Poll: What is Your Myers-Briggs Personality Type?

[Antischism]

INTP on my end.
Can't say I'm too surprised with the result.

I'm not sure how accurate these things are if at all, but it was a fun time waster.

 

[BuddyRey]

One of only a handful of ENFP's in the entire libertarian movement.

 

[liberty2897]

One of only a handful of ENFP's in the entire libertarian movement.

Seems that you are still very much in the right place...

http://personalitycafe.com/intj-articles/10860-ideal-match-enfp-intj.html

Doesn't look like it is mentioned in this analysis, but I think an INTJ/ENFP might be a really good small business partnership.

 

[mad cow]

INTP here.This is the first time I have taken this test,I have never put much stock in these sort of things.

Given the examples of other INTP's however,well I do Have the brain of an Isaac Newton and the body of a Tiger Woods so perhaps there's a grain of truth in it.

 

[I<3Liberty]

I'm an INFJ! I was last tested when I was 15 (5 years ago), so I'm not entirely sure how accurate or up to date those results are.

 

[Ender]

One of only a handful of ENFP's in the entire libertarian movement.

Same for ENTPs.

 

[KEEF]

INTJ - The Scientists

Fits my career too. No wonder I love my job.

 

[devil21]

Some good links for INTJs and variants, especially if you weren't aware of your MBTI type until recently.

http://personalitycafe.com/intj-forum-scientists/

http://intjforum.com/

Compleat Idiot's Guide to the INTJ
http://intjcentral.com/the-compleat-idiots-guide-to-the-intj/ <----funny

DON’T engage us in “small talk”. Keep in mind that you are competing for our attention with all the voices in our heads, and they are bound to be far more interesting than you. The voices are constantly regaling us with things like anagrams of Wayne Newton (Wanton Weeny, We Annoy Newt, New Yawn Tone, …) and candidate titles for parodies of “Carry On My Wayward Son” (“Cary Grant Was Six Foot One”, “Curry On My Egg Foo Yung”, …). Do you really think your talk of the weather or your six year old’s soccer league is going to be more compelling than that? Please. Be realistic.

 

[Roxi]

Compleat Idiot's Guide to the INTJ
http://intjcentral.com/the-compleat-idiots-guide-to-the-intj/ <----funny

The irony that complete is spelled wrong.

 

[Occam's Banana]

The irony that complete is spelled wrong.

Actually, it isn't.

"Compleat" is a variant spelling of "complete" usually used in the titles of handbooks (in imitation of The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton).

It is also used to mean "highly skilled and accomplished in all aspects; complete; total" - as in "the compleat actor, at home in comedy and tragedy."

[source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/compleat ]

 

[Occam's Banana]

I'm sure most of my friends would agree that my personality fits the one in the description. But most descriptions of similar types would probably work too, to some extend (like what I've read about INTP in this thread).

That being said, I generally agree with you that one shouldn't care too much about those tests. It's just a fun way to waste some time, not entirely accurate, of course. But I guess there's also some truth to it.

Indeed. No doubt there's some truth to it. After all, it's very nearly a tautology to say, for example, that almost everyone is going to fit more or less into the "extrovert" category than the "introvert" category - because extroversion & introversion compose a genuine dichotomy (or very nearly so). But separating people out on the basis of "Thinking (T) vs. Feeling (F)" is starting to get more than a little "iffy" - and doing so on the basis of "Intuitive (N) vs. Sensing (S)" or "Judging (J) vs. Perceiving (P)" puts us smack in the middle of the Land of False Dichotomies. (And apart from all this, there are still those pesky self-reporting issues ...)

But as you say - it can be a fun little game. As long as it's not considered anything more than that, it's fine. However, anyone who tries to use this stuff as the basis for any kind of serious, substantive analysis (of the Liberty Movement, for example) is venturing into the realm of bogosity.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

ENFP, but the only strong quotient is the N, at 36%. The E, F, and P are only at 4%, 8%, and 8%. I was INTJ the last time I took the test about a year ago, and the I, T, and J percentages were essentially the same. Makes sense, I suppose, as I don't have an issue with most crowds I'm in, whether it's pickup basketball, video gamers, bodybuilders, or rich hoity toities at a wine tasting event. I'll chalk it up to growing up lower middle class with millionaires in the extended family.

 

[The Free Hornet]

Just so. At absolute best, anything that so critically relies upon self-reporting is going to tell you nothing more than what people imagine about themselves (at the particular moment they self-report). And that's assuming they're being completely & absolutely honest about things. And even if we take that (often dubious) assumption for granted, there's still the fact that "honest" does not mean "true" or "accurate." Now add the fact that many of the terms & concepts used in such tests are vague, ill-defined, highly subjective and open to a vast range of impressions & interpretations. What you end up with is a whole buncha nuthin' - but it's a very impressive and "scientifficky" whole buncha nothin' ...

I'd like to agree it is BS but I've seen these test for 20+ years and the analysis is always the same (whether done by myself or others):

Your personality type: INTJ.

Strength of individual traits: I - 80%, N - 38%, T - 40%, J - 1%.

http://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

And I truly tried to channel my touchy-feely side. With a great many questions, I answered in the middle of scale as to not over-estimate my inclinations. The bottom line is that some questions will have a clear cut answer:

You enjoy spending your spare time talking to other people, going to parties, shopping etc.
Completely agree Completely disagree

So I believe it is relevant.

Like you, I do question the relevance of self-analysis especially when to not be on one side is to, seemingly, be an admission of stupidity.

You can easily read between the lines and establish links between seemingly unrelated events.

You easily notice factual inaccuracies.

 

[Roxi]

I'm not into horoscopes, and believe they could apply to anyone.

I've been taking the MB tests for years. They've always come out the same. I've read descriptions of each extensively, the one that matches me, describes me perfectly, and helps me understand WHY I've had the personality conflicts with others in my life I"ve had. It's way too damn accurate to be complete bullshit. None of the other "types" describe me. I thought it was total bs the first several times I read about it at first, but it's pretty hard to deny such accuracy. So, for me it's helpful. Mostly helpful to help others understand me a little better. I've always felt extremely misunderstood, even by those closest to me. So for that. I'm thankful.

 

[devil21]

But as you say - it can be a fun little game. As long as it's not considered anything more than that, it's fine. However, anyone who tries to use this stuff as the basis for any kind of serious, substantive analysis (of the Liberty Movement, for example) is venturing into the realm of bogosity.

It's not a game. Employers now routinely give MBTI tests to prospective employees. Whether you get a job or not can depend entirely on your MBTI test result. They call it something else but that's what the test is.

Also, the millions comprising the liberty movement (it's really just a conservative movement again now) can't be used as analysis but segments of it, like RPF, can be. Sorta wish these types of threads wouldn't come up anymore.

 

[opal]

My new word of the day.. thanks to

bogosity.

I don't mean about the quizzy.. just the word on it's own -- bogosity.. nice

 

[Occam's Banana]

It's not a game. Employers now routinely give MBTI tests to prospective employees. Whether you get a job or not can depend entirely on your MBTI test result. They call it something else but that's what the test is.

Some employers use polygraphy (or other forms of "lie detection") as well. That doesn't mean polygraphy & "deception" tests aren't "games" as well.

They are. So are "personality" tests. The fact that they can be abused and have serious consequences does not change this fact.

Also, the millions comprising the liberty movement (it's really just a conservative movement again now) can't be used as analysis but segments of it, like RPF, can be.

No it can't. RPFs members are self-selected. RPFs members who post add another layer of self-selection.

And yet another layer of self-selection is added by RPFs members who post the results of personality tests they have (self-selectively) taken.

The result is a great big pile of self-selection that doesn't tell you anything about anyone except the self-selectees - if it even tells you that much.

It certainly doesn't tell you anything you couldn't have figured out otherwise by diligent, careful & perceptive observation.

Sorta wish these types of threads wouldn't come up anymore.

There's a simple solution for that: don't read them when they do.

 

[Origanalist]

I can't wait until they come out with the Massey Ferguson Personality-Type Test.

 

[devil21]

Some employers use polygraphy (or other forms of "lie detection") as well. That doesn't mean polygraphy & "deception" tests aren't "games" as well.

They are. So are "personality" tests. The fact that they can be abused and have serious consequences does not change this fact.

It is considered "more than a fun little game" in the employment realm, at least. Those were your words. You may consider it a game but others do not.

No it can't. RPFs members are self-selected. RPFs members who post add another layer of self-selection.

And yet another layer of self-selection is added by RPFs members who post the results of personality tests they have (self-selectively) taken.

The result is a great big pile of self-selection that doesn't tell you anything about anyone except the self-selectees - if it even tells you that much.

It certainly doesn't tell you anything you couldn't have figured out otherwise by diligent, careful & perceptive observation.

Why worry about NSA when we just data mine ourselves?

There's a simple solution for that: don't read them when they do.

My solution instead is to try to make them a learning experience so something positive can be taken from them.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

My preference for T usually measures 100%.