in any event, magazine quizzes are silly. (cf. COSMO.)

On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 9:53 AM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote:
>> raghu wrote:
>>> After taking the linked quiz on "How Money Addled Are You?" I am not
>>> so sure this article is any good.
>>> http://nymag.com/news/features/money-brain-quiz-2012-7/
>>
>> is this sour grapes after the test revealed you as an egocentric jerk? ;-)
>>
>> BTW, my impression is that the folks who wrote the quiz are not the
>> ones who did the research on this question.
>
>
> I scored 12 out of 30 on tht quiz. Supposedly that score makes me
> empathetic when it is convenient to me. That scares me. I was rather
> hoping that that I am completely unempathetic to the suffering of
> large for-profit corporations.
>
> Btw the article claims that "OUR SCORING SYSTEM WAS CREATED IN
> CONSULTATION WITH BERKELEY'S PAUL PIFF..", though it also adds a
> disclaimer.
>
> Piff is the researcher who is prominently profiled in the article.
> -raghu.
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