ThatsWhatHeSaid
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Why are people (here, or elsewhere) so into MBTI? What need does it fill?
When typing other people, it just seems that everyone (including experts) types the person based on the traits of that person they want to see. In reality, these traits are contradictory, as we all react differently to different sorts of stimuli.
Actually if someone's an expert they shouldn't be typing other real people at all, that is if the person is still alive! I.e., ethically you can type Abe Lincoln but Obama and McCain get to decide their preferences for themselves and so should everyone else. But it's fun, so it happens.
That's just the thing, most of us don't use the MBTI forums as forums about MBTI, it's more about social networking than anything.
I was interested in it because it was a rationale for my unconventional personality.
Why are people (here, or elsewhere) so into MBTI? What need does it fill?
Aspergers syndrome wasn't enough huh?
And that is what prompted me to start this thread because I agree that most here are for social reasons. I personally would not and do not socialize on the forum, but I may be in denial about being obsessed. If anything I may be considered obsessed with determining my true type. For the most part I usually leave the forum(s) alone unless there are questions or I happen to be on the forum and find a thread of interest.That's just the thing, most of us don't use the MBTI forums as forums about MBTI, it's more about social networking than anything.
That's the name given by those who don't understand MBTI talk, same with ADD.
I want to understand what motivates people do the things they do and how to deal with them.
Official proof that Edahn gets it.That seems to be one of the big themes, but do you really think this theory is well-equipped to offer explanations? MBTI doesn't really tell why why the preferences are there. It actually doesn't tell you anything since it's just a classification system. This is one of my big problems with the way people use MBTI.
In terms of actually mapping personality (a mostly hopeless feat) typology does nothing more than to find the edges of the puzzle, granting holistic perspective of the puzzles making it somewhat easier to pinpoint the locations of objects in printed image.
The point is, type theory doesn't tell why we like to do whatever we like to do, it just tells how we prefer to do it, and even still, the sixteen types are not absolute.