On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 03:40:19PM +1000, Tim Starling
wrote:
Anthere wrote:
>
http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_by_MBTI_type
> > > How do you explain the current majority
of NTs
?
> > > > MBTI is pseudoscience. I don't
know why
people bother with it.
The wikipedia article gives the answer: confirmation
bias.
"Some even demonstrate that profiles can
apparently
seem to fit any person by confirmation bias,
ambiguity >of basic terms and the
Byzantine complexity
that >allows any kind of behavior to fit any
personality >type."
People have a natural craving to "belong";
they want
to be accepted
into whatever social group they see themselves as
part >of. By
deliberately ambiguous wording, the test lets you
answer questions
in such a way that you can deceive yourself into
finding external
confirmation of your perception of yourself. That's
the lure.
Arvind
Yup, I agree.
Since I think these two comments are making me look
silly :-) I will list below the slow construction of
wikipedians, who feel so cold in our current
organisation, that they feel the need to create sub
cultural groups to gather warm around them. Of course,
that is also confirmation of personal perception.
Wikipedians categorized by sub-cultural affiliation
From Meta, a wiki about Wikimedia
*Wikipedians with criminal records
*Wikipedians who use recreational drugs
*Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Wikipedians
*Wiccapedians or other neopagan Wikipedians
*Roots Rock Reggae Security Investigative Wikipedians
*Vegetarian Wikipedians
*Wikipedians who don't like to be categorised
*WIKIngs
*Academia pro Interlingua Wikipedians
*Politically conservative Wikipedians
*Blue Wikipedians
*Green Wikipedians
*Surrealist Wikipedians
*Non-American Wikipedians
*American Indigene
*Wikipedians American Wikipedians
*Anti-American Wikipedians
*Anti-Anti-American users
*Anti-Anti-Anti-American_users
*European Union Wikipedians
*Southeastern European Wikipedians
*United Nations Wikipedians
*Gothic Wikipedians
*Not Gothic Wikipedians
*Anti-Anti-anything users
*Wikipedians by religion
*Wikipedians by race
*Wikipedians who use PDA's
*Wikipedians who use laptops
*Wikipedians who use a regular computer
*Wikipedians by favorite color
*Wikipedians by favorite text editor
*Fannish Wikipedians
*Wikipediholics
*Wikipedians by Favorite Ice Cream Flavor
*Wikipedians who are students or alumni of McGill
University Phish
*Fans of Wikipedia
*Wikipedians who support a World Government
*Wikipedians who support a Universal Religion
*Internationalist Wikipedians
*Multilingual Wikipedians
*Intellectual Wikipedians
*Wikimedians by age
*Wikimedians by birthday
*Wikipedians by geekness
*Wikipedians by MBTI type
*Operating System Preference
*Linux user Wikipedians
*Mac user Wikipedians
*BSD user Wikipedians
*Windows user Wikipedians
*Biological affiliations
*WikiMen WikiWomen
*Deaf Wikipedians
*Twin Wikipedians
*Aspergian Wikipedians
*Unemployed Wikipedians
*Internet connection
*Wikipedians with slow Internet connections
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