What Myers Briggs Personality Type are you?

by **johnmarkos** » Wed 11 May 2005, 14:15:10

ENFJ today. I've taken the test several times since I was 23. At the time, I came out INTJ, I think. Since then, I've been every possible combination of [IE]N[FT][JP] at one time or another, but always N. Every one of my "types" is either slight or moderate except for N. I'm always right on the fence in the [IE] category.

by **DomusAlbion** » Wed 11 May 2005, 14:43:52

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', 'I') hope you were talking about Evltre. If you were talking about me, I would think my name should give some indication.

Smallpoxgirl

by **some_guy282** » Wed 11 May 2005, 23:37:36

Here's another site with descriptions of the different types, and a piece of the description from INTJ.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')n their drive for efficient action, Masterminds are the most open-minded of all the types.

by **Zebraim** » Thu 12 May 2005, 09:13:58

INFP - A very unusual personality. I checked my profile when the people around me didn't seem to bother or understand the Peak Oil scenario. Why do I care about these topics when few others do, I asked myself. Well after have done some reading about the personality types I have a new understanding of the mainstream opinion. I just have to be one of the unlucky that search for knowledge instead of enjoying the present.

by **killJOY** » Thu 12 May 2005, 10:42:42

I'm shocked and amused by the gullibility of the people on this site. You accept the BM tests, just because someone told you about it? Is that how you came to the conclusion PO is real, or did you bother to research it?

"Oh, but it works."

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Testimonials and vivid anecdotes are one of the most popular and convincing forms of evidence presented for beliefs in the transcendent, paranormal, and pseudoscientific. Nevertheless, testimonials and anecdotes in such matters are of little value in establishing the probability of the claims they are put forth to support.

by **Chichis** » Thu 12 May 2005, 11:24:50

Obviously this little poll has no scientific value, but I think it shows us, at the least, that there is a general trend of similar personality types of people who a.) believe peak oil is real and b.) visit forums on the internet to talk about it. I agree it shouldn't be taken for more than what it is, but I do think it has at least some value.

by **Ayoob_Reloaded** » Thu 12 May 2005, 11:31:07

It's a nice way to kill an afternoon, maybe.

by **johnmarkos** » Thu 12 May 2005, 11:50:48

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('killJOY', '
')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')ince then, I've been every possible combination of [IE]N[FT][JP] at one time or another, but always N.

by **SupplyConcerns** » Thu 12 May 2005, 12:27:16

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Evltre', 'M')ine is an "f" rather than a "t" - but then I'm a woman :-D

by **0mar** » Thu 12 May 2005, 13:14:01

ENTJ here

by **some_guy282** » Thu 12 May 2005, 16:29:46

Killjoy does have a point with the selected samples. So, this personality test may not be representative of everyone who accepts Peak Oil, but it certainly is representative of the people that visit this site.

It may not be the end all be all of personality tests either, but it seems that just about everyone here is answering these 70 questions very similarly. That has to say something, doesn't it?

by **Cerryl** » Thu 12 May 2005, 23:52:59

INTJ

89 100 12 11

I've got a strong IN bias, the TJ side is weaker though.

by **OilyMon** » Fri 13 May 2005, 01:27:45

INTJ

44 88 25 22

by **TheTurtle** » Sat 14 May 2005, 09:06:35

The Turtle is an ENTJ.

by **killJOY** » Sat 14 May 2005, 09:27:56

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('johnmarkos', 'C')hill out, dude. I was just reporting what I thought was a mildly interesting and amusing set of results. I said nothing about belief.

by **Bytesmiths** » Sat 14 May 2005, 11:31:03

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheTurtle', 'T')he Turtle is an ENTJ.

by **smallpoxgirl** » Sat 14 May 2005, 19:04:13

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bytesmiths', 'S')omehow, I envision someone calling themself "Turtle" would be an "I".

by **Bytesmiths** » Sat 14 May 2005, 21:36:42

I'd like to suggest that any statistical correlation may not be cause and effect, but effect and cause. Or as my ecology prof, Larry Hansen, used to say, <i>"Correlation is not causation."</i> Sometimes, it's just the opposite!

People change when they encounter Peak Oil. We've talked here somewhere about people's reactions being similar to the stages of grief.

I've been doing Meyers-Briggs for years. Every few years, I'd do it again and save the numbers. They'd bounce around a bit (particularly the strength of "T"), but I always was a pretty firm INTP.

Since I started being proactive about Peak Oil -- about the time of the US national selection -- I've had occasion to take the test a few times. They've been consistently coming out INTJ.

Small difference, perhaps; I just wanted to cite it as a counter-example to some of the assumptions here.

by **TheTurtle** » Sun 15 May 2005, 09:49:31

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bytesmiths', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheTurtle', 'T')he Turtle is an ENTJ.

by **ArimoDave** » Sun 15 May 2005, 16:43:40

One of my problems with these kinds of tests is that, for a given question, in some mental scenarios I want to say YES and in others NO.

How does one decide which answer better represents the trait the researcher is trying to detetmine?

Or am I overthinking this?

ArimoDave

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