Random Thoughts

[wkeej]

Do you wish that someone/some lives from outside Earth come visiting Earth?

[Guo Xiang]

Carefully (and honestly) going through 72Qs of the personality test, is such a pain in the a55! (Hey, that rhymes! ) Boring! But I guess if you want to get an accurate result, you just have to do it!

I doubt it can really be accurate 'cos it really depends on how we view ourselves. For example, you may think as yourself as dumb and put it so in the quiz when you are actually a highly intelligent person, which can be seen more clearly by a third party.

Maybe the real way to gauge yourself and an accurate answer is to get someone who knows you very well to do it.

[rosely]

I doubt it can really be accurate 'cos it really depends on how we view ourselves. For example, you may think as yourself as dumb and put it so in the quiz when you are actually a highly intelligent person, which can be seen more clearly by a third party.

Maybe the real way to gauge yourself and an accurate answer is to get someone who knows you very well to do it.

All the questionnaire is created by respected psychologist and with a thorough research with hundreds maybe thousands of dependents. It's highly accurate. You just need to be honest with yourself

[xJadedx]

All the questionnaire is created by respected psychologist and with a thorough research with hundreds maybe thousands of dependents. It's highly accurate. You just need to be honest with yourself

Not necessarily.
A respected researcher and lots of subjects does not always equal to accuracy.

[rosely]

Some girls just mean it as harmless flirting, as do some guys do.

Haha, yeah she flirt. You know what she ask me to do this very morning? Ask me to go to her office by myself and deliver roses to her directly. Man, woman is so unpredictable. I guess I will disguise myself as florist delivery boy LOL.

I think the Tokidoki and the mixed CD that I give to her yesterday, melt her heart, haha . I'm not going to give-up just because she said she doesn't want complicated.

The problem is, when I ask her to do the MBTI test, she got an ESTJ. Haha, manager and planner who control people around. A complete opposite of INFP. What are the chance, things like that can happen .

[xJadedx]

Well, good thing the MBTI, though popular, is now considered a pretty outdated measure of personality by the majority of researchers in personality psychology.

[rosely]

Not necessarily.
A respected researcher and lots of subjects does not always equal to accuracy.

I agreed, there are always a borderline cases or completely wrong. But generally it is accurate to many people. Only you know who you are. That is the key. For every MBTI, there is an explanation of what your view in life, perception etc based on your MBTI. If it's correctly describe things about you, then sure it's at least nearly accurate.

The point of the test is not for us to brag what is our MBTI, or to proof that the MBTI test is a load of crap, bollocks etc, it's to let us know what are our weaknesses and strengths, adjust our self, so we can have a better life with the people around us.

It is really helpful to me, as an INFP, because I just got too many things that I need to control. Otherwise I just live my life out there in a destructive way, without realising or knowing that I'm wrong.

[xJadedx]

One huge problem with the MBTI right here: ANY of the descriptors can be used to describe a person. I've done those tests myself, and I've read the possible explanations for different MBTI personality types. For almost any of the combinations, I can see them being "reflective" of who I am. THAT is not accurate. A personality test that isn't accurate like that is meaningless. It is a very interesting theoretical idea (I very much enjoy Jung's works), but interesting and accuracy are not the same.

Now when I try a more accurate personality test - say the Big Five, I have very consistent profiles throughout. The Big Five is much better tested out, and is much more widely accepted as an accurate measure of personality than the MBTI or even the Eysenck.

I get that you're using the test results more as a way to construct your daily life and improve yourself. That's totally fine. But to me, it just makes sense for someone to maybe try a more valid test, so they're not building their lives around something that may not even be true.

[rosely]

One huge problem with the MBTI right here: ANY of the descriptors can be used to describe a person. I've done those tests myself, and I've read the possible explanations for different MBTI personality types. For almost any of the combinations, I can see them being "reflective" of who I am. THAT is not accurate. A personality test that isn't accurate like that is meaningless. It is a very interesting theoretical idea (I very much enjoy Jung's works), but interesting and accuracy are not the same.

Now when I try a more accurate personality test - say the Big Five, I have very consistent profiles throughout. The Big Five is much better tested out, and is much more widely accepted as an accurate measure of personality than the MBTI or even the Eysenck.

I get that you're using the test results more as a way to construct your daily life and improve yourself. That's totally fine. But to me, it just makes sense for someone to maybe try a more valid test, so they're not building their lives around something that may not even be true.

Haha, yeah I agreed. Some people are just all over the spectrum. But I know myself, I'm a total INFP. It's almost 80% accurate describing me.

Anyway thanks for the info to other test, I will check it out.

[rosely]

The Big Five is much better tested out, and is much more widely accepted as an accurate measure of personality than the MBTI or even the Eysenck.

My big five result - it's just the same haha, no change.

[Guo Xiang]

All the questionnaire is created by respected psychologist and with a thorough research with hundreds maybe thousands of dependents. It's highly accurate. You just need to be honest with yourself

Then you didn't understand what I was saying. People are usually blind to their own flaws and even their good points, which means what they honestly think of themselves could be way off the mark.

For example, do you think Hitler will admit to having done horrible and wrong things? In his honest perspective, he did nothing wrong. So if you are going to go according to personal honest perspective, then we will have to rewrite our own history books, and admit that whatever Hitler did was right.

[yittz]

My 2 cents:

Not everyone is honest.
A significant proportion misjudge their own personality, they may extrapolate their weakness or choose characteristics they hope to be. It can be consciously or unconsciously.

In the end there is no 'right' answer anyway.

[Guo Xiang]

My 2 cents:

Not everyone is honest.
A significant proportion misjudge their own personality, they may extrapolate their weakness or choose characteristics they hope to be. It can be consciously or unconsciously.

In the end there is no 'right' answer anyway.

Hooray. You said it better than I did.

[KeongJai]

Wouldn't they make the quiz account for that "exaggeration factor"? Maybe by asking more questions that are similar but slightly different or questions with distinct answers like once a week/once a month/once a year instead of subjective answers like sometimes/often/rarely.

I'm not saying that the quiz is highly accurate, but I'd assume it's some what accurate.

FWIW I got ENTJ and even though I have no idea what that stands for or what it means, the list of professions said engineer and guess what? That's what I do.

[remember_Cedric]

I doubt it can really be accurate 'cos it really depends on how we view ourselves. For example, you may think as yourself as dumb and put it so in the quiz when you are actually a highly intelligent person, which can be seen more clearly by a third party.

Maybe the real way to gauge yourself and an accurate answer is to get someone who knows you very well to do it.

Well, I think you are quite right. Perhaps, I should get a summary of my personality from my buddy. We may not be bestfriends to each other, but we just know when to kick each other's butt and when to give each other a big hugg.

[kay &!*]

one of the most embarassing moments of my life just happened on Friday. wow.

anyways, i'm falling in love with this european.
BAHAHHHAHA

[remember_Cedric]

anyways, i'm falling in love with this european.
BAHAHHHAHA

OOoohh Pray tell! Nosy Ceddie wants to know

[Suet Seung]

[rosely]

Hooray. You said it better than I did.

You guys are right, yeaaaaahh!. I know today that I'm ESTJ (not INFP LOL), coz I'm just acting it that I'm emo for this whole time and all those removing and adding of friends are just my joke to be funny

[remember_Cedric]

Seriously, I always wonder, "How dumb can someone be?". I think it's true that 'other than a loop, stupidity too, is infinite.

During lunch, I was at this Pharmacy around my workplace, paying for my purchase of Lozenges for cough/sore throat, and was served by this dumb cashier.

Why is she dumb? - Read only if keen to find out.

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OH! You nosy parker! Anyway...

Apparently, I was coughing away (even if the coughing sound was too soft for her ears to pick up, my gesture should be obvious enough) while tendering my item to the cashier. Yet, this dimwitted lady cashier insisted and pushes this promotional item to me - new flavour of "Ferrero Rocher" chocolate, dark chocolate, richer taste, richer nuts! Oh hell! When I waved my hand displaying a 'No', she still insisted and said 'today on offer, very cheap!'. I was like 'what the fk?!'. I then frowned and pointed to my throat, and said "NO!". She finally said, "Oh... ok". What a moron...