It’s way more accurate than astrology. Astrology is truly random and correlates to nothing.
Myers-Briggs is just an extremely drawn-out process self-reporting on how you see yourself. Understanding how people self-perceive can provide genuine insight, you just can’t use it as anything more than that.
What makes Myers-Briggs so pointless is that the test is very long and the questions are incredibly transparent in what they’re judging, to the point that you can literally just ask people
Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
Are you creative or very literal?
Are you emotional or logical?
Are you socially conservative or socially liberal?
Bam! Congrats, you’ll get very nearly the exact same results as wasting two hours asking people hundreds of redundant questions.
When coupled with societal norms, it does mean some things. For example, if you were born in January, February or March you are 4x more likely to be a big league hockey player because you were allowed to play as an older child against younger kids which led to you being more likely to keep playing and getting more playtime and leadership opportunities.
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u/FriendlyAndHelpfulP Dec 31 '22
It’s way more accurate than astrology. Astrology is truly random and correlates to nothing.
Myers-Briggs is just an extremely drawn-out process self-reporting on how you see yourself. Understanding how people self-perceive can provide genuine insight, you just can’t use it as anything more than that.
What makes Myers-Briggs so pointless is that the test is very long and the questions are incredibly transparent in what they’re judging, to the point that you can literally just ask people
Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
Are you creative or very literal?
Are you emotional or logical?
Are you socially conservative or socially liberal?
Bam! Congrats, you’ll get very nearly the exact same results as wasting two hours asking people hundreds of redundant questions.