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caeli  ·  3381 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Personality Insights about You Delivered by IBM's Watson

    You are a bit indirect, skeptical and shrewd.

    You are intermittent: you have a hard time sticking with difficult tasks for a long period of time. You are unconcerned with art: you are less concerned with artistic or creative activities than most people who participated in our surveys. And you are self-conscious: you are sensitive about what others might be thinking about you.

    Your choices are driven by a desire for connectedness.

    You consider achieving success to guide a large part of what you do: you seek out opportunities to improve yourself and demonstrate that you are a capable person. You are relatively unconcerned with taking pleasure in life: you prefer activities with a purpose greater than just personal enjoyment.

Holy shit this is so accurate. Based on the last 1500 words in my Hubski comment history. The only thing I take issue with is the "intermittent"-ness: I do find it extremely hard to work on the same thing for extended periods of time and I need variety, but it's not necessarily the difficulty that drives that.

EDIT

Results using the last 1500 words in my emails:

    You are guarded.

    You are unconcerned with art: you are less concerned with artistic or creative activities than most people who participated in our surveys. You are empathetic: you feel what others feel and are compassionate towards them. And you are self-conscious: you are sensitive about what others might be thinking about you.

    You are motivated to seek out experiences that provide a strong feeling of well-being.

    You are relatively unconcerned with tradition: you care more about making your own path than following what others have done. You consider helping others to guide a large part of what you do: you think it is important to take care of the people around you.

Results using the last 1500 words in facebook messages to my SO:

    You are easily rattled.

    You are modest: you are uncomfortable being the center of attention. You are hardened: you think that people should generally rely more on themselves than on other people. And you are self-doubting: you frequently doubt your ability to achieve your goals.

    Your choices are driven by a desire for discovery.

    You consider taking pleasure in life to guide a large part of what you do: you are highly motivated to enjoy life to its fullest. You are relatively unconcerned with helping others: you think people can handle their own business without interference.

Easily rattled?! I guess I play-fight too much :P

EDIT2:

It's really cool how it recognizes the purpose of scientific writing. I plugged in my undergrad thesis and got this:

    You are inner-directed and skeptical.

    You are imaginative: you have a wild imagination. You are philosophical: you are open to and intrigued by new ideas and love to explore them. And you are independent: you have a strong desire to have time to yourself.

    Experiences that make you feel high prestige are generally unappealing to you.

    You are relatively unconcerned with both helping others and taking pleasure in life. You think people can handle their own business without interference. And you prefer activities with a purpose greater than just personal enjoyment.

    Imagination100%

    Intellect100%

    Authority-challenging100%