The neatest discoveries in any system are the parts where it is inconsistant and doesn't make any sense. That means it is wrong and you need to take another look and remold until the model fits the data. Data isnt wrong, the model just needs modification.
Exactly.
The problem is, with the current model the data is actually being ignored.
Case in point:
Look at the following results from 4 alleged INTPs.
You will notice a similar pattern in the results.
(Bear in mind, there are two versions of the cognitive processes test available, so even that can make results fairly inconsistent.)
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ti
oooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ne
oooooooooooooooooooooooo Te
oooooooooooooooooooooo Ni
ooooooooooooo Se
ooooooooooooo Fi
oooooooooo Si
oo Fe
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ne
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ti
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ni
ooooooooooooooooooo Te
ooooooooooooooooo Si
ooooooooooooo Fi
oooooooo Se
ooooooo Fe
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ti
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ne
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ni
ooooooooooooooooooo Se
oooooooooooo Te
ooooooo Si
oooo Fe
oooo Fi
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ti
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ne
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ni
ooooooooooooooooooooooooo Fi
ooooooooooooooooooooo Te
ooooooooooooooooooo Si
ooooooooooooo Se
oooooooooo Fe
What stands out most, is what I see not only in INTP results,
but anyone's results.
That's the ability to score high on both Ne and Ni.
If you notice, there are some who score well on Te and Ti.
What people keep ignoring is, MBTI profiles were created based upon an
exact function order.
This is not rocket science people.
This is why MBTI failed miserably when some Jungian analysts tested MBTI's claims.
Monster, you and I have been down this road together.
We know the system is flawed.
The bottom line is, many function orders do not match.
And when that happens, the person
is not that type.
It really is that simple.
That means using MBTI criteria, none of those 4 alleged INTPs are actually INTPs.
They are some other type, yet to be named.
So if someone has a beginning order like this:
Ne
Ti
Ni
Te
They are not INTP or even ENTP, no matter what that test result says.
MBTI does not define type by only the first two functions.
MBTI type is based on an
exact order of functions.
(Which is why the system is flawed.)
"Close to INTP" doesn't make one INTP.
If people want to live by the MBTI sword,
they better be willing to die by it.
" Hey, I'm a little INTP-ish."
There is no such thing as a little bit INTP, or "a little bit pregnant."
I'm not looking for a perfect system,
I'm looking for a system that does what it claims.
MBTI fails miserably at what it claims.
This isn't a problem with typology,
it's a problem with
MBTI.
People need to get their facts straight.