Just wondering if anyone buys into it, or whether it should be taken seriously or not. I personally feel like I related to the description I got (infp) but then again I usually am easily convinced of things

  • EatTheLibsToo [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Comparisons between myers briggs and astrology are for people who think they're too smart for the need to understand what quantitative data is

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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      4 years ago

      The only data in the MBTI is generated by feedback loops. Anything that gets used enough is going to create data. That doesn't mean there's any significance to it.

      They didn't make the tool by sitting down with a long list of test results, they got together one afternoon with an idea about how to describe people and just started winging it until they got published.

      Like, what even is the distinction between the intuitive/sensing axis and the judging/perceiving axis? (don't answer this, I've wasted enough of my life on this already)

      • EatTheLibsToo [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Obviously the data is flawed to all fuck, but the comparison between it and astrology is stupid

        • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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          4 years ago

          Astrology has existed for longer and has more inertia behind it. That's the difference.