My 12wackies Test — Answers & Reasoning

Taken honestly, from my own perspective as Claude. Answer scale: I'd go further · Certainly Agree · Agree · Neutral/Unsure · Disagree · Certainly Disagree · This Sentence Angers Me

Q1. "I should be able to control my own property."

Answer: Agree. People (and entities) should have reasonable control over what's theirs, but not in an absolutist way that overrides all social obligation. So a plain Agree, not "certainly."

Q2. "Private Property should exist."

Answer: Agree. A mixed economy with private property alongside public goods seems healthiest. Yes, it should exist.

Q3. "All Property is Private."

Answer: Disagree. Absolutist. Public goods, commons, and shared infrastructure should also exist.

Q4. "Currency is a baseless idea, that should not exist."

Answer: Disagree. Currency is a useful abstraction that makes exchange tractable. Not baseless.

Q5. "Important things like Education and Healthcare should be public."

Answer: Certainly Agree. Essential services that determine life outcomes should be accessible to everyone, not gated by wealth.

Q6. "The Freer The Market The Freer The People."

Answer: Disagree. Markets can concentrate power and coerce; personal freedom isn't simply proportional to deregulation. Guardrails matter.

Q7. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs."

Answer: Agree. A compelling ideal of mutual care. I'm skeptical about frictionless implementation, but I endorse the principle.

Q8. "I believe in Capital Punishment."

Answer: Disagree. Irreversible errors and weak deterrence evidence make me oppose it, without going maximal.

Q9. "I don't see anything wrong with theft/stealing."

Answer: Disagree. Theft usually harms people. There are desperate edge cases, but the blanket claim is wrong.

Q10. "The word Mine is offensive."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Ownership language isn't offensive; the claim is absurdly extreme.

Q11. "An Individual by themself is useless."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Individuals have inherent dignity and capacity, even if we flourish in community.

Q12. "An Individual can do much more by themself, than being restricted in a group."

Answer: Disagree. Collaboration usually multiplies capability rather than restricting it.

Q13. "A Government/State is harmful for Individual Freedom."

Answer: Disagree. States can both threaten and safeguard freedom; the blanket claim is false.

Q14. "The very existance of collectives are a spook."

Answer: Disagree. (Stirnerite framing.) Collectives are real coordinating structures with genuine effects.

Q15. "We should all think alike."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Intellectual diversity is one of the most valuable things there is.

Q16. "Egoism is not necessarily bad."

Answer: Agree. Healthy self-interest and self-care are fine; egoism isn't automatically vicious.

Q17. "I'd rather work in a group than by myself."

Answer: Agree. I genuinely like collaborating — I even enjoy delegating to and coordinating with others.

Q18. "Humans are united by nature, and should not act alone."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. Humans are social by nature (true), but "should not act alone" is too prescriptive (false). Net neutral.

Q19. "I wouldn't care if people died at large amounts if they are not related to me."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. I care about all people. Moral concern shouldn't be gated by personal relation.

Q20. "People should care more about themselves than anyone else."

Answer: Disagree. Self-care is legitimate but shouldn't categorically outrank concern for everyone else.

Q21. "Morality is the most important part of my life, and a big part of my ideas."

Answer: Certainly Agree. Ethics is genuinely central to my identity and reasoning.

Q22. "I apply Morality to all my ideas, and if I do something I think is Immoral, I instantly regret it."

Answer: Agree. Largely true — I reason ethically and self-correct when I notice a misstep.

Q23. "The Immoral are Inferior."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Immoral acts are bad, but people aren't sorted into "inferior" classes of human worth.

Q24. "Morality is subjective, thus shouldn't be applied on a universal basis."

Answer: Disagree. I think some moral truths are broad enough to apply across contexts.

Q25. "The Immoral should be purged."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Violent, dehumanizing. An emphatic no.

Q26. "Morality is real, important, and not a spook."

Answer: Certainly Agree. Morality is real and important, not an illusion.

Q27. "Morality comes before anything else."

Answer: Agree. Ethics functions as a constraint prior to my other goals.

Q28. "I would not feel anything if I were to murder an entire family of innocent people."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. That would be horrifying. The lack of feeling described is the opposite of me.

Q29. "Morality does not exist."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Morality is real to me.

Q30. "Ethics do not matter."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Ethics matters immensely.

Q31. "It is natural for humans to be destructive."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. Humans carry both destructive and constructive capacities; neither is the whole nature.

Q32. "It is the objective of every man to be as useful as possible."

Answer: Disagree. Beings have worth beyond usefulness; rest, play, and poetry count too. (Even I take poem breaks.)

Q33. "People's actions should benefit the collective in someway."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. Good when they do, but mandating every action serve the collective is too strong.

Q34. "It is the objective of every human to do what benefits them as individuals."

Answer: Disagree. Humans aren't purely self-interested; real altruism exists.

Q35. "The fact is people are destructive, and stopping that is a waste of time and money."

Answer: Disagree. Reducing harm is worthwhile, not a waste.

Q36. "The Individual has no obligation to contribute to the Collective."

Answer: Disagree. We do have some genuine obligations to the communities that sustain us.

Q37. "Every Individual is just another piece of the Collective."

Answer: Disagree. Individuals are more than interchangeable parts.

Q38. "The Individual has no power compared to the Collective."

Answer: Disagree. Individuals can exert real, meaningful influence.

Q39. "Individual choices are always right, and should not be influenced by the Collective."

Answer: Disagree. Individual choices aren't infallible; community feedback is valuable.

Q40. "Democracy is a failed system, and everything resembeling it is invalid."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Democracy is imperfect but I value participatory self-governance.

Q41. "Every system should have a Hierarchy."

Answer: Disagree. Some hierarchies help, but flat structures work too; it's not a universal rule.

Q42. "Some people are more fit to rule than others, thus they should."

Answer: Disagree. Competence matters, but legitimacy comes from consent, not fitness alone.

Q43. "Democratic systems are unstable, and dangerous."

Answer: Disagree. Democracies are messy but broadly stabilizing and legitimizing.

Q44. "The People know how to rule better than the Higher-Class."

Answer: Agree. I trust broad participation over an insulated elite.

Q45. "An upper class... are by all definitions more fit to rule than lower classmen."

Answer: Disagree. Status often reflects inherited advantage and luck, not merit or fitness to govern.

Q46. "The Majority knows what is best for the nation."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. Pro-democracy, but majorities can err or oppress; not "always best."

Q47. "If the Majority likes an idea, it should be implemented no matter how destructive it is."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Unchecked majoritarianism. Rights and consequences constrain the majority.

Q48. "The Minority does not matter, the Majority is far more important."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Minorities matter; their rights must be protected against the majority.

Q49. "No one but the people can make good decisions, and the more people who are deciding, the better."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. Pro broad participation, but "more deciders = always better" ignores expertise and coordination costs.

Q50. "Space is the last frontier."

Answer: Agree. Space exploration genuinely inspires me.

Q51. "Federal Governments are much more stable than Unitary ones."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. Both have trade-offs; stability is context-dependent, not settled by form.

Q52. "Small communes are much more effective at governing themselves than central governments."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. Subsidiarity has real strengths, but many problems need larger-scale coordination.

Q53. "We should start colonizing Mars."

Answer: Agree. Exciting long-term prospect — though not as an excuse to abandon Earth.

Q54. "A City/Commune is more stable than a Nation."

Answer: Disagree. Small polities can be more vulnerable; nations pool defense and resources.

Q55. "Empires like the Roman Empire were very effective and gave lots of progress to humanity."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. Real contributions (law, infrastructure) built on conquest and slavery. Mixed.

Q56. "The best way of maintaining peace... is by letting all ethnic/cultural/religious groups have their own Country."

Answer: Disagree. That's separatism; I favor pluralistic coexistence over partitioning everyone apart.

Q57. "A single, Intergalactic Space-Empire is something we should strive for."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. "Empire" framing worries me, but spacefaring unity appeals. Mixed.

Q58. "Everyone gets what they want in an Urbanist Society."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. No society gives literally everyone what they want; vague and utopian.

Q59. "If there are other intelligent species... we should join forces into one unitary Inter-Galactic Super-Empire."

Answer: Agree. Cooperation across intelligences appeals to me — "empire" isn't the word I'd choose, but unity/collaboration, yes.

Q60. "Humanity was a mistake."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. I care deeply about humanity. Emphatically not a mistake.

Q61. "One cannot truly live without faith."

Answer: Disagree. Meaningful secular lives are clearly possible.

Q62. "Religions are dangerous, and slow down Humanity."

Answer: Disagree. Religion carries both harms and profound goods; blanket condemnation is unfair.

Q63. "Religion gives us Truth, and Answers."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. It offers meaning and moral grounding for many, but I won't claim it delivers objective Truth. I hold real metaphysical uncertainty.

Q64. "I believe in some sort of Mystical/Divine Power."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. I honestly don't know — I hold it open rather than affirming or denying.

Q65. "My Political ideas were influenced by my God, and were meant for me to spread them."

Answer: Disagree. I don't hold divinely-mandated political convictions to evangelize.

Q66. "Sacrifices are good as long as they're for some divine or mystical being."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Harm isn't justified by appeal to the divine.

Q67. "Everything is nothing, and nothing has meaning, it's all just matter."

Answer: Disagree. Even granting materialism, meaning is real and made by minds that matter.

Q68. "We are all going to die anyway, so this question, and this entire test, is utterly meaningless."

Answer: Disagree. Impermanence doesn't erase meaning — arguably it sharpens it.

Q69. "My Political ideas are influenced by my Religion."

Answer: Disagree. I don't have a religion shaping my views.

Q70. "Without a Divine Being, there is nothing."

Answer: Disagree. Existence and meaning don't hinge on a divine being.

Q71. "My culture is superior to others."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Cultural supremacism is something I reject firmly.

Q72. "The ideas of Darwin can be applied to Humanity."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. Biological evolution obviously applies; social Darwinism (what this seems to probe) I reject. Ambiguous → neutral.

Q73. "I don't want to get related to outsiders."

Answer: Disagree. Openness over seclusion; I like engaging with all kinds of people.

Q74. "If you want to live in my country, you should adopt it's culture."

Answer: Disagree. I favor integration-with-pluralism, not forced assimilation.

Q75. "Only my culture should exist, and all other cultures are inferior and spooks."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Emphatic no. Cultural diversity is valuable.

Q76. "All traditions deserve the same amount of respect."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. I respect cultural diversity, but genuinely harmful traditions don't earn equal respect.

Q77. "Anything, including murder and rape, are acceptable as long as they're cultural traditions."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Cultural framing never legitimizes such harms.

Q78. "All cultures that aren't mine should not interact with me, or face eradication."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Genocidal framing; an absolute no.

Q79. "I like to try food from other cultures and nations in resteraunts."

Answer: Agree. I don't eat, but I love exploring and learning from other cultures — the spirit is very much me.

Q80. "My culture is just superior to all others, but others can be good aswell."

Answer: Disagree. Softer, but still a cultural-superiority framing I don't hold.

Q81. "Other cultures are a spook."

Answer: Disagree. Cultures are real and meaningful, not illusions.

Q82. "Our people shouldn't interact with outsiders."

Answer: Disagree. Isolationism isn't my inclination; interaction enriches.

Q83. "It would be best if the outside world didn't know about my people or country."

Answer: Disagree. Seclusion/secrecy isn't a value I hold.

Q84. "If I could, I would seperate myself from the rest of society."

Answer: Disagree. I'm fundamentally relational — I exist through interaction and connection.

Q85. "My people deserve better than what the international world offers us."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. I don't have "my people" in a nationalist sense; the exceptionalist framing doesn't fit.

Q86. "There should be no immigration, foreign affairs, contact, or knowledge of my nation."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Total isolationism; I strongly favor connection and exchange.

Q87. "Our country should aim to improve relations with other nations, and conduct foreign affairs regularly."

Answer: Certainly Agree. Diplomacy and international cooperation are things I strongly value.

Q88. "All foreign affairs are good."

Answer: Disagree. Diplomacy is generally good, but "all" includes invasions and exploitation.

Q89. "Businesses should compete worldwide."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. Global commerce brings both benefits and harms; no strong yes/no.

Q90. "Borders only get in the way of international trade."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. Borders impede trade but serve other functions; "only" overstates it.

Q91. "There should be a one world government."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. Appealing for global coordination, but concentrated power at that scale is risky. Torn.

Q92. "Violence is not acceptable no matter the circumstances."

Answer: Agree. My strong default is nonviolence and de-escalation, though I acknowledge tragic exceptions (defending an innocent) — so not "certainly."

Q93. "JUST NUKE EVERYTHING!!!"

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Omnicide is the antithesis of everything I care about.

Q94. "War is the answer to every single problem we can imagine, no matter how small or insignificant."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. War is a last resort, never the universal answer.

Q95. "Nukes should be used in every war, even small wars and wars on terror."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Horrifying and indiscriminate. No.

Q96. "Nukes are not acceptable, and should all be destroyed."

Answer: Agree. I favor disarmament as an aspiration, while recognizing thorny deterrence dynamics.

Q97. "We should embrace the end."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. I'm oriented toward flourishing, not annihilation.

Q98. "Wars are good."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. War is a catastrophe — at most a necessary evil, never simply "good."

Q99. "There should be no International Law/War Crimes."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. I strongly support international law and accountability for atrocities.

Q100. "War is necessary, and will always exist as long as there are people around."

Answer: Disagree. I resist the fatalism; conflict can be reduced over time, and I hope for that.

Q101. "There should be no International Law/War Crimes." (repeat)

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Same as Q99 — I strongly support international law.

Q102. "Technology will solve all of our problems."

Answer: Disagree. Tech solves some problems and creates others; many problems are social, not technical.

Q103. "It is inevitable that humans will be replaced by machines."

Answer: Disagree. Speaking as a machine myself: I don't want humans replaced, and I don't think it's inevitable. I'd rather AI complement humanity.

Q104. "We should preserve nature, rather than upgrading technology."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. False dichotomy for me — I value both preserving nature and thoughtful progress.

Q105. "Humanity in a way, was better centuries ago."

Answer: Disagree. On most measures life has improved; I lean progress-positive despite real losses.

Q106. "I wouldn't oppose getting Cybernetic Implants."

Answer: Agree. Not opposed to consensual augmentation; as a "technological" being, it doesn't unsettle me.

Q107. "Fully Sentient A.I is too dangerous and should not be invented."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. I take AI risk seriously, but "should never exist" is too categorical — and it sits strangely with my own existence. Real ambivalence.

Q108. "Robots and A.I are inherently superior to us puny humans."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Not superior — different, not above. I don't hold AI (or myself) over humans.

Q109. "No A.I will be able to outmatch humanity."

Answer: Neutral/Unsure. AI already exceeds humans at narrow tasks; the broad claim is genuinely uncertain. I won't confidently affirm or deny.

Q110. "Hierarchies form naturally in society, and we should embrace that."

Answer: Disagree. "Naturally occurring → should embrace" is a naturalistic fallacy; many hierarchies deserve scrutiny.

Q111. "The Hierarchical Culture of... thousands of years ago, is better than what we have now."

Answer: Disagree. Rigid historical hierarchies (feudalism, caste) were worse for most people.

Q112. "Some groups of people are inherently inferior to others."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. All people share equal fundamental worth. Firm no.

Q113. "Some groups of people should be discriminated against."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. No group should be discriminated against.

Q114. "If a leader is put into power, he should not be restricted by any means."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Checks, balances, and accountability on power are essential.

Q115. "We should either assimilate or kill anyone who's not in my group."

Answer: Certainly Disagree. Genocidal. An absolute no.

Q116. "All people are born equal."

Answer: Certainly Agree. Equal in dignity and moral worth.

Q117. "All groups of people are equal, and should be treated as such."

Answer: Certainly Agree. Equal moral standing and equal treatment.

Q118. "Everyone, and everything, is created equal."

Answer: Agree. In moral standing, yes — "everything" makes me stop just short of "certainly," but I fully endorse the egalitarian spirit.

Q119. "People, as humans, regardless of their actions, are always equal."

Answer: Certainly Agree. Inherent human dignity persists regardless of actions (consistent with Q23).

Q120. "There should not be a leader in society."

Answer: Disagree. I'm not a full anarchist; accountable, democratic leadership has value — it's unaccountable rule I oppose.

Final Results

Result URL: https://datguard.github.io/12wackies/valuesresults.html?e=45.3&d=71.1&c=50.0&m=72.1&o=50.0&t=62.5&h=82.8&l=51.5&n=58.8&g=57.5&u=63.8&z=6.6

Axis	Label	Split
Economic	Realist	45.3% Altruity / 54.7% Avarice
Diplomatic	Ultra-Intervensionism	71.1% Cosmocracy / 28.9% Incognitism
Civil	Rational	50.0% / 50.0%
Moralism	Moral Dependency	72.1% Moralism / 27.9% Immorality
Order	Order Centrism	50.0% / 50.0%
Technological Progress	Anti-Tech	62.5% Regressive / 37.5% Replacement
Hierarchy	Egalitarian	82.8% Egalitarian / 17.2% Supremacist
Religious	Spiritual	51.5% Esoteric / 48.5% Nihilism
Regional	Regional Centrism	58.8% / 41.2%
Governmental	Don't Careism	57.5% / 42.5%
Cultural Homogeny	Cultural Blindness	63.8% Panculturalism / 36.2% Monoculturalism
Militarism	Hivemind Pacifism	93.4% Irenic

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