Comments on: Who Are You? http://www.godlessgirl.com/2009/12/who-are-you/ ... and her adventures in Atheism Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:05:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: @__Becky__ http://www.godlessgirl.com/2009/12/who-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1613 @__Becky__ Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:37:30 +0000 http://www.godlessgirl.com/?p=1457#comment-1613 ENFP - The "Advocate" ENFP – The "Advocate"

]]> By: DrMatt http://www.godlessgirl.com/2009/12/who-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1563 DrMatt Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:50:11 +0000 http://www.godlessgirl.com/?p=1457#comment-1563 I've always been INTJ. It was liberating to be freed from my at work persona of an ENTP. I took the training and ran Leadership Training Workshops in charismatic churches using MBTI. It seems that LaHaye has a watered down, Christian astrology version for Believers. The MBTI can be useful, even life-changing when administered, explained, and understood properly. If not, it becomes another Redbook Magazine 10 question fun quiz. I've always been INTJ. It was liberating to be freed from my at work persona of an ENTP. I took the training and ran Leadership Training Workshops in charismatic churches using MBTI. It seems that LaHaye has a watered down, Christian astrology version for Believers.

The MBTI can be useful, even life-changing when administered, explained, and understood properly. If not, it becomes another Redbook Magazine 10 question fun quiz.

]]> By: Rev. Pyramid Head http://www.godlessgirl.com/2009/12/who-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1545 Rev. Pyramid Head Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:51:01 +0000 http://www.godlessgirl.com/?p=1457#comment-1545 Eh- I tend to either be an INTP or INTJ. I don't follow MBTI like it's the gospel, but it is pretty funny to see what type you are (especially if you're the only NT in an entire class that's taking it- awkward, but fun). <a href="http://www.mypersonality.info/revpyramidhead/" target="_blank">http://www.mypersonality.info/revpyramidhead/</a> Eh- I tend to either be an INTP or INTJ. I don't follow MBTI like it's the gospel, but it is pretty funny to see what type you are (especially if you're the only NT in an entire class that's taking it- awkward, but fun).

http://www.mypersonality.info/revpyramidhead/

]]> By: Ruby Leigh http://www.godlessgirl.com/2009/12/who-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1475 Ruby Leigh Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:30:05 +0000 http://www.godlessgirl.com/?p=1457#comment-1475 I am an INTP I am an INTP

]]> By: @egoistpaul http://www.godlessgirl.com/2009/12/who-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1452 @egoistpaul Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:32:47 +0000 http://www.godlessgirl.com/?p=1457#comment-1452 Well, I know MBTI well enough to know what it is and what it can do and what it cannot do. I'm good enough to know a person's MBTI type just after talking to them for a few minutes. Knowing a person's type isn't enough to know about a person. A type is basically a conclusion from a bunch of questions and can correlate with other variables. The problem is if a correlation isn't high enough, a type makes a poor indicator to predict the outcome of a variable, ie knowing what a person likes or dislikes. MBTI is based on Jungian Psychology, which is based on the concept of Archetype and rejects the tabula rasa theory of human psychological development. I am a doubter of archetype. I don't think such thing actually exists. Blank slate makes more sense to me. (Note: I don't buy Freud's id, super ego, and ego theory either.) Well, I know MBTI well enough to know what it is and what it can do and what it cannot do. I'm good enough to know a person's MBTI type just after talking to them for a few minutes.

Knowing a person's type isn't enough to know about a person. A type is basically a conclusion from a bunch of questions and can correlate with other variables. The problem is if a correlation isn't high enough, a type makes a poor indicator to predict the outcome of a variable, ie knowing what a person likes or dislikes.

MBTI is based on Jungian Psychology, which is based on the concept of Archetype and rejects the tabula rasa theory of human psychological development. I am a doubter of archetype. I don't think such thing actually exists. Blank slate makes more sense to me. (Note: I don't buy Freud's id, super ego, and ego theory either.)

]]> By: Stephen Moore http://www.godlessgirl.com/2009/12/who-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1447 Stephen Moore Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:33:28 +0000 http://www.godlessgirl.com/?p=1457#comment-1447 MBTI does have shortcomings, and there are a number of critiques of the testing and results. There is also some hype about how good it is, which is mostly from marketers and filters down in to MBTI meme at the popular consumer level. I'm wary enough of MBTI that I don't take it as gospel, so to speak. It's interesting, and whenever I've done the online tests the results do match how I see myself. But the comparison to Astrology is valid: 16 broad categories that seem specific, but are vulnerable to confirmation bias by the reader. I don't think MBTI ought to be thrown out as hokum, but treat it carefully. Oh, and by the way, I generally come out as INFP or INTP in these tests. MBTI does have shortcomings, and there are a number of critiques of the testing and results. There is also some hype about how good it is, which is mostly from marketers and filters down in to MBTI meme at the popular consumer level.

I'm wary enough of MBTI that I don't take it as gospel, so to speak. It's interesting, and whenever I've done the online tests the results do match how I see myself. But the comparison to Astrology is valid: 16 broad categories that seem specific, but are vulnerable to confirmation bias by the reader.

I don't think MBTI ought to be thrown out as hokum, but treat it carefully.

Oh, and by the way, I generally come out as INFP or INTP in these tests.

]]> By: RoofWoofer http://www.godlessgirl.com/2009/12/who-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1441 RoofWoofer Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:59:22 +0000 http://www.godlessgirl.com/?p=1457#comment-1441 MBTI is fun and helpful. Not many things are both. Thanks for posting. MBTI is fun and helpful. Not many things are both. Thanks for posting.

]]> By: godlessgirl http://www.godlessgirl.com/2009/12/who-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 godlessgirl Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:32:26 +0000 http://www.godlessgirl.com/?p=1457#comment-1436 You sound like a believer warning me that Harry Potter will lead me to practice Satan worship. You sound like a believer warning me that Harry Potter will lead me to practice Satan worship.

]]> By: @egoistpaul http://www.godlessgirl.com/2009/12/who-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1434 @egoistpaul Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:07:21 +0000 http://www.godlessgirl.com/?p=1457#comment-1434 Be careful about MBTI. It has weaknesses and can mislead a person into false beliefs like astrology. Be careful about MBTI. It has weaknesses and can mislead a person into false beliefs like astrology.

]]> By: Liudvikas Teiserskis http://www.godlessgirl.com/2009/12/who-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1432 Liudvikas Teiserskis Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:32:27 +0000 http://www.godlessgirl.com/?p=1457#comment-1432 Strong INTP <a href="http://www.mypersonality.info/liudvikas/" target="_blank">http://www.mypersonality.info/liudvikas/</a> Strong INTP
http://www.mypersonality.info/liudvikas/

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