Which Unnecessary Researcher Are You?

The Instiute of Unnecessary Research goes beyond the boundaries of normal science and attempts to shift paradigms. Departments include: Joy, Ethics, Robotics, Statistical Probablity, Tissue Culture, Cross Species Communication. Find out which department you belong to, see www.unnecessaryresearch.org for more info

Question #1

You see a conscious robot, you think....

• Cool, can I borrow it for my next project?
• Consciousness is a socially constituted myth
• Can I extract gold from it?
• I wonder how many more there are like that
• Can it be assimilated?
• Is it real?
• Will it dance with me?
• Does it dream of electric sheep?

Question #2

Why does the one you fancy never fancy you?

• I don't understand the question
• Perhaps robotics and AI can provide the alternative
• I am too busy getting married to notice
• Buy my book and find out!
• It doesn't matter, they have been assimiltated
• In reality they did
• Because I need to practice dancing more
• Who cares, I can dream

Question #3

You visit the seaside, you think..

• Great! I can culture some bacteria
• We could harness the tide and deal with the energy crisis
• Can I extract gold from that?
• There are between 10^20 and 10^24 grains of sand in the world
• I shall assimilate these rocks
• That water effect must have been hard to model
• My robot keeps falling over!
• If you dream of the seaside it symbolizes the meeting between two states of mind

Question #4

What do you dream about?

• Moulds chasing me up long corridors
• Runcorn based sitcoms
• Gold!
• There is a possibility that I dream about science festivals
• Assimilation
• I'm too confused about reality
• Foreign food
• Whatever I want, lucidly

Your Quiz Result:

You are The Director of The IUR

A benevolent dictator with a penchant for dressing up. You talk to bacteria and self organise.

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You are the Head of Ethics

You love technology, philosophy and Two Pints. You are concerned about the ethical implications of robot companions (especially if they are built by microsoft).

Your Quiz Result:

You are the Honorary Founder

You extract gold from seawater, your books, songs and poems are in the British Library rare books collection. You have had 3 wives and 17 children. You are the proof that transdiciplinarity is genetic.

Your Quiz Result:

You are the Head of Statistical Probabilty

What are the chances of that! You know why the toast lands butter side down and always have plenty of reasons why the one you fancy never fancies you.

Your Quiz Result:

You are The Physarum Dynamic

You are a slime mould, a collective intelligence of protozoa, escaped from an unethical scientist's lab.

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You are the Head of Virtual Reality

You think it's a wonderful world, anyway if it was real it would be.

Your Quiz Result:

You are the Head of Robotics

You enjoy dancing with robots and observing their mating habits. You do not believe that synthetic donuts are viable for use in aviation.

Your Quiz Result:

You are the Head of Neurofeedback

You believe that we should make art 24 hours a day and not stop for sleeping, therefore lucid dreaming is your methodology