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Originally Posted by developer
Recently, there was a thread on this forum about why there are not more Sensors signing up. Well, I guess this thread provides the answer.
Personally, I think that David Keirsey's book is one of the main reasons for this bias on the net. While it describes Ns prettty well, it is incredibly condescending about Ss. Lots of MBTI websites quote Kersey and so this biased attitude spreads around. Some people hail Keirsey like a guru, but I think he did significant damage to the MBTI community.
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That may have influenced my negative thinking of S type as well, as Keirsey's Please Understand Me II was the book where I found out about MBTI. Even with all the disclaimers giving equal chance to all the temperaments, I finished reading with thinking NF as the most desirable, followed ny NT, SP and SJ.
Perhaps it is due to "conditioning" to bad typewatching habits that I've become to associate being judged with SJ and being ridiculed with SP.
I have thought about person's capacity for acceptance and goodness a lot. I remember advocating mutual understanding and appreciation a while back, and I found it rewarding. It was during that time when I read Keirsey's book, and I didn't notice a bad effect right then, quite the contrary.
I only turned to the Dark Side of Typewatching when I experienced a work-related burnout and the resulting depression ;P But who S can say that they haven't found N's outright silly, like flawed versions of S, who dont dance as well, are akward, make less effective administrators, and everything what matters to each invividual S. This was not an attempt to provide a balanced view of S's capabilities.
In practice, I love or hate people regardless of their MBTI type, shoe size or whatnot. When I have more capacity for appreciation, I'll start to appreciate Keirsey's S as well.