{"id":620,"date":"2003-04-18T20:08:00","date_gmt":"2003-04-19T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=620"},"modified":"2003-04-18T20:08:00","modified_gmt":"2003-04-19T02:08:00","slug":"my-brain-in-action-a-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/04\/18\/my-brain-in-action-a-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"My brain in action: a meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Empathy Quotient (EQ)
\nYour EQ score is 45<\/strong>
\n33-52 = You have an average<\/em> ability for understanding how other people feel and responding appropriately. You know how to treat people with care and sensitivity.
\nMost women Score about a 47 and most men about 42<\/p>\n

The Systemizing Quotient (SQ)
\nYour SQ Score 19<\/strong>
\n0-19 = You have a lower than average<\/em> ability for analyzing and exploring a system. On average women score about 24 and men score about 30.<\/p>\n

For some individuals, empathising is stronger than systemising. This is called the female brain, or a brain of type E<\/strong>.
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Now, you can try this for yourself<\/a>, but a few comments:<\/p>\n

I think the SQ test is a load of bunk. The EQ probably is too. The SQ test asked me if I analyze all the details of a product when I buy it. (An SQ plus) however… If it’s a computer. I’m gonna scrutinize it up and down. If it’s a blender… I want it to Blend. (Note, these are two questions) So basically, my apathy over blenders cancels out my thoroughness of computers. Give me enough products I don’t care about… And I don’t have analytical abilities.<\/p>\n

Please note: I am a Sr. Software Engineer for the largest Virus and Utilities corporation. I think I can analyze a system. I just don’t care what genus & species every animal is that I find.<\/p>\n

BTW: Note my lower than average analytical skills at work as I rend Simon Baron-Cohen’s work to scrap<\/p>\n

And I must admit… I really don’t care how he feels. He thinks that I am above average for “men” in my caring department. This is funny because I’ve spent the last 10 years learning how not to be a doormat to people thru my emotions. I guess when I was 24 I would have been a massive hairy woman.<\/p>\n

Sadly, for this meme. I am deeply unimpressed. I can list off countless women who are viciously SQ blessed and still have a very feminine mind. And the same for the EQ world.<\/p>\n

So, Simon Baron-Cohen… I give your meme a D+<\/p>\n

It held my interest to the end; but the questions…. they don’t evaluate the material.<\/p>\n

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