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Re:I'm a Very Slow Thinker by paulcole on Monday March 06, 2023 @08:01AM (#35040458)
> Some time ago I also thought MBTI was bullshit, now I think it’s quite useful. And at least for me, anecdotally, has predictive power.

Replace MBTI w/ astrology in this sentence.

And just like astrology, you want MBTI to be true so it influences your answers on the questionnaire. Kinda like a Ouija board.

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Re:I'm a Very Slow Thinker by pegasus on Monday March 06, 2023 @08:35AM (#35040764)
The opposite effect (generated by one wanting astrology to be false - and there are plenty of reasons for that inclination also) might also be afoot.
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Re:I'm a Very Slow Thinker by MadSudaca on Monday March 06, 2023 @08:19AM (#35040598)
The desire for your beliefs to be true also affects scientists and biases the scientific enterprise. That doesn’t mean science is not reliable. Same applies here. The bias exists, it doesn’t mean that the results are useless.
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Re:I'm a Very Slow Thinker by paulcole on Monday March 06, 2023 @08:24AM (#35040643)
> The bias exists, it doesn’t mean that the results are useless.

The same can be said of astrology even though it’s not science.

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