Gullibility Test

Hermann Klinke emailed me recently about this Gullibility Test. It’s relatively short, and may be educating in some areas.

I got a “91% free thinker” result, which is quite good, but then again I’ve always been a little paranoid, and it helps on this. :) The best part of the test, IMO, is the results page, which explains each of the questions (and the truth about them) in more detail, with links to more info about each. While I’m not 100% sure that all their explanations / data are absolutely correct (I’m paranoid / skeptical here, too…), most of them should be.

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6 Responses to “Gullibility Test”


  1. 1 Tina B.

    Your GF score is 88.
    (Out of a range of 0 - 100, where 0 = mind slave, and 100 = free thinker.)

    Mind slave Free thinker
    0 (You) 100
    Free Thinker

  2. 2 Noam Samuel

    The question is whether you are gullible enough to believe everything on that test.

    I’d like to note, also, that it would be extremely easy to score 100% on the first time simply by selecting all non-mainstream opinions. They should include true mainstream opinions so that it would be an actual test and not just one of whether people are willing to bend their answers depending on the tester.

  3. 3 No Way

    Hey, I got a 91 % too. And I’m a theist. go figure ;>

  4. 4 Mike

    What constitutes a non-gullible individual? Is it a person confirming to mainstream belief or one who embraces every conspiracy theory? Blissfully ignorant or Hopelessly paranoid?

    The test is just of how non-mainstream and conspiracy-seeking your views are. Disagreement should come from knowledge and analysis, and while many of the claims on the site might be true, they are partial and often unestablished, becoming political and biased themselves.

  5. 5 Jade

    Some of the answers are quite debatable though . ie the Hiroshima bomb one, here in Australia were taught to have an open mind about that event and make up our mind for ourselves whether it was dropped to end the war or for, as the gullibility test says to kill the Japanese. -> Its more a question based on the writer’s opinion rather than fact?
    Still a free thinker though :P .. Only scored 79 :)

  6. 6 TPO

    I agree with Noam Samuel. You have to be pretty damn gullible to believe everything on that test. Your high score is not a not complementary. I scored a 75 which would probably be about right if you go by scientific facts instead of conspiracy theory’s.

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