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moe20

Or it just seems that way, because the introverts stay at home.

doesn't seem internally consistent with

"Why are there 16 personality types when everyone I know is an INTJ?"

I'd be inclined to believe that

"everyone you know" is a nonrandom sample of the population.

is true of everybody.

The numbers I've seen with reference to introvert/extrovert ratios are 1 introvert to every 3 extroverts in the US. Unfortunately I've seen it in several books that don't provide a direct reference for the ratio. It seems to be treated as common knowledge in that way. Anyone know where it came from?

moe00

Once people start appreciating it for the art, rather than just sounding nice, people will then create it for the art, rather than to sound nice.

I'm not sure what "appreciate it for the art" means.

Do you mean "appreciate its intended purpose" (i.e. what an artist is trying to accomplish) rather than "appreciate its expected purpose" (i.e. what you think the artist is trying to accomplish or what you think the artist should try to accomplish or what you know previous artists have tried to accomplish)?

2DanielLC
I think more appreciate the strategies they used to creatively accomplish a goal.
moe200

Hello all,

I've been following discussions on LW for about 6 months now and have been urged by another member of the community to join in commenting. I've been hesitant to join, but now that I've moved to a state in which I don't know a soul, I'm finding myself reading discussions here more than usual.

I think participation in LW can help me do things better at my job (and in life generally). Discussion here seems a good resource for testing out and working through ideas in a non-combative, but rigorous setting.

My field is evolutionary biology and I recent... (read more)

0Curiouskid
"I find that students, after having taken an evolutionary biology course, STILL fundamentally don't understand." Could you elaborate on this? I haven't taken an evolutionary biology course, but I'd love to know what to look out for if I do decide to take one.