I suspect the main function is that it can justify whatever you've already decided to do.
On Mar 22, 2013, at 6:14 PM, Christopher Green wrote: > It all depends on whether your primary goal is truth or money. Or if you have > a "monetary theory truth": If he's so smart, how come he's not rich? :-) > > Chris > ....... > Christopher D Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 > > [email protected] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo > > On 2013-03-22, at 6:25 PM, Paul Brandon <[email protected]> wrote: >> I know-- >> WE don't have any question that it doesn't work; >> business (and education) have no question that it does. >> Unfortunately, they don't have as much respect for data as we do; businesses >> sometimes make money despite what they do; there's a lot of superstition >> involved. >> >> On Mar 22, 2013, at 5:13 PM, Christopher Green wrote: >> >>> M-B remains big money in the business world. They don't much care what >>> psychologists think. They make more money than we do and that's their >>> primary measure of success. >>> >>> Chris >>> ....... >>> Christopher D Green >>> Department of Psychology >>> York University >>> Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 >>> >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.yorku.ca/christo >>> >>> On 2013-03-22, at 5:05 PM, Paul Brandon <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Didn't think there were any questions left! >>>> >>>> On Mar 22, 2013, at 2:15 PM, Christopher Green wrote: >>>> >>>>> Here's a good article about the problems of the Myers-Briggs test that >>>>> might be useful to pass along to students who ask about it. >>>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/brain-flapping/2013/mar/19/myers-briggs-test-unscientific?CMP=twt_fd >>>>> >>>>> Chris Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=24477 or send a blank email to leave-24477-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
