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

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Comment author: wedrifid 04 October 2012 07:59:09PM *  0 points [-]

NF types - a handful or none (possibly more than the next type, possibly less)

Here is one. INFP. Fairly consistent across tests, with the "N" and the "P" being close to the extremes.

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.

Comment author: ewang 04 October 2012 11:14:50PM 0 points [-]

I've heard that test repeatedly labeled as the "only personality test on the internet that works", but I can't really find many other Myers-Briggs tests.