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> “these colors are based on character traits and questions being answered, not on the position of celestial bodies” When the questions aren’t based on any res
by pavlov 5y ago
> “these colors are based on character traits and questions being answered, not on the position of celestial bodies”
When the questions aren’t based on any research, the results are not much sounder than using planetary positions as the input data.
One could devise a personality test where all the questions are long divisions with a short time limit. This would certainly be some kind of test of mental ability, but there wouldn’t be any basis to jump to conclusions:
“This person failed all tests where the divider is larger than ten, which suggests that they’re afraid of tackling large problems.”
The color test is fundamentally based on this kind of “science” even if the proposed categories are well-meaning.
Re: damage done by the color test, the article did mention some anecdotes from Sweden like people being asked to switch teams at work “because we have too many green people”, etc.