It’s been described as “basically a horoscope,” and I can see how the types are general and lean into confirmation bias, but why is it considered pseudoscientific specifically? Doesn’t it just describe personality traits people have? I’ve been seeing it as a shorthand way of describing general personality/worldview but I’m guessing that’s not the issue people have with it.
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I have taken that stupid test several times over the years. Once as part of a job application, once as part of a teambuilding exercise, and a couple of times just as general, “you should know this about yourself” – where employers are convinced the results are immutable. I score all over the grid, depending on what I think I need to be for a particular role – writer, editor, project manager, department head. The test assumes people have fixed behavior, when most of the time they adapt to the situation.
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