What makes the MBTI pseudoscience?

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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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The difference between science and pseudo science is that any scientific hypothesis can be experimentally tested, and possibly found to be wrong.

pseudo science cannot be experimental tested.

If I were to say that there is a chocolate teapot in orbit around Pluto, it sounds vaguely scientific, but it’s untestable.

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