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This taxonomic question always comes up in HN discussions of personality type - see also, whenever Myers Briggs is discussed. My take is that some people are w
by mturmon 10y ago
This taxonomic question always comes up in HN discussions of personality type - see also, whenever Myers Briggs is discussed.
My take is that some people are well characterized by being on one side of a dichotomy - say, introvert/extrovert, or analytical/intuitive. They really get something out of discussions like in TFA, because they fit the class. And the fit can provide a powerful high-level diagnostic on a lot of otherwise inchoate feelings.
But, some folks are not well captured by the dichotomy - like yourself. These people tend to say that TFA is reductive and simplistic, and does not capture reality.
And both sets of people are right. For themselves.
- asdfasdfa11112 10y agoDo you think it's possible that your (well-thought-out) post could replace "people are well characterized by being on one side of a dichotomy" with "people are more comfortable thinking they are on one side of a dichotomy", without losing any resolution?
- mturmon 10y agoFor me, that weakening seems inaccurate. And going further, I really do believe some people besides me are well-characterized, in part, by the introvert/extrovert divide.