Something doesn't have to have scientific validity to be helpful. I don't agree with MBTI trying to make claims in the way that Big 5 does because it's rooted i

Something doesn't have to have scientific validity to be helpful. I don't agree with MBTI trying to make claims in the way that Big 5 does because it's rooted in more rigorous research. But it's also wrong to throw out models for this reason. Is there scientific criticism towards things like tarot, astrology, crystals, and so on? Sure. But does that make it invalid if it's a personal framework that helps you? You can be interested in something and get something out of an area of interest without believing in it. For example if I do a tarot reading you may start to judge that activity and say, "This isn't real, this isn't science based, this isn't telling the future, you're wasting your time." But I'm not you and you're making assumptions about the reason I'd be doing it. I don't have to believe in any kind of inherent "mystical" properties of tarot in order to use it as a form of introspection to help my creative process. And that's something that's personal and of value to me. I have trouble with social stuff because I'm autistic. MBTI gives me a framework to generalize interactions between people and a way for me to predict human behavior in a way that works for me. Is it perfect? No. I'm not claiming that. But there are patterns, and there are stereotypes, and by using it I've been able to predict social interactions and people's intentions/goals slightly better and it gives me comfort to use it. This is a good example of a video that matches my views on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ea8SainI2o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ea8SainI2o The person who has this channel understands the limitations of MBTI and has expanded the framework further to work on its weaknesses.