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How useful is this? Not incredibly useful - I don't know how much this is 'carving reality at the joints' - but this does mean that if someone has tested as X type, you can actually make some predictions about them that will turn out more right than if you just knew their sign.

Also: Did you know MBTI types (e.g., ESFP) is just shorthand for a *function stack*? The function stack of ESFP is Se, Fi, Te, Ni. There's a whole complicated world underneath here, which comes from a symmetrical system with pretty basic, stacking rules.

Here's a description of the individual functions: cognitiveprocesses.com And a chart of how they stack for each type: 66.media.tumblr.com/3480bd5a39e0c9

The theory is something like, everyone has to engage with different parts - the world outside and the world inside. There are different spectrums in how people do this, and people can be more focused outside or inside individually on different spectrums.

this is like infinitely better than Enneagram, by the way, which as far as I can tell is basically some guy stumbled on some mystic traditions and was like, "I'M GOING TO SHOVE PERSONALITIES INTO THESE ARBITRARILY CHOSEN BINS". I sorta hate Enneagram.

Anyway. So actually understanding Jung's ideas and how they relate to function stacks takes a while to do, and involves a theory of mind that focuses a lot on modes on internal and external sliding scales. This is why advanced MBTI stuff says you can't figure out your type based

on internet tests - ideally you'd interview with a trained professional. So - you took an internet test and it 'kinda fits'? But other descriptions fit too? MBTI steelman says you took a shit test and the descriptions are overly simplified, and the reality is a granular system.

Now, all of this being said, and even though I've read way too fucking much about MBTI, I still think it's got some weaknesses. For example, there's a rule that one type of function must be followed by a certain type of other function (e.g., no "Ni-Fi-Se-Ne"). I don't understand.

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