Alright after reading a lovely article on feline parasites and altering brain chemisty I had a intreging thaught, what about testing furry personalities to see if I cant find if this is their why.

So does anyone want to take a personality test, or are you opposed to science?

Tried one of those personality quizzes a while ago.
Although correct in some regards, it did seem awfully generic.

I am a science geek sooo I suppose I shall offer my aid to the matter

Rarborman said:
what about testing furry personalities to see if I cant find if this is their why.

...What?

RedOctober said:
...What?

Who was phone?

KloH0und said:
Who was phone?

When was blue?

Probably because personality tests as they're commonly known (survey forms) aren't very scientific.

Now, if you're talking about MRI scans and similar, I certainly wouldn't be the first to volunteer

ikdind said:
When was blue?

Yes, this is dog

Freq said:
Yes, this is dog

Winner.
Is there grass?

Are you talking about Myers/Briggs? Or those "multiple intelligences" tests? Or an internet IQ test?

These are all incredibly subjective measures. You won't get any kind of real scientifically-viable data from them. Especially not Myers/Briggs. Those things are barely a step above horoscopes in terms of accuracy.

Jjiped said:
Winner.
Is there grass?

No! A light whistles!

...but back on topic...

I won't ask for your hypothesis, since that would invalidate me as a candidate, as the change in my behavior resulting from knowing the hypothesis might skew the results even further than if I only know that something about my mind is being tested.

Since I can't ask for that, I would like to know the identity and credentials of the professors, psychologists, or other professionals involved in the study. This would be a necessary condition before I would consider participating in any scientific test. Psychological experiments can be difficult to get right, and depending on what's being tested or how, can even be dangerous to the mental health of the participants. Qualified oversight is definitely a must.

However, I suspect you aren't engaging in any serious science, as your inspiration for this "personality test" is an article about feline parasites. If parasitic infestation or other physical cause is your hypothesis, then fMRIs would probably be the more useful test. In fact, this is probably doubly true as many of us are what would be described as "long-term fans", or otherwise recall favoring furries dating back to a very young age ("favoring" in the platonic sense, as the age range I'm suggesting is well before puberty in the average human). Thus, we might not even be able to recall any personality changes which might have occurred, as whatever physical cause may have started to affect us before the development of long-term memory retention. Or it may have been subtle enough in our prepubescent lives as to go unnoticed.

So I am skeptical. If you're seriously looking for candidates, you'll need to convince me.

ikdind said:
So I am skeptical.

Hello, Skeptical, is your mother at home?

KloH0und said:
Who was phone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AKdftmjhMYo

hg3300 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AKdftmjhMYo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M

DERP.