Tomorrow. Yeah, that's it, I'll make such good use of my six-hour layover in Bothell tomorrow... And Friday, I only have the morning classes on Friday. And then the weekend, Saturday and Sunday. And Monday next. And Tuesday...
And so on, and so on.
In th meantime, since the "what's yer politics" quiz was so popular, I thought I'd pass along this worldview quiz that I found via Will Shetterly's Blog (which I have recommended before). Here's me, even though I really don't know quite what it means:
You scored as Materialist. Materialism stresses the essence of fundamental particles. Everything that exists is purely physical matter and there is no special force that holds life together. You believe that anything can be explained by breaking it up into its pieces. i.e. the big picture can be understood by its smaller elements.
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8 comments:
I'm a materialist too. And so in the spirit of my world spirit, I've been meaning to ask all quarter: why is respond used as a transitive verb rather than its usual intransitive self, i.e. respond TO someone/thing? Not trying to be dogmatic/fundamentalist about it, mind you, just wanted to understand the pieces of the whole! ;-)
"Respond" as a transitive verb is a term of art used by certain composition students, now teachers, who disliked the connotations of "grading" papers, especially those drafts that don't actually generate a number grade. "Responding to papers" didn't seem quite specific enough, so the phrase "responding papers" was constructed to mean "reading papers and writing comments on the specifically for student development." I guess we could have said "assessing papers" but it just seemed that responding, used this way, would indicate this specific act better.
Oh whatever, y'all use it because it sounds wrong but is arguably correct... and that pleases your perversity.
Of course, I tested out as a post-modernist so what do I know?! Nothing!
I scored as Cultural Creative.
Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.
Cultural Creative:94%
Postmodernist: 81%
Idealist: 75%
Existentialist: 63%
Materialist: 63%
Romanticist: 56%
Modernist: 38%
Fundamentalist: 19%
Interesting note: Once, in the beginning of our relationship, when trying to convince Walaka that I wasn't "woo-woo," I said something like, "Just because I gave Reiki to a psychic woman's cat doesn't make me woo-woo!"
Uh, I kinda gave myself away...
A total giveaway, Otis!! Still, not a problem as there are good woo-woos and bad woo-woos (and they're the ones who give all woo-woos the bad rap) and you are definitely the GOOD kind of woo-woo! ;-)
You scored as Modernist. Modernism represents the thought that science and reason are all we need to carry on. Religion is unnecessary and any sort of spirituality halts progress. You believe everything has a rational explanation. 50% of Americans share your world-view.
Modernist
100%
Materialist
100%
Postmodernist
75%
Existentialist
75%
Romanticist
25%
Cultural Creative
25%
Idealist
13%
Fundamentalist
13%
Not sure that 50% of Americans agree with me but there is always hope.
Fyn Fieny
I am another woo-woo goddess. It is freaky to me that I scored 19% on the last marker....making me a Fundamentalist Woo-woo goddess.
Thanks for posting this quiz. I am also marking way too many papers right now. Then again, in about 10 days I get 3 weeks off, it's more than a fair trade-off.
Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.
Cultural Creative
88%
Postmodernist
75%
Idealist
56%
Existentialist
50%
Materialist
38%
Romanticist
31%
Modernist
31%
Fundamentalist
19%
Yeah but did anyone find the easter egg on that website where you could answer all the questions negatively and...
You scored as Freaking Nihilist.
Freaking Nihilists are the bane of all realms of thought, and some of the weakest wallflowers ever to walk the earth. No one fears you in the slightest. In fact, your very appearance makes most people simply giddy. You are a damaged thinker who tends to shy away from, or become enraged by, any statements that classify you as laughable. But you still feel there is nothing greater than nothing. You are not spiritual, or sensical, or even worth spitting upon, because you are a mental leper and you know it, slugboy. Life has no meaning for you outside of suffering and death. Your immediate future should involve taking a whiz on the third rail.
Freaking Nihilist: 93%
Fatalist: 1%
Atheist: 1%
Cranky: 1%
Lowfat Milk: 1%
Defeatist: 1%
Pessimist: 1%
Buzzkiller: 1%
baaahahahaha
Soapy
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