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What popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil? (lemm.ee)
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[โ€“] 58 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The Mayers Briggs Type Indicator test. It was developed with the same rigor as horoscopes, yet I still hear people I know are smart proudly tell me their four letter personality code.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've always felt that the Myers-Briggs shit was utter nonsense, having been forced many times to go through it at several employers over the years.

    Any chance you've got a decent source that debunks it? I'd love to have it in my pocket for next time...

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The Wikipedia entry for it is pretty scathing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator

    If you look into it further, neither of the people who designed it has any background in psychology except having read a book by Jung once.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 2 years ago

    Nice one. This statement in particular sums it up nicely:

    Jung did not see the type preferences (such as introversion and extraversion) as dualistic, but rather as tendencies: both are innate and have the potential to balance.

    I remember reading elsewhere that it'd be like drawing a line down the middle of a table of people's heights, so that those who were 5 feet 10 inches and under would be the "shorts" and those 5 feet 11 inches and taller would be the "talls".

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