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Title: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Baruch on August 17, 2017, 05:00:39 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVgHMx5RnAg

If you judge correctly, you are a schizo or a genius.  Normal people will fail the test.  A genius is different from a schizo, because they can switch at will between normal and schizo thinking.  I mostly exercise my schizo thinking on posts here ;-)
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Sorginak on August 17, 2017, 05:07:43 PM
I despise watching videos.  I read faster than I can watch a video. 
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Baruch on August 17, 2017, 05:14:08 PM
Quote from: Sorginak on August 17, 2017, 05:07:43 PM
I despise watching videos.  I read faster than I can watch a video.

In this case, your visual cortex is the point.  I enjoy both, but this is a test, not entertainment.  A test using text would be used to show some other condition.
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Sal1981 on August 17, 2017, 05:34:11 PM
I'm already schizoaffective, so it's easy for me to see the illusion in the first part of the video.
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Baruch on August 17, 2017, 05:38:31 PM
Quote from: Sal1981 on August 17, 2017, 05:34:11 PM
I'm already schizoaffective, so it's easy for me to see the illusion in the first part of the video.

I have no idea why this is happens biologically ... I am taking the science of the video on faith ;-)  So you emotionally can see both correct answers?  (not showing here so as to avoid spoiler).  I am not sure if my logic is interfering with my emotional judgement.  My emotional expression is poor anyway.  On the question of ... if you like both A and B ... then you are likely part of a high IQ population ... I can answer either way on both questions, based on events in my past, vs the way I am now.
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Mr.Obvious on August 17, 2017, 05:39:32 PM
So... according to this test, I'm a schizo with high intelligence?

Hah. Right. I dont' think so.

I just went to look at a diffirent video on youtube, using a different mask and then I could see the illusion. But not with this mask in this video.
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Baruch on August 17, 2017, 05:41:40 PM
Quote from: Mr.Obvious on August 17, 2017, 05:39:32 PM
So... according to this test, I'm a schizo with high intelligence?

Hah. Right.

I can't vouch for it.  So on the second part, you do like both A and B? (avoiding spoiler).  Or maybe that preference is just because of how life is in Europe vs much of the US.
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Mr.Obvious on August 17, 2017, 05:47:22 PM
Quote from: Baruch on August 17, 2017, 05:41:40 PM
I can't vouch for it.  So on the second part, you do like both A and B? (avoiding spoiler).  Or maybe that preference is just because of how life is in Europe vs much of the US.

I voted B and B.
[spoiler]First B: Because lot's off people can stress me out, but not because they are there, but because of traffic and junk. Normal stress, you know? But I've lived in a large city my entire life. It's got nothing to do with intelligence. It's what I'm used to. People I went to school with who lived on a farm in a small community (everything is closeby in belgium) wanted to live in a more rural area. People who grew up in the city, wanted to live in te city. Go figure.[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Sorginak on August 18, 2017, 09:37:46 AM
Finally got around to watching it this morning.
Supposedly, I am a healthy genius person.

Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Mike Cl on August 18, 2017, 12:02:13 PM
I guess I am a normal healthy ungenius person.  Got both questions wrong.  Par for the course.
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Baruch on August 18, 2017, 12:50:13 PM
Quote from: Mike Cl on August 18, 2017, 12:02:13 PM
I guess I am a normal healthy ungenius person.  Got both questions wrong.  Par for the course.

If you are Elite, then you can cheat ;-)  Sociopathy isn't a problem, it is a necessary condition.
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Sorginak on August 18, 2017, 12:55:14 PM
Quote from: Baruch on August 18, 2017, 12:50:13 PM
If you are Elite, then you can cheat ;-)  Sociopathy isn't a problem, it is a necessary condition.

[spoiler]I saw both answers as obvious for both questions.[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: SGOS on August 18, 2017, 02:21:46 PM
I didn't understand the questions.
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Unbeliever on August 18, 2017, 06:16:52 PM
It was obvious to me that the mask was convex on only one side, and that it was rotating in only one direction. But I already know that, with an IQ of 140, I'm just on the cusp of genius. But so what? It sure hasn't done me much good.

And I guess I've struck a happy medium between happiness and intelligence, according to the last two questions. I don't like crowds, and I don't get lonely. In fact, I treasure solitude more than almost anything else. Only when I'm alone can I approach true peace of mind.
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Cavebear on August 31, 2017, 02:51:04 AM
Quote from: Baruch on August 17, 2017, 05:00:39 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVgHMx5RnAg

If you judge correctly, you are a schizo or a genius.  Normal people will fail the test.  A genius is different from a schizo, because they can switch at will between normal and schizo thinking.  I mostly exercise my schizo thinking on posts here ;-)

Other than being flipped images, I can't see a difference.
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Baruch on August 31, 2017, 10:52:33 AM
You have to play the animation, there is only one mask in the animation.
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Cavebear on August 31, 2017, 11:13:57 AM
Quote from: Baruch on August 31, 2017, 10:52:33 AM
You have to play the animation, there is only one mask in the animation.

Didn't see the play button. sorry.  I got both questions right.  Now you have to decide what "right" is.  LOL!

BTW, you can't have the mask convex in 2 directions. 
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Baruch on August 31, 2017, 01:04:12 PM
Quote from: Cavebear on August 31, 2017, 11:13:57 AM
Didn't see the play button. sorry.  I got both questions right.  Now you have to decide what "right" is.  LOL!

BTW, you can't have the mask convex in 2 directions.

Yes, you know that, because your mind is working OK.  The point is, not everyone can intuit that.  They can entertain physical and other contradictions ... which is either crazy or genius.
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Unbeliever on August 31, 2017, 01:23:59 PM
There's probably a very fine line between insanity and genius - and sometimes they overlap.
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Cavebear on August 31, 2017, 02:25:57 PM
Quote from: Baruch on August 31, 2017, 01:04:12 PM
Yes, you know that, because your mind is working OK.  The point is, not everyone can intuit that.  They can entertain physical and other contradictions ... which is either crazy or genius.

Oh, like Trump supportors (he asked "cardily").
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Baruch on August 31, 2017, 09:13:29 PM
Both major parties are innumerate if not insane ...

2+2=3 is Republican

2+2=5 is Democrat

Or maybe just ignorance?
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Cavebear on September 04, 2017, 02:29:15 AM
Quote from: Baruch on August 31, 2017, 09:13:29 PM
Both major parties are innumerate if not insane ...

2+2=3 is Republican

2+2=5 is Democrat

Or maybe just ignorance?

Never heard a "Tom Swifty"?

2+2=4 is Progressive BTW...
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Baruch on September 04, 2017, 07:05:42 AM
Quote from: Cavebear on September 04, 2017, 02:29:15 AM
Never heard a "Tom Swifty"?

2+2=4 is Progressive BTW...

You are in total Denile ... oh Great Pharaoh.  You may know arithmetic, but not aka liberals.
Title: Re: Normie or Schizo/Genius?
Post by: Cavebear on September 04, 2017, 10:00:50 AM
Quote from: Baruch on September 04, 2017, 07:05:42 AM
You are in total Denile ... oh Great Pharaoh.  You may know arithmetic, but not aka liberals.

Well, "lettuce be off this subject", he said crisply...