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(...) Ah, the light shines... Yes, evidence is a sticky issue. And we did use to have other standards -- the manner in which we arrive at a hopefully objective approximation of the "truth" is ever changing, however slowly. Sometimes the change is (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I have collected a largish sample (two batches of 30) of these tests before. After a few I noticed there are two types of test-takers: those who are all-or-nothing to whichever side of each scale (almost half the sample), and the rest. I said this (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ouch! This past Friday, the house next door played their music so loud (at 8 p.m.) that we couldn't actually hold a conversation in the house I was staying at. Undergrads moved into that house as well. Well, Ann (who doesn't put up with (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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so i am a pretty big fan of living in the city (which is odd since i am an ecologist/conservation biologist). Anyway, the rental property next to us recently had a tenent change and is now occupied by a group of undergraduates who are very loud and (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes: <snip> (...) Your Type is INFP Introverted Intuitive Feeling Perceiving Strength of the preferences % 44 33 22 56 Dave K. If I were to guess, I would say that Dave! is ESTP, Chris is ISTJ and Larry is (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I can take that any number of ways. (...) The USA actively supports Israel, yes. So do others. You seem to be grinding an anti-US axe. Axe-grinders opinions are generally speaking, not to be trusted. They present only so much of the story as (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thanks for the link! I skimmed thru it now, and I'll give it a more throrough read tonite after work. I concur you shouldn't make any life-changing decisions on the basis of these types of tests. I liked them because, well, I was Extrovert, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (URL) a quick test--it's not definitive, but it did peg me at the same thing the test I took in high school, college and university pegged me at (ENFP), and recently it pegged me at INFP... less the partier I gather ;) Dave K. (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It was--the problem with typing is that my humour, my flair, my rather gosh darn good looking self just doesn't shine thru. When I go for an understatement, I make it a *large* understatement. I will be clear, abuse=bad. Abuse=CS (Childrens (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I didn't look at or take the test at this site, so I can't comment on their specific set of questions. The first time I took the indicator, I balked at these binary questions. The trick is to pick the answer which best fits your true feelings. (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) **Alert** I used 'your' many times in the following post--they are not directed at Chris at all--just wrapping up, I hope, in one complete posting a bunch of different points made in this thread. If you could read the words, "you" or "your" as (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oops! Disregard most of that--I looked at the wrong test. The correct one on that site is apparently: (URL) However, aside from the precise questions, the methodology seems equally suspect. The user is asked for a series of bafflingly simple (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I did feel attacked. I know I am quick to react when I feel attacked (one definite correlation with ENFP), and have probably overreacted here. I'm not sure that we have root-level misunderstandings, but more that we have percieved different (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thank you for the link; I'd never even heard of "ENFP" before, so it was all news to me. But at a quick run-through, the test seems problematic. Consider these questions: Q: You want a job or a career that offers you the chance to travel and (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Right. But even to Mr. Weaver, the situation might be preferable to spending 15 years in a federal prison with no one knowing about it. I don't know him. (...) In response to the cop and gun thing or long term? He ran away once he defused the (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Forget all that. Can you tell me why, when I see those Police Video shows from the UK, the surveillance cameras in the cop cars always show the speed in MPH? Are you folks finally seeing the light and giving up on that cumbersome, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) *That's* an interesting point! I'm sure Ms. Weaver, his son, and his dog would consider the incident less than "productive," but as an object lesson to the rest of us, your argument has some merit. (...) Ditto in this case, too. I guess it's (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (URL) can find hundreds of descriptions on the web. This was the first which had an extensive description. Frank (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think type can change, but I would wonder more if the change is happening due to adaptation, not because your fundamental self has changed. I certainly don't always act as an ENFP, but the more I think about it, the more comfortable I am (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Did you feel like I was attacking you? I was kind of perplexed at your response to my response, but to see this actually worries me. I thought that we _were_ working through an issue by sharing our thoughts in a dialog. Maybe we have (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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