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> Meyers Briggs is description It's impossible to describe personalities without implying value judgments. I randomly took the first Google link found under '
by smallnamespace 10y ago
> Meyers Briggs is description
It's impossible to describe personalities without implying value judgments.
I randomly took the first Google link found under 'Myers Briggs' and ended up here:
https://www.16personalities.com/intj-personality https://www.16personalities.com/intj-personality
'Ironically, it is often best for them to remain where they are comfortable – out of the spotlight...'
https://www.16personalities.com/infp-strengths-and-weaknesses https://www.16personalities.com/infp-strengths-and-weaknesse...
'Too Idealistic – INFPs often take their idealism too far, setting themselves up for disappointment as, again and again, evil things happen in the world.'
- michaelborromeo 10y agoThe sites you list (and a lot of discussion on MBTI) take the judgments way too far. That's when a lot of people conclude MBTI is junk -- when they see these conclusions based on type. MBTI is basically this: You have a set of observed traits, and from that set we can tell you other traits you likely have based on observing many others that share the same traits. Or in other words... -Observe trait A -Observe trait B -Observe trait C -Extrapolate trait D -Extrapolate trait E What those sites are doing is... -Observe trait A -Extrapolate traits C, M, Q, X, Z
- gnaritas 10y agoI suggest you don't understand the distinction I'm making between descriptive and prescriptive.
- smallnamespace 10y agoPlease provide your definition then, instead of leaving us all guessing? I interpreted 'prescriptive' as making 'should' rather than 'is' statements.