[Bytesmiths]

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

[some_guy282]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bytesmiths', '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!

[johnmarkos]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('killJOY', 'Y')ou indeed said "nothing about belief" in the survey, and I was eliciting a response. Let me rephrase it: Does the result say anything to you about the nature of the MB test, which has been described as"self-deception"? http://skepdic.com/selfdeception.html

[oowolf]

Question? Does anyone know when the plane hit the tower, was it the INTJ's who ran first and farthest?

[some_guy282]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('oowolf', 'Q')uestion? Does anyone know when the plane hit the tower, was it the INTJ's who ran first and farthest?

[MD]

INFP...But near the middle in all counts.

[oowolf]

When the tower PA system announced "the tower is secure you may return to your desk--etc some people actually went back! I was just wandering if someone is aware of any study that indicates that intuitive personality types react on their own instead of waiting for a "consensus".

[some_guy282]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('oowolf', 'W')hen the tower PA system announced "the tower is secure you may return to your desk--etc some people actually went back! I was just wandering if someone is aware of any study that indicates that intuitive personality types react on their own instead of waiting for a "consensus".

[TheTurtle]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('some_guy282', '
')
I don't think there have been any such studies. INTJ/INTP's are the real free thinkers though.

[some_guy282]

LOL. No, they're the real deal too I guess. It's really the NT component that does it I think. That's why I liked the first site I found that had descriptions of all of the types. They had a very lengthy write up on the traits of all NT's, not just INTJ/INTP. The site is dead now though.

[bobcousins]

Normally I am highly sceptical of quack psychology, and hate being labelled. I think horoscopes are stupid, and you would be dumb to read them. I often turn to skepdic.com.

So when I first did a personality test on a training course, I was very skeptical. But the results amazed me. I don't believe it is just self delusion. While you can't just slice up a brain and post it into one of N pigeonholes, there are some obvious traits that people have, and people will lie somewhere in the range between extremes.

It is quite obvious to me that I am introvert, and it is no real surprise that answering a question like "would rather read a book instead of go to a party" should identify that.

That the selected types are not a definitive list, and that to a large extent it is not very objective is true, but not a killer in my view. I would view behaviour as an N-dimensional space, and people tend to prefer certain parts of that space. If you can pick a number of reasonably orthogonal traits, you can create a "fingerprint" of sorts.

Due to the way genes and evolution work, I would expect a large degree of personality type to be wired in to the brain. Its pretty clear that there is a physical difference between typically male and typically female brains, so it is not unreasonable to extend that to other personality traits. There is a physical predisposition to risk taking, for example.

By now you wlll have probably guessed my MB personality.

[Bytesmiths]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bobcousins', 'B')y now you wlll have probably guessed my MB personality.

[oowolf]

Interesting. I've always tested INTJ but I just retook the test and I'm now a INFJ. Recent events in my life and a PO obsession over the last year have apparently altered my personality---
Does anyone know how often this happens?

[smallpoxgirl]

You're turning all touchy feely huh Oowolf? Next thing you know you'll be a liberal. (don't hit me!)

[erl]

This is a fascinating thread.

I tested INFP twice, several years apart.

Hardcore I
Hardcore N
Hardcore F
Waffling P

I note how many of the posters (at least on this thread) are introverts.

erl

[Claudia]

I'm an INFJ (female). My detailed score said:

"You are:
moderately expressed introvert
moderately expressed intuitive personality
moderately expressed feeling personality
very expressed judging personality"

I have to say the personality description was dead on. I'm even in exactly the professional area they predict as the easy, obvious choice for an INFJ.

[Claudia]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')ue to the way genes and evolution work, I would expect a large degree of personality type to be wired in to the brain. Its pretty clear that there is a physical difference between typically male and typically female brains, so it is not unreasonable to extend that to other personality traits. There is a physical predisposition to risk taking, for example.

[bobcousins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bytesmiths', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bobcousins', 'B')y now you wlll have probably guessed my MB personality.

[Grimnir]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('some_guy282', 'O')ne thing that has come up and seems to set us apart from everyone else is our Myers Briggs personality type. INTJ's and INTP's collectively only comprise about 3-5% of the total population, but when this topic has come up before on this site and others, 70-80% of Peak Oil believers fall into either one of those categorys.

[I_Like_Plants]

ESTJ, baby!! Normal! Whats'a'matter with all of you, no other ESTJ's on here??