, switching your answers around will give you the same kind of score as you had before.
	__________________ "Help control the local pet population: teach your dog abstinence." -Stephen Colbert "My dad believed laughter is the best medicine. Which is why several of us died of tuberculosis."- Unknown source, heard from Grey Delisle on Rob Paulsen's podcast

11th July 2006, 09:28 PM	#10
Polaris Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,171	"MEMETIC SHOCK LEVEL 03 (0-4): borderline Enlightened. Purgatory; the countercultural realm. The more interesting Atheists, Libertarians, Transhumanists, and Modern Satanists dwell here, together with other freethinking and politically incorrect types. Congratulations, you're just a couple candles short of Enlightenment! Keep honing those clearly present rational, taboo-smashing instincts, and one day you too might become an Enlightened Transtopian Master." Well, I guess that's pretty good considering my first thought upon reading the title of the OP was "nope!"
Polaris Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,171

11th July 2006, 09:52 PM	#11
dglas Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,322	Whatever. The latest toy from the Sociopaths-R-Us shelves.
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