My discussions with people 1-2 steps removed from the developers of Integral Colors indicates that while they claim it’s rungs on a ladder, they don’t really think of it that way and in particular they see the key insight being that Green is Bad; when I asked if that was true while getting the initial explanation they acted like I’d passed a test or something; at a minimum I’d guessed the teacher’s password. Then of course Boomeritis makes it explicit and isn’t subtle about it.
MBTI I think you’re right that some of them are pretty thin/rare, and they’re trying to cover that up to make the system work out. That seems reasonably common; people have some insights, then they feel the need to ‘fill out the grid’ and make all the points on it seem valuable and important and so on, so they’re stuck pretending all 16 are a legit thing. I do think all four contrasts describe a thing, though.
Hogwarts houses I think get way too much credit than they deserve and aren’t especially well thought out, especially in canon where she (as I read/understand it) basically gives up on the idea that Slytherin isn’t evil.
Enneagram I think deserves some credit for not trying to classify everyone?
My discussions with people 1-2 steps removed from the developers of Integral Colors indicates that while they claim it’s rungs on a ladder, they don’t really think of it that way and in particular they see the key insight being that Green is Bad; when I asked if that was true while getting the initial explanation they acted like I’d passed a test or something; at a minimum I’d guessed the teacher’s password. Then of course Boomeritis makes it explicit and isn’t subtle about it.
MBTI I think you’re right that some of them are pretty thin/rare, and they’re trying to cover that up to make the system work out. That seems reasonably common; people have some insights, then they feel the need to ‘fill out the grid’ and make all the points on it seem valuable and important and so on, so they’re stuck pretending all 16 are a legit thing. I do think all four contrasts describe a thing, though.
Hogwarts houses I think get way too much credit than they deserve and aren’t especially well thought out, especially in canon where she (as I read/understand it) basically gives up on the idea that Slytherin isn’t evil.
Enneagram I think deserves some credit for not trying to classify everyone?