wedrifid comments on Open Thread, October 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Epiphany 04 October 2012 09:19:35PM 0 points [-]

I would not have guessed that. I wonder if some of your personality dimensions fluctuate or are on the border. For me, the E/I fluctuates and so does the F/T. I'm always an N and P. Are you right on the line between T and F? If this test is the one that I remember (the page changed) then I think it gives you percentages:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

No idea about the accuracy, but it's free.

Comment author: wedrifid 05 October 2012 07:37:21AM *  0 points [-]

I would not have guessed that.

People who know me on lesswrong tend to tell me that I come across very differently in person than I do online. I think they are right although I suspect that my personal interactions with people here (few though they may be) are rather similar to who I interact in person in the 'real world'.

I know from experience that acting like a typical INFP in an online environment where INFP is rare is a recipe for disaster---it just doesn't work. I also find that I am best served by rationing my lesswrong interactions and keeping them balanced by interactions with INFP friends (and lovers). Too much dealing with "Js" just gets tiresome. I actually suspect I'll take another hiatus from here soon and get my intellectual stimulation from the textbooks and papers on my to-read queue for a while.

I wonder if some of your personality dimensions fluctuate or are on the border. For me, the E/I fluctuates and so does the F/T. I'm always an N and P. Are you right on the line between T and F?

I'm very close to the line on T/F, fairly close to the line on E/I.

Comment author: Epiphany 05 October 2012 07:25:52PM 0 points [-]

acting like a typical INFP in an online environment where INFP is rare is a recipe for disaster

Good point. That's likely to make it harder to discover Fs here.

I actually suspect I'll take another hiatus from here soon ...

Aww. ): I hope you'll still talk to me.

Comment author: tut 06 October 2012 07:22:15AM *  -1 points [-]

... INFP ...

This makes INFP sound a lot like Elliezer.