'Idiot-Savant' Traders?

Discussion in 'Psychology' started by Rearden Metal, Apr 1, 2006.

'Idiot-Savant' Test: www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html How'd you score?

  1. Under 12 (Diplomat)

    20 vote(s)
    7.1%
  2. 13-25 (Pretty normal)

    118 vote(s)
    42.0%
  3. 26-31 (Almost there, but not quite)

    84 vote(s)
    29.9%
  4. 32-40 (Looks like I might be one...)

    45 vote(s)
    16.0%
  5. 41-50 (Rain Man)

    14 vote(s)
    5.0%
  1. Hello pattersb.

     
    #111     Jul 10, 2006
  2. Making fun of retards like yourself is great entertainment.
     
    #112     Jul 10, 2006
  3. Groaaan... not the fucking neurotransmitters again!
    Boosting serotonin levels is incredibly easy... but has very little to do with actually relieving depression.

    SSRI's and their natural alternatives (5-HTP & St. John's Wort) are no more effective than placebo, and this has been proven repeatedly. <b>Medical orthodoxy's current serotonin fixation is a passing fad</b>, destined to go down in history, right next to bloodletting, as one of the science's greatest blunders of all time.

    www.Prohibition-Kills.com
     
    #113     Jul 10, 2006
  4. <b>Myth A: Disease is caused by an abundance of old, ‘used up’ blood, which stagnates in the patients’ extremities. The proper remedy for this condition is to surgically drain all excess blood, thus curing the disease.

    Myth B: Clinical depression generally results from a deficiency or over re-uptake of the neurotransmitters; Serotonin, dopamine & norepinephrine. The proper remedy for this condition is to boost neurotransmitter levels by either blocking re-uptake, or alternatively; Ingesting supplements which form the body’s building blocks for these neurotransmitters.

    While one myth died out over a hundred years ago, the other is actually still taught in today’s medical schools. In the very near future, both of these myths will be considered equally absurd.</b>
     
    #114     Jul 10, 2006
  5. Sure $RM$, but how is it, so many responses here are from people, whom's assessment of their condition, is based upon someone else's opinion?
    Those person's, not being professional's of any description?
    Im not about to suggest, professional's have a f#ng foggy clue what the go is,
    but it has to make you wonder.

    A lot of people , scoring high in this bogus online test, and somehow taking pride in their high scores......
    It has occurred to me, the average person will have hang-up's, basic and substantial flaws so significant as to boot them into this category as a matter of course, according to some of these self diagnosed posts.

    And thats not even getting into trading, a very specific pursuit.
     
    #115     Jul 11, 2006
  6. does 39 count?

    vital analitics
     
    #116     Jul 11, 2006
  7. pattersb

    pattersb Guest

    Yeah, I'm learning to calm down a bit, I've been working feverishly, (mostly unnecessarily, I've come to realize), because I'd like to make a million dollars and move to a tropical island BEFORE the civilized world collapses. (If anything, I have thousands of lines of code, if not yet millions of dollars...)

    :)

    I'm not an idiot savant by any strecth, but I've come to realize that I may be prone to turrets like outbursts. I just lose my head after reading various forumns on the internet. I am rendered a dog foaming at the mouth and find myself shouting like a lunatic.

    Anonymity, must have an affect on the tone of discourse... and I seeth when I or someone else is unfairly called a Nazi, Bigot, etc ..., which is so prevelant nowadays

    Ok,... just calm down, ... think about waves crashing on your private beach ...

    :)
     
    #117     Jul 11, 2006
  8. maxpi

    maxpi

    Yes, it is a beautiful day at the beach. You are just enjoying everything and know that the universe will bring you knowledge about trading in due course. You hear the sea gulls and know that they find food and all they need every day, every year and you grin.... because you know the same thing will be done for you.

    The next session will be $165, no more freebies for ya' buddy. :)
     
    #118     Jul 11, 2006
  9. Today is the first day of the rest of your life...(I love my beach...well and my 1990 ply...sim..woo...)
     
    #119     Jul 11, 2006
  10. maxpi

    maxpi

    Today is actually the first day of the rest of the mess but I never tell my clients that.
     
    #120     Jul 11, 2006