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The problem with MBTI: no clear description of the cognitive functions

Thread starter Wanonymous
Start date Nov 13, 2017

Zeego

Mind Wanderer

Nov 21, 2017

In my opinion MBTI works best in this day and age when it's used purely as a dichotomy system, similar to Big 5 and what Keirsey's been doing for decades. Socionics is better for the more cognitive side of things, and Enneagram is better than both for the more mystical, spiritual side of things.

Regarding the issue of there being no clear consensus on function definitions, here's a Vsauce video that provides a pretty good analogy: