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Subject:	Re: Is this an overreaction and a violation of rights?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Tue, 24 Sep 2002 19:23:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes: > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes: > > > I think it would be bad to chose a career based on a personality test. > > On the other hand, it may be useful to know that most people who pursue > > the career you are interested have a different personality type. Almost > > all careers can benefit from people of varying personality types (you > > need innovators, people who can meet schedules, etc.). > > But that's the whole problem--the so-called "personality types" are as > subjective as astrological assessments or phrenological readings. And so > are the criteria that make up each "type." > > > I think they key to anything like this is to use it as a tool, and like > > any tool, constantly examine yourself to see if you are using the tool > > appropriately. And that goes for all tools, even pretty objective ones > > like hammers. > > Trouble is, you can usually discern when you're using a hammer correctly, > but it's hard to tell if you're using a subjective and arbitrarily-founded > test correctly... > > Dave! It may be a good start to discuss what people think the differences between Introvert and Extrovert Intuitive and Sensing Feeling and Thinking Perceiving and Judging Though, looking at it now, it probably isn't because even these global ideas are subjective, why these 8 and not others? Though if I were to analyse me, INFP does fit. Oh well... Dave K

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		Re: Is this an overreaction and a violation of rights?
(...) Deeper and deeper... In an English course a few years ago we discussed that bane of rational thought: Postmodernism. In a clever ploy to make PM seem like the thing to be, the author of one of our texts assembled list that I will paraphrase: (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Is this an overreaction and a violation of rights?
(...) I'm not sure that I'd say the test is arbitrary. If we are to discount any subjective things, then there is a lot which totally falls apart (for an example related to the original post in this thread, demonstrate to me that there is no (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Is this an overreaction and a violation of rights?
(...) But that's the whole problem--the so-called "personality types" are as subjective as astrological assessments or phrenological readings. And so are the criteria that make up each "type." (...) Trouble is, you can usually discern when you're (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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