Re:Why the Myers-Briggs test is meaningless
by boxed on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @07:08AM
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Well.. there could be. But there doesn't seem to be. People can't hit the horoscope sign even roughly. They can't do it better than change for all of the year.
Re:Why the Myers-Briggs test is meaningless
by HPsquared on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @08:33AM
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Funnily enough, looking into it, there are apparently some measurable differences between winter and summer births.
From the abstract: "Winter/spring birth, while associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia, is generally associated with superior outcomes with respect to physical and cognitive development."
Source: Schizophrenia Research 81 (2006) 91–100. "Season of birth is associated with anthropometric and neurocognitive outcomes during infancy and childhood in a general population birth cohort". https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3743679/sdarticl...
That's not even getting into how month-of-birth could affect how a child fits into the school system. Some months will be on average older than their classmates, some younger.
I think the second effect is probably stronger in the modern (air-conditioned, artificially-lit, state-schooled) era.