Re:Why are people suckers for the Myers-Briggs, Zodiac signs?
by TenToedTony on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @03:29AM
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Damn that's super interesting.
The test itself is useless, but self-identifying into a the scheme accompanied with the aforementioned useless test helps you find likeminded people. People you allegedly find that you work better with.
It's a shame that there is no way to self-identify into anything else, and find like-minded people, without relying on a thoroughly antiquated pseudoscientific bullshit classification system.
My point is this:
Praising MB for letting you self-categorise into a scheme that, on the surface, generates better team dynamics than no system at all is giving credit to systematising. It is not giving credit to MB.
Try this self-categorisation system out, and see if it out-performs no system: knowledgeable / unknowledgeable.
When I took the test, it classified me as an introvert. Since I prefer to be thought of as an extrovert, I changed my type accordingly. Because the test is not very helpful.
Additionally, I reliably find that when I am in the company of other declared NF’s we understand each other easily.
Perhaps you think there is a better preference indication heuristic. I have seen several, but MBTI is my favorite so far.
Anyway my point is: criticizing it as being a poor instrument to categorize people is thinking about it all wrong. We categorize ourselves.