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As the famous saying goes: All models are wrong, but some are useful. I agree that MBTI is largely unscientific, but I would point out that a model doesn't nec
by overgard 14y ago
As the famous saying goes: All models are wrong, but some are useful.
I agree that MBTI is largely unscientific, but I would point out that a model doesn't necessarily have to be scientific to be useful. To me, the value of a model is in the conceptual framework it provides you to work with, and the common language it gives you for discussing ideas with others.
One doesn't have to believe that anyone is absolutely an "introvert" or an "extrovert" for the idea of an introvert or an extrovert to be useful, for instance.
- tieTYT 14y agoThese are all nice words, but when MBTI is tested it fails (citation from the article). So this model is wrong AND it's not useful.
- overgard 14y ago"Tested" is vague. Tested for what? That a model fails to be predictive for certain tasks only really demonstrates that it's a bad model for that task, not that it's categorically useless.
- tieTYT 14y agoRead the article and the citation inside if you want to know what it was tested for