I think a new theory may be of interest to fellow Virians:

From:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,937913,00.html

"Are there essential differences between the male and female brain? My
theory is that the female brain is predominantly hard-wired for empathy,
and that the male brain is predominantly hard-wired for understanding
and building systems. I call it the empathising-systemising (E-S)
theory.

Empathising is the drive to identify another person's emotions and
thoughts, and to respond to these with an appropriate emotion. The
empathiser intuitively figures out how people are feeling, and how to
treat people with care and sensitivity. Systemising is the drive to
analyse and explore a system, to extract underlying rules that govern
the behaviour of a system; and the drive to construct systems. The
systemiser intuitively figures out how things work, or what the
underlying rules are controlling a system. Systems can be as varied as a
pond, a vehicle, a computer, a maths equation, or even an army unit.
They all operate on inputs and deliver outputs, using rules.

According to this theory, a person (whether male or female) has a
particular "brain type". There are three common brain types: for some
individuals, empathising is stronger than systemising. This is called
the female brain, or a brain of type E. For other individuals,
systemising is stronger than empathising. This is called the male brain,
or a brain of type S. Yet other individuals are equally strong in their
systemising and empathising. This is called the "balanced brain", or a
brain of type B. There are now tests you can take to see which type (E,
S, or B) you are. Not which type you'd like to be, but which you
actually are."

Test is here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/news/page/0,12983,937443,00.html


I have a balanced brain. I scored 42 (empathy)  and 34 (systemising) .

I anoint myself Balanced One.

Regards

Jonathan
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I got low empathy (no surprise there) and average systematics (I'm sure I deserve more!).
Bill Roh <billroh@churchofvirus.com> wrote:
>Wow! What a cool concept!
>
>While I am unbalanced, I am only so in that I am above average in
>Systematizing (49) and extraordinary in Empathizing (65). I rock, I'm a
>cool chick, that's right, oh yeah...
>
>heh heh heh
>-Michelle
>
>
You are a cool chick, It's obvious to me. A 65 in Empathy? How can you
function at all? I'll bet your man loves the affection you have to
offer. Of course, I bet you cried when Bambi's mom gets shot too. Old
Yeller I can understand, heck, I'll admit it, even I cried when Old
Yeller died.

For me though:
23EQ
56SQ

Extreme type S. humm. Just cause I need to know how everything works,
need to be able to make it myself, love to gamble and play odds, know
the exact species name of hundreds of animals and plants, and simply
have no patience for the emotional baggage of the wussies of the world.
That makes me extreme S? We'll alrighty then, why can't I beat even the
simplest chess program after 30 years of chess playing?!?!

--
Reason - Vision - Empathy
Tools for a healthy mind

Bill Roh



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