Re: Myers-Briggs (was: Lunatic Survey)

On Sun, 4 Oct 1998, Sally Caves wrote:

> No; I'm an extrovert as well (can't you tell? G).  I wonder, however,
> if the listserv as a whole features a majority of introverted people?
> i.e., that this activity is one that appeals to introversion?  And what
> about "judging"?  that "j" at the end?  Anybody out there who is "P"--
> perceiving?
>
        fwiw, I'm INFP.  To rather strong degree, actually (though in
previous tests I've got an X on the F/P distinction).  This is curious,
because only very few of the supposed qualities of an INFP ('healer')
seem to apply to me.  The Myers-Briggs test, imho, is an interesting
diversion, but its generalizations are rarely entirely accurate.

> So despite the fact that I think this thing is tremendously clever, it
> doesn't really cover all nuances (just like any personality test--it
> relies on generalities).
>
        I agree.  Another problem that I see with it is that it's very
biased culturally.

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