The Ferryman system is designed to present series of probing questions on given topics in attempt to aid the user explore complex aspects of their self-conceptualisation. It's kinda like Akinator, you'll be presented with a prompt, and you select the most personally accurate response from a range of options. The response will then lead to another prompt, which leads to another series of responses, and so on. Freud-meets-Bitlife. This Ferryman concerns the user's identified gender. The system attempts to provide adequate responses for each prompt, but this may not be achievable. If you find you are unable to accurately input to the system, please contact me on cohost.

The Ferryman is most effective when you answer as honestly as possible. Your responses are not being tracked, so feel free to explore the paths of the system as they interest you.

Begin the Ferryman

The first Ferryman will be concerning the topic of gender, as it is a topic I already know a fair bit about. I suppose there may be more pressing matters to write about, but the societal understanding of this topic directly affects the lives of myself and most of my friends, so forgive my preference here. It's also worth noting that at the time of 'writing' the Gender Ferryman, the concept of a Ferryman doesn't exist, and to write about a topic I'm less familiar with would be like a simultaneous compsci and psychology project. I would rather not do a simultaneous compsci and psychology project.

The official goal is to increase self exploration, but I can't help imagining how it would be possible for rational analysis to leave certain concepts alive? With the case of gender, being cisgender is an irrational concept, and by extension so is being transgender. If the principles of rationality as established by REBT are correct, surely we will all strive for the rational outcome of gender abolition? I don't see how the Ferryman will permit individual differences, but I also don't see why that should be a bad thing.