At 05:10 PM Saturday 5/6/2006, The Fool wrote:
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Fool, I'm just curious. Most of the articles you post are ones
claiming that there are problems with this, that, and the other. Can
you give us some examples of something concrete (not abstractions
like the truth or rational thinking
Ten or fifteen years ago, I gave Kiersey style Myers-Briggs
tests to dozen people I knew.
And anecdotal evidince has what value in science?
Well, you need not pay any attention to my report. My experience was
that when I gave a test to a dozen people, I found that a bit
If it's science at all, it's a very fluffy kind of science.
Ten or fifteen years ago, I gave Kiersey style Myers-Briggs tests to a
dozen people I knew. I felt the results were accurate in about 7 of
those 12 cases. So I decided it was pretty good for this kind of
topic (and no good at all
From: Robert J. Chassell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If it's science at all, it's a very fluffy kind of science.
Ten or fifteen years ago, I gave Kiersey style Myers-Briggs tests to
a
dozen people I knew. I felt the results were accurate in about 7 of
those 12 cases. So I decided it was
Ok, here are a few sites for those curious:
http://www.personalitypathways.com/MBTI_intro.html
http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html
And for the skeptical (I have only skimmed this, as
it's time to head out):
http://skepdic.com/myersb.html
I do have a problem with this site's
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Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Subject: Myers-Briggs (was: Blog entry with interesting comment)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 11:39:57 -0700 (PDT)
Ok, here are a few sites for those curious:
http://www.personalitypathways.com/MBTI_intro.html
http
On May 5, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Deborah Harrell wrote:
OTOH, I'm split between the J and P, which makes me
feel a little better, not desiring to be known as
judgemental...even though in many ways, I am.
Some are confused by the language of MBTI, and find one or the other
terms for each of the
Dave Land wrote:
And, of course, each is a spectrum:
Because they are spectra there are a number of encoding schemes out
there to try to disambiguate those that move or are near the lines, and
some psychologists will tell you the categorizations are meaningless
without the full test and
On May 5, 2006, at 2:01 PM, Max Battcher wrote:
Dave Land wrote:
And, of course, each is a spectrum:
Because they are spectra there are a number of encoding schemes out
there to try to disambiguate those that move or are near the lines,
and some psychologists will tell you the
