Normal_Anomaly comments on Myers-Briggs / MLPTI personality-type conversion chart - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 01 November 2011 11:50:17PM *  3 points [-]

The Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI) . . . is able to categorize people without insulting them.

I am not as certain as you appear to be that this is a good thing.

Comment author: wedrifid 09 November 2011 12:38:24PM 1 point [-]

Because insulting people is fun?

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 09 November 2011 09:34:27PM *  3 points [-]

Because some personality traits are disadvantageous to people who have them, and some people have personality traits that they would self-modify away from if they were rational actors, etc.

On a meta level, classification systems that have "not labeling anyone as better than anyone else" as a selling point sometimes sacrifice precision or accuracy to do so.

Comment author: lessdazed 10 November 2011 04:56:47PM 1 point [-]

classification systems that have "not labeling anyone as better than anyone else" as a selling point

They would avoid doing that, but they're told that not labeling anyone as better or worse is just as worthwhile as precision and accuracy.