On a side-note, I don’t know why there’s so much hating going on towards the Meyers-Briggs test; if it came up with stuff like “You are an INTJ. This means that you have twelve fingers, enjoy ice-skating, and have a raw vegetable fetish.” I would be inclined to call it “bullshit”, but not for providing some vague generalizations which basically just summarize the answers that I just provided. That’s not worth throwing chairs over, in my opinion.
On a side-note, I don’t know why there’s so much hating going on towards the Meyers-Briggs test; if it came up with stuff like “You are an INTJ. This means that you have twelve fingers, enjoy ice-skating, and have a raw vegetable fetish.” I would be inclined to call it “bullshit”, but not for providing some vague generalizations which basically just summarize the answers that I just provided. That’s not worth throwing chairs over, in my opinion.
I like the balanced perspective. I’ve usually found dismissals of MBTI to be based on the wrong criteria. It is nearly absurd to expect that a test based on that much data to be worthless. Instead the “skeptical” expectation should be “MBTI isn’t likely to carve reality efficiently at its joints and the same data could be used to break up individuals according to a different combinations groupings which leads to more effective predictions and advice”. It does seem like “types” should be chosen after the systematic collection of data.
That’s one reason why I prefer the Big Five. (The other is that I understand what the Big Five traits are supposed to mean much better than what the MBTI traits are supposed to mean, but that might be just because I’ve read more about the former.)
That’s one reason why I prefer the Big Five. (The other is that I understand what the Big Five traits are supposed to mean much better than what the MBTI traits are supposed to mean, but that might be just because I’ve read more about the former.)
I’ve had more exposure to the MBTI but would suggest the Big Five as a more useful predictive tool for the same reason. I’ve actually never tried a B5 test. Maybe worth a look!
I answered everything but the personality test links, I will take them when I have more free time.
Here were my scores from the various linked tests, which I have now taken:
Political Compass Economic Left/Right: −3.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: −2.10
O: 76 C: 74 E: 4 A: 4 N: 37 (My wife scored me as well, and she came up with nearly identical numbers for me!)
I: 89% N: 38% T: 38% J: 67% (I remember taking this test before, and got “INTJ” then, too.)
AQ: 38 (I think I took the same test linked from LW in the past, and had the same score back then.)
IQ: 118 (I vaguely have a memory of taking a different form of the test in my teens, with a similar outcome.)
On a side-note, I don’t know why there’s so much hating going on towards the Meyers-Briggs test; if it came up with stuff like “You are an INTJ. This means that you have twelve fingers, enjoy ice-skating, and have a raw vegetable fetish.” I would be inclined to call it “bullshit”, but not for providing some vague generalizations which basically just summarize the answers that I just provided. That’s not worth throwing chairs over, in my opinion.
I like the balanced perspective. I’ve usually found dismissals of MBTI to be based on the wrong criteria. It is nearly absurd to expect that a test based on that much data to be worthless. Instead the “skeptical” expectation should be “MBTI isn’t likely to carve reality efficiently at its joints and the same data could be used to break up individuals according to a different combinations groupings which leads to more effective predictions and advice”. It does seem like “types” should be chosen after the systematic collection of data.
That’s one reason why I prefer the Big Five. (The other is that I understand what the Big Five traits are supposed to mean much better than what the MBTI traits are supposed to mean, but that might be just because I’ve read more about the former.)
I’ve had more exposure to the MBTI but would suggest the Big Five as a more useful predictive tool for the same reason. I’ve actually never tried a B5 test. Maybe worth a look!