What is your Machiavellian Intelligence Scoret (0-100)?

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07 Mar 2011, 9:04 pm

I got a 49 ("low Mach)

I want to believe in the essential goodness of other people, and accept that I will be disappointed at least some of the time.

"Dependent, submissive and socially inept" is a bit harsh though. I don't know how to appear otherwise without being a calculating arse. Oh well...

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07 Mar 2011, 9:21 pm

I got a 70. I'm not even sure what that means.

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08 Mar 2011, 4:38 am

Mine is 58.

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08 Mar 2011, 9:26 am

spooky13 wrote:

I got 68.

I know who is deceptive and who isn't and know how to convince people, sometimes.

What's more problematic is knowing how to react to those people.. If anyone has some guide how to deal with manipulative people, please send me a PM!

I think I could exploit the fact that they think I don't see their deception.

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08 Mar 2011, 12:18 pm

It's not really measuring a form of intelligence is it? It's more about outlook, or personal philosophy.

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08 Mar 2011, 1:41 pm

it was a selfreflection not a conclusion from the test;)

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08 Mar 2011, 9:18 pm

My score : 88
I'm a good person though, I promise.

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08 Mar 2011, 11:11 pm

79.

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10 Mar 2011, 2:34 am

49. Low mach supposedly. If I took the test before age 25 I would have probably scored a lot lower.

I dont know if I agree with some parts the test though as it has a question about Euthanasia in it and I dont think that has anything to do with Machiavelli.

Also, I think there is a difference between knowing that people are possibly going to do bad things, and actually believing people are there to be exploited.

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10 Mar 2011, 2:48 am

Aimless wrote:

I wasn't sure whether I should answer if I agreed these examples worked or whether I approved with their application in daily life. Sure deception works, that's why people do it. Do I choose to? No.
I came up with 53

That's the same thing I faced. I ended up with a 67.

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10 Mar 2011, 2:54 am

I scored 44.

I wasn't sure what to answer on some of them, I mean, you can get ahead by cutting corners, but you shouldn't. same goes for lying, people lie to get ahead all the time, but that doesn't make it right.

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10 Mar 2011, 3:44 am

76. There is a pretty big difference between believing these principles and exploiting them, though. I'm just a cynic at heart -- I don't much care for manipulating people.

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12 Mar 2011, 4:02 pm

I scored a 49 -

I too, however, had trouble answering the questions because although I believed what the statements said where true - I didn't believe it was the right thing to do.

Some of those questions could be answered differently dependent upon my mood atm. *SHRUGS*

Interesting none the less.

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15 Mar 2011, 11:58 am

84 :oops: