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« on: January 13, 2013, 08:51:05 am »
I've previously mentioned a personality typing system thing before called the 'Four Temperaments', which I've been fond of for years.

The main 'competitor' to this concept was the 'Myers-Briggs Type Indicator', or whatever it's called, which it seems that every intellectual teenager worth their salt knows about.

I've been reading about it recently, finding out my type and all that, and it's been quite interesting!

It turns out that my type is most likely INTJ... which happens to be the second rarest type.

The descriptions of this type fits nicely for me: I'm the Systems-Builder who prefers drawing connections between abstract principles to getting his hands dirty sifting through messy reality, who can't remember things, often doesn't even notice them, until he understands a theory about what they are and how they work, but is able to understand them in depth once he has some intellectual handles with which to grasp them. And who, once he understands how they work, looks for ways to make them work better. This is hardwired into my mind at a very deep level - I can't really imagine how I would go about changing it, or what it would be like to approach the world in any other way.

I'm curious about whether anyone else knows their Myers-Briggs type thing! I imagine that at least some of you will. There are loads of websites that describe them individually in some detail, for example: [LINK] [LINK] [LINK].

Tests: [LINK] [LINK].
« Last Edit: January 13, 2013, 07:19:24 pm by Pourquoi »
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Re: MBTI
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2013, 03:59:10 pm »
One of the links doesn't work...

I took the test and the result was "INTP" the thinker or something, i was not sure(it could be though), and took the test again(i wasn't sure of some questions, so i tried to understand them and took it more seriously). I was hopping to fall into INTP again, but it turned into ISTX. Er...it sounds stupid enough, but there wasn't any ISTX in that list you give. The X would be one of the other letters(P or J)? Well, i'm sure that i'm neither, so i'll stick with the INTP.
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Re: MBTI
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2013, 07:28:17 pm »
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One of the links doesn't work...
Fixed it.
However I don't think that personality things like this should be judged on their tests, because those tests - especially brief ones with only 'yes' or 'no' questions - can easily give inaccurate results, especially when people are uncertain about which answers to give, which is usually the case... It doesn't mean that the person's type isn't certain; it's just that they're using a really flimsy way of finding it.
It's much more useful to read about them in detail and then decide on the one which is the better fit, to understand them on a deep level rather than relying on a test.
Along the shore the cloud waves break,
The twin suns sink behind the lake,
The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa.

Strange is the night where black stars rise,
And strange moons circle through the skies,
But stranger still is
Lost Carcosa.

Songs that the Hyades shall sing,
Where flap the tatters of the King,
Must die unheard in
Dim Carcosa.

Song of my soul, my voice is dead,
Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed
Shall dry and die in
Lost Carcosa.
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