http://www.drkellam.com/2006/08/29/psychology/ The blog of David Robert Kellam, Melbourne Australia Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:30:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.drkellam.com/2006/08/29/psychology/#comment-1207 pezzae Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:50:06 +0000 http://www.drkellam.com/2006/08/29/psychology/#comment-1207 It's first guess was that I'm a guy. (What does that say about me? More interestingly, why was my first reaction to be offended?) Then it said my household income was lower middle class. It got right that I went to college and have lots of friends, but then it told me I'm probably not a religious person - how is it defining 'religious'? How am I supposed to give it feedback to improve the algorithms with such an ambiguous concept? Sigh. It is a great tool for procrastination though :o) It’s first guess was that I’m a guy. (What does that say about me? More interestingly, why was my first reaction to be offended?)
Then it said my household income was lower middle class.
It got right that I went to college and have lots of friends, but then it told me I’m probably not a religious person - how is it defining ‘religious’? How am I supposed to give it feedback to improve the algorithms with such an ambiguous concept? Sigh.
It is a great tool for procrastination though :o)

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