goDel
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hahaha I have a simple solution: just assume playfully teasing is flirting. ALWAYS
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Yeah, it's either used as a primer, or more probable, as an extra test to validate the score of the set of questions. At the start of your test where you could create an account it said something about the test being updated to better measure the outcome. I suspect some automised algorithm which uses the answers from the questions at the start about wether you have been diagnosed before, possibly in combination with the eyes-test, as a second opinion, so to speak. I really hated that eye-test as well, btw. Izn real life you could see movement (facial changes), more body language and a context. And I really need all that stuff. I mean, half of those ladies looking directly into the camera were DEFINITLY flirting with me! FFS! ( good thing this test doesn't measure male narcissism ;D)
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*unignores* Hmmm. Good question. I don't think they were FLACs since I don't have a player on the Mac that handles those - honestly I just bunged them into iTunes to put them on my Phone as soon as I got them. By golly, what a load of wankshots. *ignores*
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That magic wand of yours seems to malfunction. Do you have any other types of tools?
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*ignores* ;D
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*promptly adds joyrex and beerwolf to the ignore list*
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In the autechre universe, this is as close to coming out of the closet with respect to having a leak as humanly possible. Hey master J., what's your warn status?
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So......are you saying that it sucks? /sarcasm
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To the people not feeling that track: go f*ck yourself! It's f-ing brilliant! H*O*L*Y S*H*I*T *starts to pick nose compulsively*
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*agrees and posts letter to the graveyard of watmm threads*
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No, it wasn't. *reopens thread*
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LOL OK, he can pick his nose all he wants. If that's the thing which comes with the territory of being godlike at the IDMz, so be it. But not on TV, goddammit! Think of what his mom must feel like when her artistically awkward son finally gets his nose on TV. Don't forget that this godlike 'son of a bitch' is made by a brilliant mommy.
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Join the club. Although I think I can be way more compulsive than the test shows. Your Aspie score: 49 of 200 Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 161 of 200 You are very likely neurotypical
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For the record: picking your nose during a televised interview is NOT acceptable. Even for IDM standards! (And that bar is already incredibly low, tbh.) Caveman Sean, pls.
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EQ: 45 SQ: 18 AS: 10
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I'm actually surprised it doesn't even matter if you slightly or definitely agree. WTF? This has probably to do with the acceptance for the test (people not accepting only a black/white test and feeling more secure when they don't have to answer in extremes).
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I'd love to answer your questions, but at this point I'll be running in circles. Why? Because of research, research, research. .... Research ... And as a consequence, an implied "because by the current definition, people scoring high on the AS generally don't give answers like in your example. And one might even argue, those aren't typical mistakes for people scoring high in the AS." And here you get to a point where everything may implode on itself. (What is AS? Is the researched AS the actual AS? Why? Why? Why?... to infinity and beyond)
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i understand that, i just don't understand the point of inclusion of some questions which are problematic to begin with, the mere number of questions doesn't add validity obviously. It's the research behind the test which validate the (number of) questions. I'm not saying there aren't "problematic questions" or not. The only point is that for tests like these, there's always research validating the outcomes. Because like you and other mentioned, people, in other words, are "weird" creatures. They make mistakes. They can lie to others. They can lie to themselves. They can be moody. ... And there's a ton more which you could put here. So given these weird things, the point is there's an implied statistic relevance for this set of questions. But I'm afraid I still don't understand your misunderstanding. Perhaps I'm autistic after all. (Actually, I'm a monkey with a typewriter!! :D)
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It reminds me of my last visit to the toilet. I felt relieved afterwards, btw.
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I'm not sure wether Baron-Cohen's point is clear, but the point he was trying to make, is that this test isn't perfect (which is pretty much a given for any test) in the sense that even "normal" people could get a high score. The only thing which this test does well, according to Baron-Cohen, is distinguishing the "autists" from the "normals" in the sense that "autists" in general don't get scores below 30. Of course there's always the monkey-out (give a million monkeys a typewriter and one of them might type the text of Hamlet - by coincidence). So in a way, if you're able to "honestly" get your score below 30, you're safe. And "honestly" meaning you can imagine yourself in situations agreeing with the outcome which does not stack in the "autistic"-spectrum. Even though you might "currently" feel different. (Everyone can feel socially awkward. It's a normal feeling...)
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I'm not sure what you mean with "self report questions".( Because all of them are? And not just the ones you picked?) And besides the semantics, the principle stays the same: by having more questions, the outcome will be less influenced by "mistakes". Another example of fallacies might be someone who didn't read a question properly and ignored a negation. Ever wondered how many people fast read, past a "not" inside a sentence? You'd be amazed.
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if they don't understand the principle they might not be able to answer the questions in a way that will indicate autism, i think. an autistic person might think that he understands facial expressions and undertones but in reality he doesn't..so how can this test test for autism properly ? Well, one obvious answer is that it's about all the questions together. Instead of a single question (about facial expressions). Anyone could give an honest/sincere answer to one or more answers which he/she shouldn't - given that the "real" outcome is already known (eg. a non-autistic person who answers he/she can't read facial expressions (perhaps because he/she believes everyone is playing a game of poker!?). By having more questions, the idea is these fallacies will become insignificant.
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The funny thing might be that most people understand the questions in the sense which answer would add to the "autistic"-stack and which doesn't. They're pretty obvious, and so are the answers. But normal people can be really critical towards themselves and have a high score, even though in reality they're normal. (call it "true self-awareness, if you will. i'd argue there is none, btw. but that's another story) And that's basically what baron-cohen said, I guess. Autistic people cannot have a low score - because they do not understand the principles behind the questions. I can only think of those normal people with a high score as either being way too critical towards themselves, or they're in a pretty rough spot in their lives. I bet most of you know damn well which answers give you more "autistic" points and which don't. Shame on you!! ;-p
