MaoShan comments on 2012 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MaoShan 11 November 2012 03:40:03AM 1 point [-]

Here were my scores from the various linked tests, which I have now taken:

Political Compass Economic Left/Right: -3.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.10

O: 76 C: 74 E: 4 A: 4 N: 37 (My wife scored me as well, and she came up with nearly identical numbers for me!)

I: 89% N: 38% T: 38% J: 67% (I remember taking this test before, and got "INTJ" then, too.)

AQ: 38 (I think I took the same test linked from LW in the past, and had the same score back then.)

IQ: 118 (I vaguely have a memory of taking a different form of the test in my teens, with a similar outcome.)

Comment author: MaoShan 12 November 2012 02:26:09AM 2 points [-]

On a side-note, I don't know why there's so much hating going on towards the Meyers-Briggs test; if it came up with stuff like "You are an INTJ. This means that you have twelve fingers, enjoy ice-skating, and have a raw vegetable fetish." I would be inclined to call it "bullshit", but not for providing some vague generalizations which basically just summarize the answers that I just provided. That's not worth throwing chairs over, in my opinion.

Comment author: wedrifid 12 November 2012 02:40:15AM *  4 points [-]

On a side-note, I don't know why there's so much hating going on towards the Meyers-Briggs test; if it came up with stuff like "You are an INTJ. This means that you have twelve fingers, enjoy ice-skating, and have a raw vegetable fetish." I would be inclined to call it "bullshit", but not for providing some vague generalizations which basically just summarize the answers that I just provided. That's not worth throwing chairs over, in my opinion.

I like the balanced perspective. I've usually found dismissals of MBTI to be based on the wrong criteria. It is nearly absurd to expect that a test based on that much data to be worthless. Instead the "skeptical" expectation should be "MBTI isn't likely to carve reality efficiently at its joints and the same data could be used to break up individuals according to a different combinations groupings which leads to more effective predictions and advice". It does seem like "types" should be chosen after the systematic collection of data.

Comment author: [deleted] 12 November 2012 06:09:42PM 1 point [-]

That's one reason why I prefer the Big Five. (The other is that I understand what the Big Five traits are supposed to mean much better than what the MBTI traits are supposed to mean, but that might be just because I've read more about the former.)

Comment author: wedrifid 13 November 2012 08:58:05AM *  1 point [-]

That's one reason why I prefer the Big Five. (The other is that I understand what the Big Five traits are supposed to mean much better than what the MBTI traits are supposed to mean, but that might be just because I've read more about the former.)

I've had more exposure to the MBTI but would suggest the Big Five as a more useful predictive tool for the same reason. I've actually never tried a B5 test. Maybe worth a look!