Re: Kingdomality

Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
24 Jun 1999 16:42:54 +0200

"O'Regan, Emlyn" <Emlyn.ORegan@actew.com.au> writes:

> >From the lame:
>
> What is a Myers-Briggs test (more info than "a personality classification"
> please)? Any online versions which don't involve aliens/dragons/R2D2 (ie:
> more serious)?

It is a personality test where personality is defined along four different axes (extroverted/introverted, intuitive/sensing, feeling/thinking, perceiving/judging), and your personality is coded with four letters depending on which end of each axis you are at. See http://typelogic.com/ for an overview of the types. The test itself consists of questions you answer yes or no to, and each shifts the balance along one of the axes a little bit.

Since the families of Meyers and Briggs are currently on a copyright crusade to rid the net of all "their" information, the FAQ (http://metalab.unc.edu/personality/faq-mbti.html) has been deleted. There are tests out there, but you have to do a websearch for them.

Myself, I regard me as XNTX - the X vary quite a lot over time.


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