 | | Re: Personality test vs. Religion
|
|
(...) So is it respected, or not? The test is indeed used as a predictive tool, so if it does not function in this capacity, then it should be abandoned. But your wife is correct--the tool has no predictive power because its predictions are so (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Personality test vs. Religion
|
|
(...) Fundamentally, I prefer the way things are : God doesn't exist, so I'm free. Free of being good for myself and others, not because some Gog decides that's the way to go. However, I'm not the only human on Earth. I cannot decide for others. So (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Personality test vs. Religion
|
|
-snippity- (...) -snipity- I've been following the debate for a bit here, but I'd say this is the core of the problem. Psychology is not a pure science like physics, chemistry, etc - and therefore does not operate on the same basis of scientific (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise.
|
|
Hello! Because I am not pagan but Lutheran I'm not celebrating Halloween but Reformation Day. That's the day when we commemorate the start of the so called Reformation that began with Dr. Martin Luther nailing 95 theses against the practice of (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX) !!
|
| |
| | Re: Personality test vs. Religion
|
|
(...) Not really-- because as I've said I've seen what I believe to be evidence of it yielding *correct* results. And, as I've said, it IS (for my part) falsifiable, because if I had measured someone (say) as indecisive, and they took the test and (...) (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: WARNING--Not Suitable for Children
|
|
(...) Ah, you must've seen (URL) this>. Happy Halloween, Don (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Personality test vs. Religion
|
|
(...) This is part of the problem. You're implicitly assuming that the test is a valid instrument, and that therefore the only way to disprove the validity of the test is to take the test (which is designed not to yield falsifiable results) and make (...) (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Personality test vs. Religion
|
|
(...) Well, here's the juicy bit. It's sort of like a Christian believing in God. You can't disprove it, they can't prove it, but they have what they feel is evidence, based on "a feeling" or "an intuition": With me, I'm pretty gosh-darn indecisive. (...) (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: WARNING--Not Suitable for Children
|
|
(...) So, let's see. We have a two and a half minute video of Dubya playing with himself, while Edwards is attended by an assistant. Well, given the masturbatory domestic and foreign polices of the Dubya administration, I'm not surprised. (...) (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Personality test vs. Religion
|
|
(...) But I don't need proof; I'm not the one trying to profit off of the test. (By the way, I can't confirm the correct spelling. While researching it, I've found "Myers" and "Meyers" with about equal frequency, so I'm flummoxed) Because the owners (...) (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | The Lancet... Ra-Ra-Ra
|
|
The Lancet (a peer reviewed medical journal of high standing) has published a very interesting paper. It appears to be available (URL) free> if one registers, but synopses are available elsewhere ((URL) CNN>, (URL) The Guardian> or (URL) The (...) (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: TV-B-Gone
|
|
(...) If I ever got one of these, I'd probably use it for evil. But really, all it does it turn them off. Where's the fun in that? With a full-function universal remote there are sooo many more options. (...) <plans hatching> Allister (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Can we help?
|
|
(...) SNIP oops-sorry, thanks for the heads up, Lar Jeff (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: FYI
|
|
Eh, not needed. I used an absentee ballot, so MAYBE my vote here will be counted (after all, I live in FL now). (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Somewhat OT: Ever read any Robert J. Sawyer?
|
|
(...) Simply put - who decides what a crime is? Considering currently what can get you locked up longer than if you *kill* someone, there is no way, no how, that I would support such a system, or anything even approaching it. -- Tom Stangl *(URL) (...) (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: TV-B-Gone
|
|
(...) Aside from the occassional post-meeting meal with other MichLUG members, no. I could possibly be convinced to do so otherwise, if held at gunpoint, but I have very little interest in sports and far less in hanging out with people who are (...) (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: TV-B-Gone
|
|
(...) Go to sports bars much? They typically have a LOT more than just one TV or just one channel on all those TVs. (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: TV-B-Gone
|
|
(...) Easy enough with many DVRs, like, say a MythTV box. (...) I guess having using a pool que or a ladder should work for that - just push the button on the TV itself. Since it's only at start/end of day, it's not unreasonable. (...) Not really - (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: TV-B-Gone
|
|
(...) All they'd need to do is set up a single tuner that feeds a single signal to all of the TVs and hide it under the bar. Not only would that be immune to this device (which they claim only works on TV sets), but it would also allow them to (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: TV-B-Gone
|
|
(...) sentiment. While I was at UCLA, at first the student union food court had one TV, which was over at one end. So students who wanted to watch while they ate would sit over there. The rest of the tables were filled with students studying while (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: WARNING--Not Suitable for President
|
|
(...) My dad and I just had lunch and Dubya came up during hte course of conversation. How this is even a question is beyond us--I mean, looking at the sheer volume of stupidness and lunacy from Dubya over the last 4 years, how can this moron still (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: WARNING--Not Suitable for Children
|
|
(...) Did you see the extended version (URL) here>? That's why the cable news outlets won't pick it up. :) Enjoy, Don (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Personality test vs. Religion
|
|
Let's cut right to here: (...) Ok, that's fine. I think its a "pretty right" tool, you think it's 100% useless and wildly inaccurate, save for entertainment purposes. That's fine. But keep in mind that *neither* of us has proof either way, being (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: WARNING--Not Suitable for President
|
|
Once a frat boy.... Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: TV-B-Gone
|
|
(...) Your city buses have TVs? (...) Are cafeterias in general public places? Most of the ones I've been in are privately owned and operated, where the requirement that you ask permission first seems paramount. I've never yet been turned down when (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: TV-B-Gone
|
|
(...) Is it ok to "force" music in public? Or overhearing people talk to each other, or on cellphones? What about the people in the airport that have a few hours to kill, and you turning off the TV will make their wait feel that much longer? Why do (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: TV-B-Gone
|
|
(...) I wouldn't use one of these in a sports bar, but then again, that's one reason I don't go to sports bars. I'm mostly concerned about public places -- city buses, cafeterias, airports, and the like. I'm prepared to take an active stance to (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: TV-B-Gone
|
|
(...) Heh. Driving home after the game ended was definitely an "interesting" experience :) (...) I'd expect an option to control the TVs from a wired device... Though, this might all blow over - a similar worry was voiced when universal remotes came (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Can we help?
|
|
(...) Good idea. However many consider it polite not to change the location of the post without any warning. Since you posted to ONLY off-topic.debate, people who subscribe to dear-lego by mail, or even by nntp, didn't see your post at all, and (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: TV-B-Gone
|
|
(...) (URL) I can't wait to get mine. I hate those dang idiot boxes. (...) Yes! If I end up getting one of these, I'll always ask an employee (and thus agent of the owner) for permission before using it... (...) Why, did something significant (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: TV-B-Gone
|
|
(...) I saw it... and yet... Yes, I can understand hating TV. But in your own home, you have your own remote, so you don't need this. In a public place, isn't it the proprietor's privilage to choose what, if anything, is on? Can you imagine the riot (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | TV-B-Gone
|
|
My dad told me about this a few days ago, and Jake just blogged it. (URL) can't wait to get mine. I hate those dang idiot boxes. -Tim (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | WARNING--Not Suitable for Children
|
|
If (URL) this> link doesn't work, try (URL) this> one. Why do I have the feeling that, if Kerry had done this, we'd be hearing about it morning, noon, and night on at least two 24-hour cable news retailers? Dave! (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
|
| |
| | FYI
|
|
Potentially the most valuable site you'll visit over the next five days: (URL) OT.Debate (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Personality test vs. Religion
|
|
(...) I still don't agree that "structure" and "meander" are reasonable opposites except in some interpretive, poetic sense, and in this regard they forfeit their use as scientific tools of assessment. Looking at the Myers-Briggs test, I can't (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Somewhat OT: Ever read any Robert J. Sawyer?
|
|
(...) I am not sure I get it!?!... (...) Right. (...) Attractive, yes. Very interesting! (...) I am French, and I *love* debates! I am afraid of a "big brother is watching you" kind of society. When you say it makes everyone "responsible for his/her (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Can we help?
|
|
(...) because of their established slave labor practices & the 'first' world nations general willingness to look the other way for cheap stuff. (3 URLs) & just do a search for "chinese slave labor" or "laogai" I'm changing the forum to (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Personality test vs. Religion
|
|
(...) Ah, now there's where I'm concerned-- you added an extra qualifier to "decisive". Useful vs. Non-Useful (Dubya-esque). Each is still decisive, no? What's the 'decisive' element, minus the 'usefulness' qualification? (...) Hm. I guess that's (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Open Mouth, Insert Dubya
|
|
That title was supposed to be "open mouth, insert Bush" but I could see the risque sidepath that would be dragged down... ;-) (URL) "A political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: Personality test vs. Religion
|
|
(...) Yikes! If you're suggesting that, based on my definition, I am allied with the corporate world, you have either misread my intent or I have miscommunicated it. Or perhaps I'm again misreading you. (...) Now I think perhaps you _are_ (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
