--- In conlang@y..., "Mike S." <mcslason@A...> wrote:
> And Rosta <a-rosta@A...> wrote:
>
> >Mike S.
> >>
> >> But yes, INTP's are overrepresented here for
sure. BTW,
> >> the enneagram is interesting too. Check out the
description
you'll know
> >> what I mean when I say I am a Five with a
Four-wing which acts
> >> up now and then.
> >
> >Do you base this on reading the descriptions and
matching yourself
> >to them, or on doing the online test?
>
> Besides these two methods, an enneagram typing can
be gotten
> from someone who both knows the enneagram and knows
you well
> enough, or knows what questions to ask. It is
usually not
> that difficult to type people once you understand
the system.
> Still, I think a combination of at least two of
these methods
> is to be recommended rather than relying on one.
Can't say I ever cottoned to the enneagram,
personally. That one *does* seem like voodoo tome
*shrug*. Could be that I'm biased by the online tests,
tho. I tried a couple times, and apparently I an
exactly even in seven of the types as my highest score
and the other three are close behind! Whatever :P.
> As for myself, I initially typed myself by reading
the
> descriptions, but have since confirmed this using
the other
> two methods. It can be an uncanny experience. When
you read
> some of the type descriptions, you will recognize a
few of
> your friends and family, with some of their deep
motivations
> brought to light. When you will read on your own
type, you
> find yourself wondering how someone could so
accurately
> describe aspects of your personal inner landscape,
though
> not perfectly of course.
The thing I find _really_ interesting, moreso than the
times when it _does_ work like that, really well, are
the times when it goes haywire and fails to fit
decently. The boundary conditions of any theoretical
system to my mind is the most interesting area to
study it - and attack it <g>. To deal with some
"haywire" cases, and to try and make the fact that
Keirsey's empirical Temperament observation often
seems to really work not be _completely_ out of left
field in respect to the theory is why I devised my own
heterodox typing theory... :P Which was fun :)
Stephen
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