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Saturday morning silliness

I've always refused to fill out Myer-Briggs tests sharing the view of the Skeptic's Dictionary that the descriptions of the types resemble the ambiguity of the fortune teller, all of that aside from my dislike of categorising people into little boxes. However Richard pointed to Typealyzer which allows you to profile your blog. The other link this morning was to a Vampire Staking kit by the way which might prove useful if people take this sort of thing to seriously. For those interested the results were:

My blog ENTP - The Visionaries
The charming and trend savvy type. They are especially attuned to the big picture and anticipate trends. They often have sophisticated language skills and come across as witty and social. At the end of the day, however, they are pragmatic decision makers and have a good analytical abilitity.They enjoy work that lets them use their cleverness, great communication skills and knack for new exciting ventures. They have to look out not to become quitters, since they easily get bored when the creative exciting start-up phase is over.

The Guest blog (collectively) INTP - The Thinkers
The logical and analytical type. They are especialy attuned to difficult creative and intellectual challenges and always look for something more complex to dig into. They are great at finding subtle connections between things and imagine far-reaching implications.They enjoy working with complex things using a lot of concepts and imaginative models of reality. Since they are not very good at seeing and understanding the needs of other people, they might come across as arrogant, impatient and insensitive to people that need some time to understand what they are talking about.

The whole site INTJ - The Scientists
The long-range thinking and individualistic type. They are especially good at looking at almost anything and figuring out a way of improving it - often with a highly creative and imaginative touch. They are intellectually curious and daring, but might be pshysically hesitant to try new things.The Scientists enjoy theoretical work that allows them to use their strong minds and bold creativity. Since they tend to be so abstract and theoretical in their communication they often have a problem communcating their visions to other people and need to learn patience and use conrete examples. Since they are extremly good at concentrating they often have no trouble working alone.

Comments (4)

Hi, interested to hear your take on this, I only tested my blog which came out as INTJ - I have consistently been ENTP when forced into such tests. Wasn't there a Myers-Brigg test years ago where you had to draw a pig and based on that drawing you were analysed - or maybe that was a very strange dream.

Dave,

Hope you're feeling better soon! I'm looking forward to meeting you in Boston.

That said, I too scoff at the pseudo science of Myer-Briggs. The site couldn't have gotten me more wrong-- "Conservative by nature they are often reluctant to take any risks whatsoever." They added to my amusement with the left-brain right brain stuff. If they had just added something on my preferred learning style they would have hit the trifecta.

Thank you for sharing, in spite of my skeptism I found it quite entertaining.

This is a very entertaining.

Indeed Myer-Briggs should be taken with a pinch of salt. Furthermore, so should the Typealyzer: as I was playing with WordPress themes in an attempt to revamp the design of my blog, I discovered that the theme you used changed completely the outcome of the test. Depending on the WordPress theme I used, the content of my blog was interpreted as a totally different psychological type. :o)

Kia ora Dave

I share your skepticism for categorizing devices. Carl Sagan's baloney detectors work overtime on these things.

I must admit, though, that when I devoted a post to the analysis of a few dozen blogs (not people - and I emphasise that Typalyzer does not claim to analyse personalities of people), I got two comments direct from the founder of Typalyzer himself. An affable chap too.

Here's a link to his video that I posted on my follow-up post.

Catchya later
from Middle-earth

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