Take this fascinating test (schizophrenia vs. autism)

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Science is not about finding the elegant explanation. (Although I question the elegance of this one. Only a very abstract thinker would see it so because when you try to connect it to concrete reality it fails miserably in almost every possible way. A stupid online recreational test as a measure of anything about someone??? Yikes.) Science is about testing explanations ruthlessly until you find one that doesn't fall apart no matter what parts of reality you subject it to. And then understanding that even your best explanation will one day be replaced because the search for knowledge is never over. People becoming overly wedded to the pet theories they find aesthetically pleasing is one of the things that holds science back, and that's what SBC is doing with this kind of theory if you can even call it a theory given its lack of rigorous testing. (All hypotheses have to be tested in every conceivable way. SBC doesn't do that. I've read his books and his actual studies and they're an exercise in frustration, like most autism "research" out there today.) Stuff like this only holds science back.

Also, should be note that the theory of Crespi & Badcock is NOT that "schizophrenia is extreme female brain"; it is "children with schizotypal tendencies require less resources from the mothers".

According to them, schizophrenia usually occurs when the psychotic/schizoypal genes, transmitted by maternal line, are inherited by a man.

EDIT - reading better their paper, they really think that schizotypy /psychosos is a kind of extreme female brain; forget what I wrote above

autism and schizophrenia share some symptoms. this test has nothing to do with the topic either. only the cluster A personality disorders are related to schizophrenia. the rest are things of their own. Borderline PD has nothing to do with psychosis. schizotypal is the closest one to mild psychosis.

I take this test every couple of months and I get different results each time. Here's the result for today:

Disorder | Rating
Paranoid: High
Schizoid: Low
Schizotypal: High
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Moderate
Histrionic: High
Narcissistic: Moderate
Avoidant: Very High
Dependent: Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive: Low

I've been diagnosed with AS, by the way. I disagree that paranoia is the "opposite" of AS, because it makes sense that someone who is prone to getting bullied (such as someone with AS) would eventually become leery of other people.

Paranoid: Low
Schizoid: Very High
Schizotypal: High
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Low
Narcissistic: Low
Avoidant: Moderate
Dependent: Low
Obsessive-Compulsive: Low

Diagnosed as having aspergic thinking. High self awareness, non debilitating.

I question the utility of the test as well.

It has the feel of being a 'marketing' site but I may be wrong in that perception.

Paranoid: Low
Schizoid: Low
Schizotypal: Moderate
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Moderate
Histrionic: Low
Narcissistic: Low
Avoidant: Moderate
Dependent: Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate

I am definitely autistic, and definitely not masculine, so no, I don't agree with that. I am also not schizophrenic.

Of course, according to that article, I do have a "male brain" according to his definition. On a test I took before to measure one's empathy and systemizing, I was an extreme systemizer. Still, I don't feel masculine, so I guess I don't like that term.

Disorder | Rating
Paranoid: Moderate
Schizoid: Moderate
Schizotypal: Moderate
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Moderate
Histrionic: Moderate
Narcissistic: Low
Avoidant: Very High
Dependent: Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive: High

Paranoid: Very High
Schizoid: Moderate
Schizotypal: High
Antisocial: High
Borderline: Very High
Histrionic: High
Narcissistic: Very High
Avoidant: Very High
Dependent: High
Obsessive-Compulsive: High

I don't fit how he describes the "extreme male brain" and I feel like a girl rather than a boy.

Paranoid: Very High
Schizoid: Very High
Schizotypal:Very High
Antisocial:moderate
Borderline:low
Histrionic:low
Narcissistic:moderate
avoidant:high
dependant:moderate
obsessive compulsive:high

Disorder | Rating
Paranoid: Moderate
Schizoid: Moderate
Schizotypal: High
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Moderate
Histrionic: High
Narcissistic: Low
Avoidant: Moderate
Dependent: High
Obsessive-Compulsive: High

Paranoid: Very High
Schizoid: Moderate
Schizotypal: Moderate
Antisocial: Moderate
Borderline: Moderate
Histrionic: High
Narcissistic: High
Avoidant: Very High
Dependent: Very High
Obsessive-Compulsive: High

I'd rate this test as inaccurate. I'm not overly paranoid, but extremely anti social. Not very dependent either - I don't need people.