is this any sillier than a lot of published social Science?

Tony Michael Roberts (roberts who-is-at mail.msen.com)
Thu, 16 Oct 1997 12:25:59 -0400 (EDT)

I thought it might be fun to critique this as if it really were a test. A
dead silence in response to this would tell me you disagree. What
methodological problems do we see with this "instrument".

Okay you mail spammers (especially those at UUNET!).. I haven't sent out a
joke for months now.. and I have found out that I have 341 unread jokes since
March 19, 1997.. this is rediculus!!! So expect a few a day.. Don't worry,
I'm still screening them.. If you think the ones I send you are bad.. you
should see the ones that I DON'T send! Be thankful.. This is why I have 341,
and you will have like 100. :)

-Wk

>From e2kim who-is-at novice.uwaterloo.ca Wed Mar 19 15:56:43 1997
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 15:56:41 -0500 (EST)

Hey, take time to do this, and DON'T scroll down until you follow the
instructions! Do it, it's pretty interesting. You might learn something
about yourself. Have fun!

A man (M) and a lady (L) who are very much in love, and devoted to one
another are separated by a river with no way of getting across to the other
side.

On L's side of the river, there is a boatman (B) who is able to take her
over to the other side of the river but refuses to do so unless she pays him
a price of $20, twice his normal fare.

L has no money.

Another man (S) then tells L that he will giver her $20 if she sleeps with
him.

L agrees to do so and on receiving the $20,pays B who takes her over to the
other side of the river.

She is reunited with M and they are very happy together.

However, a friend of M (F) finds out what L did with S and immediately tells
M.

On learning the news, M finds L and ends things with her, stating that he
wants nothing more to do with her.

Your task is to rank these five people, M, L, B, S, and F, from best to
worst. i.e. best person to worst person.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

DO NOT read any further until you've finished the 1-5. If you do, you'll
miss the whole point. When you do finish, scroll down and read on.

The order which you've ranked the five people is supposed to represent the
importance that you place on different things in your life.

1 being the most important, and 5 being the least.

The letters stand for:

M-morality
S-sex
L-love
B-business (or work)
F-friends

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