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# Are You a Red-Hot Skeptic?
- URL: https://tjomlid.com/are-you-a-red-hot-skeptic/
- Published: 2008-10-19T07:17:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-09T00:49:42.000Z
- Author: Gunnar R. Tjomlid
- Tags: Bloggpost, PublishedPost, #substack, #substack-type-newsletter, #substack-access-only_paid, #Import 2024-12-22 18:32

Fra [Skepchick](http://skepchick.org/blog/?p=3606&ref=tjomlid.com). Mine svar er i kursiv.

**1\. Do you have a beard?**

A: Yes, a full beard  
*B: Yes, a goatee or other small beard*  
C: No, but I used to have one D: No, I have never had a beard

**2\. Do you think Phil Plait is hot?**

*A: Yes (I am a man)*  
B: Yes (I am a woman)  
C: No (I am a man)  
D: No (I am a woman)

**3\. Your colleague forwards an email that looks like an urban legend. Do you**

*A: Immediately check it on Snopes then hit ‘Reply To All’ with the link and a witty but biting comment?*  
B: Check it on Snopes and reply only to the colleague?  
C: Google it for your own curiosity but say nothing.  
D: Forward it to everyone you know with the comment “OMG!!! SCARY!!”.

**4\. Which of these books is your ideal holiday read?**

A: Carl Sagan’s The Demon-Haunted World  
*B: Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy*  
C: Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People  
D: Sylvia Browne’s Contacting Your Spirit Guide

**5\. Have you met Michael Shermer?**

A: I am Michael Shermer  
*B: Yes I have met Michael Shermer*  
C: No I have not met Michael Shermer  
D: Who is Michael Shermer?

**6\. Your friends regard you as**

*A: A know-it-all cynic who always bangs on about evidence and logical fallacies*  
B: A smartypants who likes to know the facts before deciding  
C: A knowledgeable person who keeps their opinions to themselves until appropriate  
D: Friends?

**7\. You are lying in bed and you feel an eerie chill. Do you**

*A: Call a glazier*  
B: Call the dog  
C: Call a TV crew  
D: Call your agent

**8\. You meet a man who claims he can speak to your dead relatives. Do you**

*A: arrange a double-blind test, an application to the Million Dollar Challenge, and close examination by Richard Wiseman*  
B: arrange a quick trip to the nearest shrink  
C: arrange his face into a bloodier one  
D: arrange a six-figure book deal with you as co-author

**Scoring**

**Mostly A’s:** Congratulations! You are a Red-Hot Skeptic. Your credentials are assured and you can take your place amongst such luminaries as That Guy Who Debunked That Thing, and Those People With That Useful Website.

**Mostly B’s:** You have work to do but can consider yourself a Simmering Skeptic. Spending more time reading Skepchick will warm you up in no time, as would wearing pants for once.

**Mostly C’s:** You’re a Lukewarm Skeptic, but your brain is in the right place. Try reading a few more of the skeptic classics and spend less time watching Doctor Who.

**Mostly D’s:** You are Sylvia Browne. And you lied on the beard question.