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pseydtonne  ·  3737 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your MBTI Personality Type, and what are your functions?

    What exactly are you trying to say here? I am not disinterested, I'm just not convinced of Myers-Briggs as anything more than a facebook-questionnaire.

I second this. It's almost the ur-quiz: "How type-A are you?" It's not quite as culturally loaded as an IQ test or the original SATs, but...





Kafke  ·  3737 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Then don't view it as a quiz. Just take a look at the functions and determine your type that way. The quiz is just to make it a bit easier.

The point is, don't care about the quiz. It's the typing that matters. Many of the quizzes get your type wrong anyway. The one I linked is the one I found to be accurate, but mileage will of course vary.

pseydtonne  ·  3737 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Make what a bit easier -- determining which pigeon-hole defines me? I spent my childhood being shoved in pigeon-holes, so now I should let a test pick my next one? No thanks.

When you say "it's the typing that matters", how does it matter? What problem are you solving when you run this test? it seems like classification for the sport of it.

Kafke  ·  3737 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    determining which pigeon-hole defines me? I spent my childhood being shoved in pigeon-holes, so now I should let a test pick my next one? No thanks.

You don't need to let the test determine your type. Go study up and learn why each type is defined the way it is. As I said, the quiz is just there to make this process easier.

    When you say "it's the typing that matters", how does it matter? What problem are you solving when you run this test?

Because I can see that you are an "S" person (focusing on practicality and problem solving, rather than theorizing) and thus I can understand how you think and relate to things.

    it seems like classification for the sport of it.

Perhaps. I find that it provides a framework for understanding people. Which is something I typically have problems with. Classifying and categorizing them makes it easier for me.

That's what the purpose is.