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RE: How MyersBriggs Brings Me Joy

in #gathering7 years ago (edited)

I do not think we would get along well at all. We may debate, but then again I do not have a sufficiently tainted mind from higher learning to know how to that. (not to mention to old to really care anymore).

And if we can respect Freud, MyersBriggs is based in the workings of Jung, and therefore it had a good start

I have no respect for Freud at all. I barely know who Jung is, and Myers Briggs test is nothing more than a tool for mid level management to use to divide and conquer their workforce.

If as Freud suggest that Id, Ego, and Superego are a part and parcel of who we are, then what kind of a moron would suggest self immolation of killing Your Ego.

When people learn to be able to accept who they are, then and only then can they accept others for who they are.

But then again, like I said I have no debate skills, and no higher education. And not one person in the past 35 years of my seriously asking has ever convinced me that killing a part of yourself is good for you. It creates an imbalance after all you just murdered 1/3 of yourself if you "kill" your ego.

Democrat, liberal, republican, whig, leftist, right wing, or centerest, all Myers Briggs is used for is to pigeon hole and divide individuals, and to cause the individual to blame their actions, inactions, on a character trait, instead of manning up and taking responsibility for their action.

So no I do not think we would get along conversation wise. However that does not mean I do not respect you for what you have done and for what you are trying to do. We all have our own path to travel in life, and it is your choice which turns you will take, what decisions you will make. There is no Pill one can take to stay on the right path, the right path is the one you chose that causes the least amount of harm you your psyche. Your choice whether to become a member of the white coat boot lick society or not, no one can make that call or choice for you.

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I barely know who Jung is, and Myers Briggs test is nothing more than a tool for mid level management to use to divide and conquer their workforce.

That is the biggest problem with the MBTI. It's a dumbed-down way to interpret Jung's ideas. Some of Jung's ideas seem insightful and interesting but they are hard to translate into measurable scales. In the hands of corporate managers, such tools are akin to powertools in the hands of four-year-olds. Linking Jung's ideas to other more down-to-earth concepts in psychology is not easy because Jung's language is somewhat vague, and he holds some questionable ideas such as "synchronicity". Yet, there is something powerful to them.