Weird is a loaded term that translated in this particular instance means "deviates from the normal". Although it is not the be all and end all of personality m

Weird is a loaded term that translated in this particular instance means "deviates from the normal". Although it is not the be all and end all of personality measures, I do find some statistics about the MBTI personality scale very intriguing, especially pertinent to this particular audience and on this particular subject. The scale consists of sixteen personality types, here are some coverage figures for the most prevalent personality types: * 64% population coverage in the six most common groups. * The four groups that are referred to as "rationals" all put together total less than 10%. This total figure is outnumbered by any single instance of the top three personality groups. * 75% population coverage in the "sensate" category (has trouble seeing underlying patterns / rules to reality, experiences things purely through their senses without deep analysis) * Despite all this, and this is the most eye opening of all, check the relative distribution of types on this site http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=204240 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=204240 This goes a way to confirming that the developer mindset is indeed somewhat rare, but people using loaded language like "weird" tell more about themselves than about their sociological target group. I would posit that the relatively rare rationals really have far more of a reason to think that the rest of humanity is "weird" in the sense that they behave in ways that are not rational, rather than that they behave in ways that are not normal.