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Topic Started: Jul 29 2008, 08:04 PM (275 Views)
Menhad
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http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/13/machtest/

I scored a 75, thus I am a "High Mach"
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Sedulius
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I've done this test before. I'm always high-Mach, even though I'm considered a good guy.

I know how to score 100 on it. :P

EDIT- Scored 83 this time.
Edited by Sedulius, Jul 29 2008, 08:29 PM.
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Rhadamanthus
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49 Low Mach
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Tristan da Cunha
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55 Low mach.

Ideally I aspire to get a 0 on this scale, however I have a paranoid pathology that interferes with my judgment and what I hold to be true and right.
Edited by Tristan da Cunha, Jul 29 2008, 10:57 PM.
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Rhadamanthus
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I think that getting a 0 on that scale would require me to make some judgment about human nature that are contrary to my observations.
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New Harumf
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49. Low Mach. I actually thought I'd be lower but I guess I have a bit of ruthlessness in me somewhere. As a Christian, I don't see how I could score a high-mach though sometimes I think that could have served me well in life I am not sure I'd like myself very much.
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Rhadamanthus
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Well Harumf and I are at the same level :D


I think though that some of the questions don't require one to be ruthless yourself; in some cases its enough to recognize that others are ruthless.
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East Anarx
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44.
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Quaon
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A Prince Amoung Men-Shoot First and Ask Questions Later
46 Low Mach.
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Paradise
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78.
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The CNNP
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75...I have dealt with and continue to deal with cutthroat people. The name of the game is survival.
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Sedulius
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Why am I the highest? (And no, I didn't rig it. That is my honest score.) I don't want to be the highest.
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Tristan da Cunha
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Draxis may have an opportunity to exceed your score. IIRC he also is a Machiavellist.
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57. Not bad, that was actually kind of hard to do. Some good questions there.
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lebowski2123
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67, High Mach
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Nag Ehgoeg
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79.

Crap test. Poorly worded. Gave a lot of 3s... and I hate giving 3s - shows you don't have conviction.
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Sedulius
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Jul 30 2008, 06:27 PM
79.

Crap test. Poorly worded. Gave a lot of 3s... and I hate giving 3s - shows you don't have conviction.
And to be honest, it doesn't really ask how you might act personally. It's really just a test on your outlook on other people.
Edited by Sedulius, Jul 30 2008, 06:29 PM.
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Union
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87, Hi-Mach
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Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

58 Low Mach...Agree with Nag that it's a bit poorly worded, but an interesting test none the less...
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The CNNP
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To me, being Mach is subjective. There are those whom I would treat very differently than others. That's just human nature. I tend to treat people the way they portray themselves to be treated.
Edited by The CNNP, Jul 31 2008, 06:02 AM.
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East Anarx
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Least machiavellian! (...so far...)

But still, yay! :)
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Nag Ehgoeg
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Hispania
Jul 30 2008, 06:29 PM
87, Hi-Mach
I'm a little worried that I'm not the highest Mach...
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New Harumf
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Nag Ehgoeg
Aug 1 2008, 03:57 PM
Hispania
Jul 30 2008, 06:29 PM
87, Hi-Mach
I'm a little worried that I'm not the highest Mach...
Well, I lied. Alot.
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Alberto
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I had 76 .
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East Anarx
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I find the 19th question, about people having the choice of killing themselves or not, to be pretty stupid. A real Machiavellian would rather someone with an incurable disease to be forced to remain alive and work as a slave for them for as long as their illness permits, rather than give them the choice to die or not.
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