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Originally Posted by Xander
 I'd like to see a vote made now... Should we or should we not fix Victor's user title to "wooden spoon wielder" or not?
Seriously though Victor, the MBTI is used in a quite a few businesses and I know of people who aren't at all prone to latching on to false concepts or being convinced that the sky is red who both use and promote MBTI.
Whether or not it's a proven theory is irrelevant as to whether it works or not. It seems to work and people gather in forums such as these to discuss the nuances, ins and outs of it to investigate the more "grey" areas. |
My dear Xander, yes I do realise I am a voice crying in the wilderness and I will be lucky not to be shot as a wolf.
But for two hundred thousand years we believed the sun went round the Earth. It was a belief that worked - we saw that every morning.
But when we tested our belief against the evidence we found it had no truth value.
And so when qualified psychometricians tested MBTI against the evidence they found, using their formal language, that it was Invalid and Unreliable.
And the fact that it is believed by hundreds of millions of people doesn't make it true any more than it make it true that the sun goes round the earth.
And for heaven's sake, MBTI is part of the New Age religion and to be concerned with its nuances is like being concerned about the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin.
Look, I am not totally unreasonable. If you are prepared to concede that MBTI is a religious belief rather than a scientific psychometric measure, I will start to look for the good side of MBTI.
This has the advantage of ridding you of cognitive dissonance and of putting me on the side of the angels.
Surely this is a tempting offer?
Victor.