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]




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